Daytonian in Manhattan

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The Nippon Club (Iglesia Adventista) -- 161 West 93rd Street

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  photograph by Jim Henderson On May 14, 1905,  The New York Times  reported, “Leading Japanese residents of New York yesterday organized th...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Soon to Go. The School and Church of St. Ambrose--539-547 West 54th Street

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  photograph by frog17 The parish of the Church of St. Ambrose was established in 1897 in the impoverished and crime-ridden Hell's Kitch...
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..
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