Daytonian in Manhattan

The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.

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Saturday, March 9, 2019

Kurtzer & Rohl's Soon-To-Go 1889 306 East 86th Street

In July 1886 Aaron Guedalia hired builder Arthur Gorsch to construct a one-and-a-half story "brick cigar factory and drying room...

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Aschenbroedel Verein -- 74 East 4th Street

photo by Alice Lum By 1855 New York City had the third largest German population in the world—outranked only by Vienna and Berlin. Th...

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Tom Miller: 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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