Daytonian in Manhattan

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The American Merchant Mariners' Memorial -- Battery Park

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By the time the Second World War broke out, the Merchant Marine had cleaned up its act.   Notorious in the 19 th and early 20 th ce...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The 1928 Kossuth Monument -- Riverside Drive at 113th Street

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photo by Alice Lum Born into a noble Hungarian family in 1802 in Monok, Lajos Kossuth developed into a fiery nationalist.   Educated a...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Henry K. Brown's Much-Maligned "Abraham Lincoln" Statue - Union Square

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Lincoln's suit worn with a Roman toga caused much comment -- photo by Alice Lum In the years immediately following the assassina...
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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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