Daytonian in Manhattan

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The Ford-Kerrigan Mansion - 53 East 77th Street

Despite being born into privilege in 1865, the future for Paul Leicester Ford looked dismal. The son of Gordon Lester Ford and the former...

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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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