Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Monday, September 12, 2022

The Lost Railroad Branch YMCA - Madison Avenue and 45th Street

via King's Handbook of New York City, 1893 (copyright expired) By 1875 Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the favorite grandson of Commodore Van...

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Eric P. Swenson House - 13 East 71st Street

Eric Pierson Swenson was born in Austin, Texas to Svante Magnus Swenson and the former Sue McReady and educated at the prestigious Trin...

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Rutgers Presbyterian Church - 236 West 73rd Street

photo by Jim.henderson By the 18 th century the Dutch Rutgers family had established itself in Manhattan with a large estate nort...

Monday, November 13, 2017

The Lost Madison Avenue M.E. Church - Madison Ave at 60th Street

When photographed in 1907, brownstone rowhouses shared the 60th Street block with the church; while modern structures loom in the backgro...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The 1899 Park Row Building -- 15 Park Row

photo by Nyjockboy2 As the 19 th century inched closer to the 20 th , New Yorkers embraced the exciting modern age that gave them the p...

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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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