Daytonian in Manhattan

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

The Mori Restaurant Building - 144-146 Bleecker Street

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  In 1830, Thomas E. Davis began erecting what would be fashionable homes on both sides of Bleecker Street between Thompson and Laurens Stre...
Friday, September 11, 2020

The Arthur W. Popper House - 48 East 66th Street

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Real Estate operator Ira E. Doying erected ten matching four-story brownstones on East 66th Street, between Madison and Park Avenues, ...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

Breaking Ground in Black and Gold -- American Radiator Building

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In 1922, Raymond W. Hood at 41 years of age had not accomplished a great deal in his design career.  After studying architecture at the Ecol...
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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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