Daytonian in Manhattan

  Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide, June 25, 1898 (copyright expired) On January 21, 1888, the Record & Guide reported that...

Born in England, architect Robert W. Gibson began his American career in upstate New York.  His receiving a major New York City commissi...

On June 7, 1892,  The New York Times published an article entitled, "A School With a History."  It was a fitting headline.  ...

photo by Alice Lum On October 9, 1892 The San Francisco Call reported that “The cornerstone of what is said will be the finest church...

photo Alice Lum In 1880 much of the Upper West Side was still sparsely-settled farmland.  A decade later, however, the area was alive wit...