Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Showing posts with label spring street. Show all posts

Showing posts with label spring street. Show all posts

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Kurtzer & Rohl's 1891 192 Spring Street

The Spring Street block between Sullivan and Thompson Streets during the 1830s was lined with frame, Federal-style houses, most with brick f...

Monday, March 17, 2025

The Lost William Maginnis House and Store -- 513 Greenwich Street

On June 13, 1913, when this photograph was taken, a restaurant occupied the ground floor. Colonial Architecture in New York City, 1913 (...

Saturday, March 1, 2025

The Eighth Ward Hotel - 188 Spring Street

The facade is partially obscured in 2025 by construction netting next door. Around 1824, Nathanial Paine erected three Federal-style house...

Saturday, February 1, 2025

A. G. Rechlin's 1901 204 Spring Street

Unlike thousands of Italian immigrants who arrived in Manhattan in the 1890s, Dominick Abbate and Rocco Maria Marasco did not live in tene...

Thursday, January 23, 2025

The Philip Muller House - 190 Spring Street

Around 1824, Nathanial Paine erected three Federal-style houses at 166 to 170 Spring Street. (They would be renumbered 186 to 190 Spring ...

Thursday, January 16, 2025

The 1836 Arthur Rogers Pharmacy Building - 193 Spring Street

Little Brannon Street, named for the owner's garden, continued through the country estate of Aaron Burr, Richmond Hill . In 1817, str...

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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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