Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Fellheimer & Wagner's Corn Exchange Bank - 267 Broadway

The expansive Wallach Brothers clothing store occupied 265-267 Broadway in the post-World War I years. The building was owned by the Orph...

Monday, June 15, 2026

The Lost 1826 Masonic Hall - 316 Broadway

from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York On April 18, 1826, the Masonic Hall Association announced in the New-York Evenin...

Thursday, December 11, 2025

The 1854 55 Warren Street (aka 55 Murray)

photograph by Anthony Bellov A French family resided in the vintage house at 55 Murray Street between West Broadway and Church Street in 1...

Friday, December 5, 2025

J. Morgan Slade's 1880 36 White Street

Born in 1836, Seth Mellen Milliken co-founded the dry goods and textile firm of Deering-Milliken Co. Having amassed a fortune by the mid-...

Thursday, July 17, 2025

The 1931 Green Sixth Building - 100 Sixth Avenue

photograph by Beyond My Ken Despite the Great Depression, real estate operator Vivian Green organized the 100 Sixth Avenue Corporation in ...

Monday, July 14, 2025

The Lost Thomas Cole House - 1 Laight Street

photograph by Samuel Landsman from the collection of the New York Public Library On September 13, 1802, the Board of Trinity Episcopal Chu...

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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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