Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Friday, October 26, 2012

The 1903 Church of St. Veronica -- No. 153 Christopher Street

photo by Alice Lum In 1796, about three decades before the rural village of Greenwich would explode in a flurry of development, t...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The 1849 Noah Woodruff House -- 335 W. 20th Street

The small window to the right of the entrance sits above a "horse walk," or passage to the rear yard. The Chelsea neighborh...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The 1911 William Cullen Bryant Statue - Bryant Park

photo by Alice Lum By the time of his death on June 12, 1878 William Cullen Bryant had come a long way from the log house in Cumming...

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

A Touch of Paris at Nos. 7 and 9 East 20th Street

Idential doorways, one for the restaurant and one for the loft spaces, preserve the structure's symmetry. When Christian P. F...

Monday, October 22, 2012

The Lost 1864 Central Park Casino

Sketch from the Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of The Central Park, 1864 -- copyright expired When the 843 acres of city-ow...

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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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