Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, December 24, 2012

The Lost Seymour Hotel -- 44 West 45th Street

The brick and limestone Seymour Hotel (left) was frosted with Beaux Arts decoration -- photo from the collection of the Museum of the C...

Saturday, December 22, 2012

The B. Altman Store -- No. 615-629 6th Avenue

photo by Alice Lum Philip Altman ran a moderately-sized dry goods store on the Lower East Side in the first half of the 19 th century....

Friday, December 21, 2012

The Virginia O'Hanlon House -- 115 W. 95th Street

photo by Alice Lum By the late 1880s the block along West 95 th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues bore little resemblanc...

Thursday, December 20, 2012

The 1836 St. James Church -- 32 James Street

photo by Alice Lum America may have been founded on religious tolerance, but that tolerance was mainly intended for Protestants. Du...

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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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