Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, August 26, 2013

The Lost Charles T. Yerkes Mansion - No. 864 Fifth Avenue

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photo from the Auction Catalogue of Collection of Charles T. Yerkes, New York, 1910 (copyright expired) When Charles Tyson Yerkes d...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013

No. 3 Washington Square North

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For nearly a century some of America's most famous artists passed through the doors of No. 3 -- photo by Alice Lum In the mid-19 t...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

The 1902 W. C. Story Mansion -- No. 322 West 106th St

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photo by Alice Lum At the turn of the last century Riverside Drive tried hard to overtake Fifth Avenue as the thoroughfare   of m...
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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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