Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Thursday, April 24, 2014

The 1854 House at No. 80 Irving Place

As the exclusive Gramercy Square filled with brick and brownstone mansions in the 1840s the newly-fashionable neighborhood spilled into ...

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

The 1903 Hotel York -- No. 488 7th Avenue

photo by Nicolas Lemery Nantel / salokin.com At the turn of the last century the neighborhood north of 34 th Street and west of Fifth A...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The 1868 First German Baptist Church -- No. 334 East 14th Street

photo by Alice Lum When John Eschmann arrived in New York from Germany in 1845 there were already over 24,000 German immigrants in ...

Monday, April 21, 2014

The Lost Proctor's Pleasure Palace -- 154 E 58th Street

photography by Byron Company, from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York http://collections.mcny.org/C.aspx?VP3=SearchRes...

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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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