Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Queen Anne Sisters at Nos. 251-255 W. 70th Street

In the last two decades of the 19 th century, developers on the Upper West Side grabbed up long rows of property and erected specula...

Monday, November 24, 2014

The Lost Anson R. Flower Mansion -- No. 601 5th Avenue

The elegant renovations to No. 603 (left) and the Flower mansion were completed in 1902 -- photo "Collins' Both Sides of Fifth Av...

Saturday, November 22, 2014

The Federal Survivor at No. 37 East 7th. Street

By the 1830's attorney and banker Thomas E. Davis had become perhaps more interested in real estate development than his primar...

Friday, November 21, 2014

The Afred Rossin House -- No. 15 East 62nd Street

In 1871 brothers David and John Jardine worked both as real estate developers and architects. Before the century was up, they would...

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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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