Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, April 27, 2015

The Lost St. James Hotel -- Broadway and 26th Street

from the collection of the New York Public Library In 1859 Broadway near Madison Square saw the opening of two magnificent new ho...

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Full Circle -- No. 122 Waverly Place

photograph by the author As wealthy citizens lined Washington Square with elegant mansions in the 1830s, speculative developers...

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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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