Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The 1905 Wareham Apts -- No. 231 Lexington Avenue

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At the turn of the last century massive apartment buildings dripping with French-style ornamentation rose throughout the city—man...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

The Childs Restaurant Building -- 377 Fifth Avenue

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The upper floor appear to have lost their ornamentation while, in fact, they are intact as designed. In 1898 Prominent Families o...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

"The Waist House" No. 865 Broadway

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By the mid-19th century, the tradition of Manhattan’s fashionable residential neighborhoods was a northward migration away from t...
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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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