Daytonian in Manhattan

In 1850 German immigrants were settling in two distinct areas of Manhattan--the crowded Lower East Side and the developing Yorkville nei...

Born in Lancaster County, South Carolina on January 25, 1813, J. Marion Sims spent a year at the Charleston Medical School at the age o...

photograph by the author In the 1870s Richard W. Buckley was deemed by the Real Estate Record & Builders' Guide a "risi...

Fifth Avenue's St. Thomas's Church at 53rd Street was the scene of the impressive funeral of Deputy Fire Chief Charles W. Kruge...

In 1925 a massive apartment building can be seen in the background.  It had replaced the private mansions north of the Doelger residence...

Following his death in 1889, The New York Times said of James Phalen "He was the first man who made it a business to buy lots and...

In 1859 Joseph D. Stantial completed construction of three 16-foot wide, brick-faced homes on East 82nd Street between Lexington and Thi...