Daytonian in Manhattan

One of two Greek-inspired drama masks on either side of the marquee can be glimpsed at the top of the ground floor pier. In 1837 const...

In 1858, 18-year old Francis H. Leggett found a job in his father's grocery business, R. L. Leggett & Co.  Six years later he w...

The addition of the fourth floor is evidenced in the change of brick color. In 1845, attorney Augustus W. Clason, Jr. began constructio...

The house to the right was constructed simultaneously for James W. Townsend, Jr. Mansion architect C. P. H. Gilbert was busily designi...

A sliver of the Crystal Palace can be seen at far right, across 42nd Street.  from the collection of the New York Public Library Londo...

On April 17, 1921 the New-York Tribune noted that "Bolivar Hill," a knoll in Central Park near 83rd Street and the West Driv...

Around 1871 developer John C. Thompson erected a row of seven 25-food wide brownstone-fronted homes at Nos 37 through 49 East 68th Stre...