Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

James Renwick Jr.'s 1847 Grace Church Rectory - 804 Broadway

photo by Alice Lum Henry Brevoort's country estate engulfed 86 acres between East 9th and 18th Streets and Fifth Avenue to the Bowery....

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Sadly Abused - the 1893 Power Bros. Building, 248 West 106th Street

The building's quaint late Victorian personality has been successfully obliterated by metal panels. Around 1893 a 25-foot wide, two-...

Monday, December 21, 2020

The Lost George Kemp house - 720 Fifth Avenue

Appearing as part of the corner mansion, 722 5th Av (where the men are standing in front of the stoop) was erected by Kemp as rental income....

Saturday, December 19, 2020

The James W. Gillies House - 456 West 25th Street

In 1860 a row of handsome Italianate style homes was erected on the south side of West 25th Street, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues. ...

Friday, December 18, 2020

The 1868 Hugh McCutcheon House - 349 West Fourth Street

Matthew Kane was a manufacturer of window sashes. The explosion of construction in the years following the Civil War increased both his b...

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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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