Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Thursday, June 23, 2022

The 1848 Chauncey L. Norton House - 9 Charles Street

In the early 19th century, Greenwich Village expanded into what had been the 300-acre summer estate of Admiral Sir Peter Warren . Charle...

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

The John A. Squires House - 271 East 7th Street

image by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation No. 271 East 7th Street was one of a row of fine, brick-faced homes compl...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

George H. Griebel's 1891 34 and 36 West 73rd Street

High stoops originally led to the entrances, which are now the wider windows or the second floor. In 1891 developer F. G. Pourne completed a...

Monday, June 20, 2022

The Lost North-Western Dispensary - 9th Avenue at 36th Street

from Nineteenth Annual Report of the North-Western Dispensary, January 11, 1872 (copyright expired) In the first decades after the Revolutio...

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Frederick T. Camp's 1884 347 West 46th Street

On January 12, 1884 developer John Livingston announced his plans to erect a row "stone front private dwellings" along the north...

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About Me

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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