Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Saturday, June 24, 2023

The Jennie Cunningham Croly House - 171 East 71st Street

photograph by the author In 1866 real estate developer James O'Kane erected a row of six identical homes on the north side of East 71s...

Friday, June 23, 2023

The 1873 No. 458 West 49th Street

On February 6, 1873 real estate operator Maurice Levi purchased property on the south side of 49th Street just east of Tenth Avenue from W...

Thursday, June 22, 2023

A History of Tragedy and Change - 176 Seventh Avenue

In the late 1840s a row of three house-and-store buildings were erected on the west side of Seventh Avenue, between 20th and 21st Streets. ...

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Neville & Bagge's 1897 600 West 114th Street

Contractor William Drought hired the architectural firm of Neville & Bagge to design a "stores and tenement" building on the...

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

The Julius Chambers House - 9 West 84th Street

In March 1884, architect Frank F. Ward designed a row of six narrow, three-story houses for Margaret A. Brennan on West 84th Street, just ...

Monday, June 19, 2023

The Lost Nathaniel Prime Mansion - 90th Street, between Avenue A and First Avenue

William Rickarby Miller painted this watercolor of the mansion in 1855, decades before alterations were made. ( original source unknown )...

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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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