Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, March 25, 2024

The Lost Italian University and Pius X Art Institute - 51 and 53 Charlton Street

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  from the collection of the New York Public Design Commission In 1828, John Jacob Astor I completed a row of seven brick-faced homes along ...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Isaac F. Duckworth's 1865 41 Worth Street

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  Around 1802, a three-story frame house was built at 41 Worth Street between West Broadway and Church Streets.  In the rear yard was a two-...
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Friday, March 22, 2024

The Frederick E. Westbrook House - 58 East 56th Street

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  By the first years of the 1890s, the family of Frederick E. Westbrook lived in the high-stooped brownstone house at 58 East 56th Street, e...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

The 1896 Everard Storage Warehouse - 277-283 West 10th Street (667 Washington Street)

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  Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1831, James Everard arrived in New York with his family when he was four years old.  Following his father's...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

The Henry P. Davison Mansion - 690 Park Avenue

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  The Davison garage is discreetly tucked into the facade at left. Born in Troy, Pennsylvania on June 12, 1867, Henry Pomeroy Davison came t...
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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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