Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, February 24, 2025

The Berkshire Apartments - 500 Madison Avenue

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    from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York In 1880, Edward Cabot Clark embarked on a risky endeavor--the erection of the ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2025

The New York Academy of Medicine - 1216 Fifth Avenue

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  photograph by Beyond My Ken As early as 1809, Valentine Mott was recognized internationally as a skilled surgeon.  The doctor successfully...
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Friday, February 21, 2025

The 1902 Warrington Hotel - 161 Madison Avenue

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  At the turn of the last century, the era of refined mansions and stately carriages along the Madison Avenue block between 32nd and 33rd St...
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Thursday, February 20, 2025

The 1827 Daniel Lake House - 68 Prince Street

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  The two dormers were reduced in size in the second half of the 20th century. Dr. Daniel Lake lived and operated his practice at 68 Prince ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The 1929 Tree-Mark Shoe Building (Bowery Ballroom) - 6 Delancey Street

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  photograph by Corey W. Schneider By the 1890s, many of the Federal-style houses along Delancey Street near the Bowery had been razed or re...
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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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