Designed by Stephen D. Hatch in 1870, 1033 5th Av was squeezed in by apt bldgs in 1923 and 1924. The elegant holdout is home to the Iranian Ambassador to the UN today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
Tom Miller
@daytonian.bsky.social
Author and blogger, I write about the back-stories of Manhattan buildings and monuments that make a fascinating city even more so.
These mirror-image Queen Anne residences in #Harlem have seen fascinating families and stories. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/m-lo...
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The porch and stoop of this wooden 1866 Second Empire house in #CarnegieHill were removed in 1922. Still a single-family house, it remains a charmer. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1866 Bernard Flach House - 128 East 93rd Street
In 1866, one year after carpenters, masons and painters returned from the Civil War and resumed construction in Manhattan, Henry W. Shaw ...
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Unable to provide for the two grandsons their mother had abandoned, a German woman in this LES tenement placed them into an orphanage in 1892. Months later, the boys came into a multi-million inheritance from an unknown relative. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/will...
Designed by Sommerfeld & Steckler, the Cathedral Plaza was the scene of a Prince's humiliation in 1923 when he was found in the bed of his sister-in-law daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
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A rare example of #VernonT.Tandy in #Harlem, the Grace Gospel Chapel was demolished in 1982. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Lost Grace Gospel Chapel - 102 West 133rd Street
photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York Born in Maryland in 1868, Reverend Frederick Cullen founded t...
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A. Wallace McCrea transformed 34 E 69 from a brownstone into a neo-French Classic mansion in 1929. David Zwirner recently removed his gallery from the residence, which is now vacant. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Charles F. and Maude Watson Mansion - 34 East 69th Street
Prolific real estate developer Anthony Mowbray erected two brownstone-faced homes at 32 and 34 East 69th Street between Park and Madison A...
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The early occupants of this 1861 Anglo-Italianate rowhouse in the #EastVillage suffered tragedy, while later residents routinely were on the wrong side of the law. It is a 2-family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Hiram and Henrietta A. Pettibone House - 124 East 10th Street
photograph by the author In 1651, Peter Stuyvesant established two farms far north of New Amsterdam. The lane that separated Bouwerij #1 a...
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Architect Francis Livingston Pell purchased 175 E 73d St in 1928 and removed the removed its spectacular Victorian iron porch in updating it. It was home to fashion designer Steve Madden and family for years. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1860 Joseph Murray House - 175 East 73rd Street
image via douglaselliman.com In 1860, E. H. Robbins completed construction of six 20-foot-wide rowhouses on East 73rd Street between Lexin...
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Celebrated psychic Dr. Abraham Hochman was an initial tenant of this exuberant #LowerEastSide tenement. He was famed for solving crimes, finding wayward husbands and predicting elections. There are still just 12 apts in the bldg. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/max-...
Max Muller's 1905 169 Rivington Street
photograph by Carole Teller As early as 1904, Dr. Moses Duckman and his family shared their home at 169 Rivington Street with Professor Abra...
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Designed by George W. Da Cunha, among The Albert's residents in 1901 was Dr. Rollin Gray, who warned mothers that Central Park was malaria-ridden. Beleaguered today, it holds 5 apts per floor. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
Designed by Francis R. Allen, the Woman's Hospital treated women from every level of society. It was replaced by the Cathedral Pkwy Towers, cpmpleted in 1974. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Lost Woman's Hospital - 113-141 West 109th Street
photograph by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York J. Marion Sims was born in South Carolina in 1813. In...
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Originally the center of a row of identical homes, this 1865 #Yorkville dwelling was home to the former U.S. championship amateur wrestler starting in 1906. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The John J. and Emma G. O'Brien House - 208 East 78th Street
Howard A. Martin purchased 200 feet of property in 1861 along East 78th Street, which at the time existed only on paper. His deed include...
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A marriage of Jazz Age and Tudor architecture, 145 E 32d St housed the overflow classrooms of Hunter College for years. It is a medical building today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/loui...
Louis A. Abramson's 1927 145 East 32nd Street
photograph by Carole Teller The Ivy Construction Company demolished the vintage buildings at 145 through 151 East 32nd Street, just east of ...
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Minnie Wagner, who lived in this LES tenement in 1911, worked for the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. She was one of the fortunate survivors of the horrific fire there on March 11. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1883 236 East Sixth Street
photograph by Carole Teller On January 5, 1882, Joseph Schwarzschild and Ferdinand Sulzberger sold the four "five-story stone front tenement...
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Designed by Raymond Irrera, this little Art Deco #Hell'sKitchen bldg originally held theater related tenants. Having just escaped a demolition plan, its fate is unsure today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1933 Independent Theatre Owners Bldg - 341 West 44th Street
An article in the "Vaudeville" section of The Billboard on May 6, 1933, announced that the Independent Theatre Owners' Protective Associati...
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Young, unmarried businesswoman Corinne Roche purchased 315 W 84th for herself and sisters in 1907. As the sisters married, Roche remained until 1944. Once a rooming house, it is again a single family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1900 Abner C. Thomas House - 315 West 84th Street
James Ross and Charles R. McNeill established their architectural practice in 1898. Among their first commissions was the designing of si...
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Constructed in 1881, the Empire Brewery sat upon part of the old N.Y. prison. It was demolished in 1937. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Lost Empire Brewery - 287 West 10th Street
from the collection of the New York Public Library. The State Legislature enacted a statute in 1796 to erect two New York State prisons, one...
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Among the residents of 237 E 79th in 1889 was a man the press called "very old and very wicked." A renovation in 1970 erased its 1878 neo-Grec details. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1878 237 East 79th Street
Following the end of the Civil War, development crept northward into the Yorkville district. Access to the neighborhood was greatly enhance...
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This #Harlem brownstone was home to Dr. John R. Hillery after WWI. His civil rights work was recognized by Pope Pius XI in 1922. 346 W 122d St is a two-family house today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1890 Solomon and Josephine Zeman House - 346 West 122nd Street
Between 1888 and 1890, brothers Joseph W. and A. Alonzo Teets erected 21 brownstone-fronted houses on both sides of West 122nd Street betwee...
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Designed by Buchman & Kahn, the leviathan N. Y. Furniture Exchange accommodated wholesale furniture dealers for decades. The N Y Design Center occupies the building today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1926 New York Furniture Exchange - 200 Lexington Avenue
photograph by Carole Teller The newly formed Lexington-32nd Street Corporation acquired all the buildings along the western blockfront of Le...
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Designed by F. Russell Stuckert in 1928 for a Bickford's restaurant, the Art Deco facade of 459 Lexington was removed in 1992. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
Olympic swimmer Harriet Neilson lived in 161 W 76th St in 1938 when she died in a drunken confrontation with a man she met. Her assailant was released. There are apts in the bldg today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/clar...
Clarence F. True's 1891 161 West 76th Street
Clarence Fagan True designed the four upscale rowhouses at 155 through 161 West 76th Street for Duncan C. McKinlay in 1890. He designed t...
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The charming Waterbury house was slowly engulfed by #MurrayHill brownstones by the 2nd half of the 19th c. It was razed in 1921. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The Lost Samuel and Abigail Waterbury House - 34 East 30th Street
When this photograph was taken in 1912, buildings had crowded around the property. from the collection of the New-York Historical Societ...
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Although a virtual match, 104 W Houston St was erected by a different owner than 106 next door. Much of its 1881 details have been lost. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/will...
William Waring's 1881 104 West Houston Street
In 1881, architect William E. Waring designed two identical tenement-and-store buildings on the northeast corner of West Houston and Thomp...
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The last survivors of a 1892 row, occupants of these brownstone tenements have seen tragedy, suffered mental illness, and shown great kindness. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
Abortion, Murder and Kindness--347-351 West 44th Street
By the last quarter of the 19th century, the Hell's Kitchen district was "one of the most miserable and crime-polluted neighborhoods in th...
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Portrait photographer Hans Henry Namuth, who photographed artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, and architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson, purchased this rowhouse in 1947. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-...
The 1871 Jacob J. Lissner House - 125 East 78th Street
Among the early developers who began transforming the mostly rural land east of Central Park at the end of the Civil War was Nicholas McCo...
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The tenement at 202 E 6th St. displays elaborate terra cotta details in a mixture of historic styles. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/09/bern...
Bernstein & Bernstein's 1901 202 East Sixth Street
photograph by Carole Teller Starting in 1867, reformers worked tirelessly during the 19th century to enhance living conditions among tenemen...
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Designed by John H. Duncan, 19 W 76th St became the progressive Liberta School in 1924. It was converted to apts in 1974. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
The 1893 Jacob and Emma Wertheim House - 19 West 76th Street
Born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1858, Jacob Wertheim came to New York City with his parents as a boy. He started working at the age of 1...
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Designed by John McComb Jr, Washington Hall was considered one of NYC's finest bldgs. It burned in 1844, replaced with a marble dept store that still stands. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
The Lost 1812 Washington Hall - 282 Broadway
Lithographer George Hayward produced this lithograph in 1853. from the collection of the New York Public Library On Independence Day 1809,...
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