The Three Arts Club housed female drama, music and fine arts students until 1952. After next being hdqrs of the Volunteers of America, the Colonial Revival bldg was converted to senior housing daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

When the Morris house was completed ca. 1840, its lower 5th av neighborhood was home to Manhattan's wealthiest citizens. It was demolished in 1916 daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Originally Federal in style, this Greenwich Village house was first remodeled in 1886. It was the childhood home of 20th c Tammany boss Carmine De Sapio. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed by Clarence S. Luce the Hotel Renaissance in Midtown catered to Manhattan's wealthy, like the Roosevelts. It was home to the Columbia Club from 1917 to 1973, and is now owned by the Unification Church. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Once home to wealthy families with servants, by 1958 the Hendrik Hudson was described as "a slum with a view." It was subsequently renovated and is a co-op today daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed by an almost forgotten architect, 129 E 69th has been home to celebrated sociates, artists, lawyers and industrialists daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/emil...

Designed by Clarence F. True in 1897, this limestone mansion was home to the family of apparel mogul Geo Harris for decades. It holds two apts today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Built as part of the Lion Brewery complex, this Second Empire residence housed an executive's family. It was demolished during Prohibition. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed by Emery Roth, the Labor Temple had meeting and lecture rooms for labor and Socialist groups. Among the residents in midcentury were playwright and journalist Gershom Bader, and Joseph Chaikin, editor of The Day daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Architect Chas. A. Valentine morphed Renaissance Milanese palazzo designs into the 1909 Fourth Avenue Building daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

First renovated around 1883, this charming East Village bldg has seen a number of uses, most recently an art gallery. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/from...

Designed by Robins & Oakman for artist Allen Tucker and his wife, 121 E 79th St was sorely disfigured in 1954. It is a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Called the "finest" livery stable in the city, the Hudson Stables was designed by Holt & Wiedinger. After decades of use as a stge whse, it is home to The Bridge, a mental health care facility, today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

George B. de Gersdorff remodeled the 34-ft-wide 1891 Robert McCafferty mansion for Henry de Coppet in 1905. It would see just one other owner before its razing at midcentury daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed by Waid & Wallauer, the Britannia is decorated with whimsical Medieval-style characters.. It has been home to celebrated figures like organist Archer S. Gibson, mathematician Christine Ladd-Franklin, and poet Rika Lesser daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

This 1861 rowhouse was home to the family of Richard G. White, an internationally-known Shakespearean scholar, and son Stanford White, who would become one of America's foremost architects daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Containing only 8 apartments, 898 Park has housed the socially elite, like the I. Townsend Burden Jr's; and celebrated figures like producer and director John Chapman Wilson daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/john...

Designed by Charles Abbott French & Co. in 1887, this E. 95th Street house became home to #MarkRothko in 1960. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed as a Congregationalist church by A. D. R. Sullivant of Hoppin & Koen, the West Side Meeting House has been home to a Jewish congregation since 1942. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Originally surrounded by pastoral acreage, the Tiemann house survived until 1907. A 15-story apt bldg occupies the blockfront today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

In 1917, the newspaper Russky Golos (The Russian Voice) was founded in the storefront of this East Village walk-up, warning its readers of the dangers of the Bolsheviks. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/juli...

Designed by Starrett & Van Vleck for the dry goods firm Mills & Gibbs, this handsome Renaissance inspired office bldg has seen a variety of tenants, from publishers to the School of Embalmers. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Designed by Rouse & Goldstone, this neo-Georgian mansion was converted to apts in 1950. It was restored to a single family home in 2011. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

This Italianate Kips Bay house had just two wealthy owners from 1855 to 1924. It is still a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Designed by George F Pelham, The Victoria apts gradually lost its handsome architectural elements in the late 20th c. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

When this gingerbread-encrusted wooden house was built, its East 86th St neighborhood was mostly rural. The house survived until 1923. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Erected in 1830 and renovated in 1875, 355 Bleecker held a funeral home for 75 years. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Erected on the site of Mayor Daniel Tiemann's former home, the Whitestone is one of Emery Roth's earliest and most striking apartment designs. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/emer...

The sprawling apartments of 895 Park Av have been home to figures like Helena Rubinstein; Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre; and Laura Talmage Huyck. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/sloa...

Horribly abused today, this East Village tenement was home to well-known Dr. Herman Lober in the early 20c. Today is it a facility for aged residents. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/mich...

Designed by Neville & Bagge in 1910, Riverside Mansions was home to wealthy and influential residents for decades. It is home to Columbia faculty and staff today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Designed by Neville & Bagge in 1902, this #Harlem theater originally offered legitimate shows and grand opera. It survived until 2016. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Built in 1854, this Ango-Italianate house has seen more than its fair share of tragedy. It remains a single family house. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Built as a ribbon factory in 1877, this Hell's Kitchen bldg was renovated as a church by Frederick J. Schwartz in 1915. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

This Greenwich Village bldg was home for decades to award winning playwright, librettist and screenwriter #TerenceMcNally and his producer husband Tom Kirdahy. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/j-m-...

This Greenwich Village bldg was home for decades to award winning playwright, librettist and screenwriter #TerenceMcNally and his producer husband Tom Kirdahy. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/j-m-...

Designed by Foster, Gade & Graham for wealthy sisters, this neo-Georgian mansion was home to politician Ronald Tree and his politically influential wife Marietta Peabody Tree for decades. It is owned by the Brazilian Govt. today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Artist Louis Abolafia, who lived here in the '60s, sneaked his art into the Met, ran for President on the Love ticket, and was arrested for "prompting exposure of a female." daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/ralp...

Designed by Richard Morris Hunt for artist Thos. P. Rossiter in 1856, this unique Midtown mansion was demolished for the Lord & Taylor dept store in 1912. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

3 early residents of Springsteen & Goldhammer's 248 W 17--a splash of Tudor in an otherwise industrial Chelsea block--became unwittingly involved in mysterious deaths. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Designed by Edward I. Shire in 1907, this neo-Georgian mansion was later home to radio star Phil Baker, and Broadway producer Oscar Serlin. It became property of the Dalton School in 1978. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Among the boarders in this East Village house in 1877 was Edward Job Arnott--a popular actor on the stage and a dastardly cad in real life. It is a single family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Cross & Cross's Passavant Bldg has been hailed by architectural critics since its completion in 1912. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Among the initial residents of 215 W 78th St were two gangland figures, both of whom met violent ends. It was purchased by #JohnnyMathis in 1957. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/schw...

Detlef Lienau designed a row of Second Empire style mansions in 1869 for Rebecca Mason Jones, who lived n the southernmost house. The row was demolished in 1926 for the N.B.C. Bldg. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

The Douglass family, who lived in this Harlem house, was thrust into the spotlight when 15 y.o. Lorene and 3 friends left a party and got married in 1907. The scandal was reported nation wide. It is a single-family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

Erected in 1830 and enlarged in 1875, this Greenwich Village became home to Elektra Records in 1954 and a center of folk musicians. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

One of the earliest fire stations designed by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, Engine Co. 17 was brutally altered in 1951. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

The last surviving terra cotta Gothic details of the lower floors of Herts & Tallant's 1912 Quodam Bldg were recently stripped away. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...