Built around 1825 and remodeled by Jeans & Taylor in 1876, this Greenwich Village bldg was home to famed church decorating firm J & R Lamb for decades. It was razed in 1925. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

This East Village rowhouse was home to pioneering women's rights pioneer, anthropologist and ethnologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher in the 19th c; and award winning novelist Nina Munk in the 21st. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed by J. E. R. Carpenter in an Art Deco take on Gothic, 515 Madison Av repeatedly made pioneering television history in the 1930s thru 1950s. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed by Louis Entzer, Jr., this Carnegie Hill rowhouse was home to famed Rabbi Moses Hyamson in the 1910s, and actress June Havoc and her husband producer and director Wm. Spier in the 50's and 60s. It is a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

This Italianate Hell's Kitchen house has been home to wealthy families, a Tammany leader, and a mission. It is currently being drastically altered into 6 apts. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Vocal coach Baron Gennaro Mario Curci lived in this Chas. Buek & Co-designed rowhouse in in the 1920s when he was discovered by Hollywood and played in more than 30 films. It is a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Erected in 1851, this charming wooden house-and-store in Harlem was demolished in 1943 and never replaced. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Among the residents of this Jobst Hoffman-designed tenement were vaudevillian Banjo Andy in the early 1900s and sculptor Jacob Lipkin in the 1960s. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Among the many shops in this Greenwich Village house-and-store over its 174 years were a grocery, fancy goods store, and a used piano shop. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Built in 1889 as a Queen Anne style rowhouse, 1211 Park Av was given a neo-Georgian make-over by Wm. L. Bottomley in 1922 for famed landscape architect Martha Brookes Hutcheson and her husband, William. It remains a single-family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Built as a German Athletic Club, this Hell's Kitchen bldg has been a rehearsal hall and an Off-Broadway Theater. It was converted to apartments in 1985. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Among the residents of this Neville & Bagge-designed Upper West Side bldg have been two war heroes. It holds affordable housing today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

This Federal style house barely escaped destruction by the 1913 7th av extension. Living in the attic in 1919 were Deaf Lilly and Billy the Gink whose relationship ended tragically. The bldg was razed in 1996. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

A Mediterranean fantasy, this Carnegie Hill apt house provided visual relief for Depression Era weary New Yorkers. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/spri...

This Anglo-Italianate house near Gramercy Park was home to Gustave Herter, of the famed Herter Bros. decorating firm; and Richard C. Morse, of the Y.M.C.A. It contains a duplex and a triplex apartment today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Erected by John Jacob Astor I around 1830, the store in this Federal-style house has had only a handful of commercial tenants over its nearly 200 years. It was designated a landmark in 2013. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed by Flemer & Koehler, this Carnegie Hill rowhouse lost its stoop in the widening of Park Av. It was home to just 3 families prior to 1956, when it was converted to 5 apts. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed by Moore & Landsiedel, the colorful stories of the Esperando residents have included murder, espionage and the last surviving crew member of the ironclad "Monitor." daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

The 1767, Georgian style North Dutch Church at William and Fulton Street was used by the British during the Revolution as a prison. It was razed 1875. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

This externally intact Greek Revival East Village house became a refuge for conscientious objectors in 1958, and a Mennonite student center in 1976. Menno House continues here today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Erected in 1861, this once Anglo-Italianate rowhouse was handsomely converted to artists studios in 1927. Among the first tenant was painter and etcher Anne Goldthwaite. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Erected in 1841, this Greek Revival rowhouse in the Dry Docks district survived externally intact until the addition of two floors and conversion to apts around 2010. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed in the Anglo-Italianate style in 1880, this E 75th St house was given a stark make-over by Edward Angell in 1922. Its new owners intend to restore it to a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger in 1889, this Romanesque Revival-Queen Anne hybrid was home to newlywed Radikers. They operated a substantial livery stable on W 83d St. It is a single-family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

The Gothic Revival-style Manhattan Academy opened in 1864. It was converted to a stable and the St. James's Church, a Black congregation, in 1892; and then demolished for the Penn Station complex. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Built in the mid-1840s, this Greek Revival house was converted ca. 1887 to accommodate a foundry in the lower portion. It became apts throughout in 2018. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by Frank Wennemer this Carnegie Hill rowhouse--a hybrid of Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival--was home to renowned printmaker Karl Schrag in the 1940s and '50s. It is still a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Home to working-class tenants in the 1850s, this Italianate flat building was renovated to just 2 apts per floor in 1970. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/345-...

Built in 1839 and renovated in 1879, this East Village townhouse was beleaguered in 1966 when it was rescued and restored. It is a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

A wealthy resident of this Upper West Side apt bldg in 1928 cut his wife out of his will for not being "productive of the happiness." he anticipated. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/rosa...

Originally the Elks' Mother Lodge, the ballroom of this Midtown hotel was regularly the scene of political and civic meetings with speakers like Martin Luther King Jr and Ossie Davis. It was razed in 1993. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by George F. Pelham, the Van Cordlandt was among the first of Park Av's luxury apt buildings, home to leaders in social, literary, and artistic circles. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

A public teacher living in this Art Moderne building in Chelsea was the victim of the Red Scare in 1953--fired for refusing to answer interrogation questions about Communism. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/sylv...

Although virtually untouched on the exterior, this 189-year-old Greek Revival house in the East Village is not protected by landmark status. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-a...

Popular actress Marie Prescott lived in this D. & J. Jardine-designed rowhouse in 1882 when she used her dramatic skills in a courtroom. There is an apartment in the basement of the otherwise single-family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/d-j-...

Designed by John C. Burne, the Elmhurst was plagued by a "woman firebug" in 1906 and '07. The multiple fires caused it to be called a "hoodoo house." It still holds 2 apts per floor today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Amazingly, this ca. 1870 clapboard house in Harlem survived intact until its demolition in 1990. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

This venerable Grand St structure got a stylish facelift around 1871. For much of the 20th c it was home to Sun-Ray Yarns. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by Charles E. Baxter, this Harlem rowhouse was home to bandleader Rudy King, who introduced the steel drum to America, in the 1950s. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Architect Mott B. Schmidt designed the Guy and Cynthia Cary mansion in 1923. It became a nursing home in 1952 and the Dalton School in 1964. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

This Italianate house in the East Village was home to a well-to-do grain merchant in 1851. In 1917 Antone Karasincki "the Wall Street Ripper" lived here. It holds 3 apts today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Actress Cecilia des Roches died in this Neville & Bagge designed mansion on Christmas Eve 1928, a victim of "Christmas Rum," or bootleg alcohol. There are 9 apts in the house today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by John S. O'Meara in 1891, much of Tammany Hall's downtown activities played out in this Madison St. bldg. It was demolished by the city in 1946 to make way for a park. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by Buchman & Fox, the Darlington Hotel near Penn Sta had a sketchy history through much of the 20th c. The upper floors are apts today, and the ground floor has been the Molly Wee Pub for 46 yrs. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

In 1943 fledgling cook James Beard moved into an apt in this, at the time, highly altered Greenwich Village rowhouse. By the time he left in 1957, he was renowned. A startling restoration completed in 1992 returned it to its 1860 appearance. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Starting in 1858, this Anglo-Italianate house was home to poet, orator and journalist Wm. Cullen Bryant and son-in-law Parke Goodwin and daughter Fanny. It holds 3 apts today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Originally an 1866 high-stooped brownstone, 23 Beekman Pl was home to famed actress Katharine Cornell and director Guthrie McClintic at mid-century. Architect Rudolph transformed it to a famed Modernist work and an individual NYC landmark. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Designed by Thos. Graham in 1898, this Upper West Side mansion was acquired by the Japanese Methodist Church in 1921. It was home to Japanese men until 1967 when the Bloomingdale School of Music moved in. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

As theatrical lighting changed from limelight to electric, in 1920, Rialto Electric Stage Lighting moved into this vintage Hell's Kitchen bldg. It was razed in 1962. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Only 12.5 feet wide, 127 E 15th was home to the family of Thos. Davis and his artificial eyeball business for more than half a century. It holds 3 apts today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...