Many residents of this Depression Era bldg near Stuyvesant Sq were as colorful and unusual as its striking Art Deco design. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/arth...

Designed by Thom & Wilson in 1891, this handsome #UpperWestSide rowhouse had just two owners before its conversion to apts in 1960 daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Drastically remodeled by C. B. J. Snyder in 1893, Grammar School 37 was converted to a "probationary school" for "bad" boys in 1927, It was replaced by Carnegie Tower in 1972 daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

The Whitby in Hell's Kitchen has been the home of actors and entertainers for a century and continues to be part of theatrical history. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/emer...

In 1922, Prohibition officials discovered that the occupants of this Tribeca bldg were selling more than linens. They were a substantial liquor outlet. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/j-mo...

The work of Nicola Arrighini, the Duarte Statue on 6th Av near Canal Street is a little known NYC monument. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Among the many notable residents of this 1912 Blum & Blum designed Park Av bldg over the years were the Percy Strauses, who filled their apt with a striking collection of Renaissance art. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/blum...

The original owners of this William E. Mowbray-designed Upper West Side mansion was the Gartner family, who unfortunately hired a murderous maid in 1902. The house was converted to apts in 1950 daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Amazingly, this prim clapboard Hell's Kitchen house remained a private home through the 1930s. Altered, it survived until 1993, replaced by Larry Flynn's Hustler Club. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

A boarding house for years, this Italianate style East Village house became Christodora House in 1909, serving the immigrant neighborhood. It holds apts today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Among the residents of this narrow Italianate house in Rose Hill have been a well-known alienist (or psychiatrist), a Victorian calligraphist, and a prolific author and historian. It is a single family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

This Depression Era, Art Deco apt building In Hell's Kitchen had a formidable super in the 1930s in Anna Gunther, described by a newspaper as "rough-and-tumble." daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/geor...

Among the residents of 875 5th Av over the decades have been character actor Victor Moore, artist and sculptor Edith Magonigle, and "Vogue" editor Eleanor Montgomery. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/emer...

Designed by Clarence True, this Upper West Side rowhouse was home to prominent German New Yorkers for decades. It holds apartments today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

The American Hotel, which enjoyed views of City Hall Park, was destroyed by fire in 1866. The Woolworth Bldg was erected on the site in 1910-13. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Remodeled by Blum & Blum from a 19th c brownstone in 1922, this neo-Colonial rowhouse was home to the mistress of gangster Vincent Gigante. He used it as his romantic getaway and for dealings. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

A resourceful architect solved a plot between differing facade lines by designing this 1854 Kips Bay house with a curved bay. None of its Italianate details survive. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

The original owner of this East Village house, E. L. Rosemon, worked tirelessly for the betterment of the working class. Since 1990 it houses a non-for-profit. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Designed by Neville & Bagge in 1904, Latona Hall was home to some sketchy characters in the 1930s. Its handsome, hand-wrought ironwork survives. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/lato...

Physically moved 20 blocks north in 1890, the Hudson River Yacht Club operated at the foot of 92d St until 1934, when it moved to Bklyn daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Lustily decorated with complex terra cotta panels, 206-208 E 9th is a striking and unusual work of George B. Post. Remarkably unaltered, it has no landmark protection. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/geor...

Originally the 36-ft wide mansion of millionaire James Lanier, 16 W 10th was home to multiple well-known artists in the 20th c. Modern Psychoanalytic Studies occupies the bldg today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Samuel Shor, who lived in this John C. Watson-designed apt bldg, enjoyed an enormous income from picking the pockets of mass transit crowds in 1911. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/john...

Originally the John Stuyvesant stable, this charming East Village bldg has been a bedspring factory, theater, and a string of restaurants. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Designed by Ralph S. Townsend, the interior elements of this #UpperWestSide were stored during a renovation in the 1960s. They were meticulously restored in the early 2000s. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Richard Morris Hunt's masterwork in polychromed cast iron in Soho stood only 29 years, razed in 1901. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

In preparing her $1.50 goose in 1896, Katie Rosenthal, owner of this Kips Bay house, discovered a diamond inside. (The butcher raised his prices.) It has a basement apt. today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Among the celebrated residents of this Greenwich Village house were Glenn Close, Courtney Love and Frances Garr. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Designed by Gilbert A. Schellinger, The Swannanoa's occupants have included writers, artists and actors, including Georgia Vere Tyler and John Howard Jewett. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

David Sicher, who lived in this Brun & Hauser-designed mansion beginning in 1904, established free schools for his factory workers and pressed for minimum wages. It is a single-family home today daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Among the residents of this Emery Roth-designed bldg have been actress Margaret Linn, playwright Corinne Jacker, and economist J. Wilner Sundelson. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/emer...

Designed by Henry C. Dudley in 1859, the Madison Ave Baptist Church survived until 1929, replaced with the Rogers Williams Hotel that included worship space for the church. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Originally a "car stable," this #GreenwichVillage garage became an event venue in the 1980s. It continues such today as "45 Downing." daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

This Anglo-Italianate rowhouse in Kips Bay was the clubhouse of the Tammany Central Assoc. from 1911 to 1963. It holds apartments today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

With her Victorian garments ablaze, the owner of this Renwick-designed house met a gruesome end in 1890. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

This Italianate house near the Theater District retains much of his pre-Civil War appearance. It is a 2-family home today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

TV actor Takeo Lee Wong converted the areaway of this Wm. Mowbray-designed mansion to a lush garden after 9/11, to his landlords disgruntlement. The landlord finally won in 2012. There are 13 apts in the house today. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Kauffman & Sons Saddlery outfitted horses and riders like Teddy Roosevelt and Gen'l Patton for decades from this bldg until 1991. It was razed in 2000. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The handsome Anglo-Italianate design of this St. Mark's Place flat house veils the harsh lives its occupants often suffered. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Transformed from an 1883 brownstone to Colonial Revival by Albro & Lindeberg in 1905, 62 E 80 was home to chemical warfare expert Joaquin Zanetti in the 1920s. It is still a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

This eccentric flat building in #Clinton was home to notorious gangster John "Apple" Applegate from the 1930s until his arrest in 1952. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

An early resident of this 1879 house was Dr. Franklin D. Lawson, who gave up medicine and became a member of the Metropolitan Opera in 1902. In 2016 it was restore to a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/ruth...

The stoop of this Theodore E. Thompson designed rowhouse was removed in 1928. It was recently restored with an extraordinary copy based on others along the row daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Designed by Janes & Leo in 1901, the massive Benjamin mansion was demolished in 1949 for 1056 Fifth Ave, completed in 1951 daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

For 165 yrs Greenwich Village residents have shopped for a variety of items in this Bleecker St bldg. Its most recent tenant was a head shop. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Repeatedly altered, this beleaguered #LowerEastSide bldg was the home and shop of a shoemaker starting in the 1850s. It recently received a renovation. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Once considered one of "the most elegant" of Manhattan mansions, unsympathetic ground floor renovations and upper additions make the Canda residence nearly unrecognizable. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Designed by Starrett & Van Vleck, the smallest apts in 850 5th Av engulf a full-floor. Its occupants have included the cream of NYC society--Belmont, Goelet, Paley, Harkness and and Burden among them. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/hori...

Designed by John G. Prague in 1887, 126 W 87th was occupied by the same family until 1981 when actors Peter Maloney and Kristin Griffin renovated it. It remains a single family home. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The clapboard-sided Park Cottage faced Central Park for just 20 years, replaced with the Brunner and Tryon-designed Congregation Shearith Israel synagogue in 1896. daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...