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-...

#peaceprize #tacos

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-...

Private Eye gets it right as always. Private Eye magazine, is the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs publication.

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-...

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

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...

I started reading 'The Story of Charlotte's Web' by Michael Sims, then stopped part way through to read E.B. White's classic (a book I had not read for many, many years), before continuing with the Sims book. It was lovely to reacquaint myself with Fern, Wilbur, and of course Charlotte. #booksky

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-...

Former U.S. soldier Anthony Aguilar spent several months in #Gaza during the ongoing #genocide. He thought he was going to help deliver aid to Palestinians being starved by Israel, but what he saw was a scheme to force Palestinians out of their land. #Zionism > youtube.com/watch?v=DkOSWShgI_c

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-...

The only thing missing from #Trump and #Putin's 28-point plan for stabbing #Ukraine in the back is a photo of Marco #Rubio exiting from a plane waving a piece of paper in his hand proclaiming, "peace in our time" - and we all should remember how that ended last time. tinyurl.com/5746zk6k

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-...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFi7... What happened after the shutdown is business as usual with the party. Even with a super majority like 79 93 09 2020.

Israeli Knesset Member Naama Lazimi called out Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu and held him responsible for the October 7 attacks. It is one of the most scathing speeches I have heard in a long time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQ7... #Gaza #Genocide

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-...

Australian cartoonist David Rowe sums up the relationship between #MBS and T.Rump perfectly.

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-...

Demanding Accountability, Seeking Justice. The Hind Rajab Foundation is devoted to breaking the cycle of #Israeli impunity and achieving justice for all the victims of the #Gaza #genocide. www.hindrajabfoundation.org

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-...

#booksky currently reading 'A Straight Lick With A Crooked Stick', by Zora Neale Hurston (eBook via #Libby), and 'A Sand County Almanac', by Aldo Leopold, online via Archive.org.

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-...

Tonight was a very bad night.

Sleepy Don... Wake the feck up and do your job!

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-...

#VEGETARIAN FILO & FETA PIE. Another in my occasional IRENE'S KITCHEN series filmed on the Aegean #BlueZone island, Ikaria. youtu.be/rnJ4QoeSJUs #recipe

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...

The perfect summation of today's dis-United States... www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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-...

My #ReadingWrapUp for October: four Audiobooks, four print books, and one eBook, 'The Year of Magical Thinking', by Joan Didion. #BookSky #Books