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Tom Miller
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Author and blogger, I write about the back-stories of Manhattan buildings and monuments that make a fascinating city even more so.
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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.
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George B. Post's 1886 Livingstone - 206-208 East 9th Street
In 1885, seven years after he designed the magnificent Cornelius Vanderbilt II mansion at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, George Browne Pos...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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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.
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The Sadly Altered 1855 James F. D. Lanier Mansion - 16 West 10th Street
In 1854, banker and importer Clinton Gilbert, who lived at 50 Tenth Street , joined with iron merchant Henry L. Pierson to erect two specu...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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.
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John C. Watson's "The Avenue" -- 239-253 East 5th Street
photograph via David Mullins Real estate developer Isaac Sohnger completed construction of the six-story, brick-faced apartment building a...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Originally the John Stuyvesant stable, this charming East Village bldg has been a bedspring factory, theater, and a string of restaurants.
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The John R. Stuyvesant Stable - 231 East 9th Street
John Reade Stuyvesant was born on June 10, 1798 to Nicholas William and Catherine Livingston Reade Stuyvesant.  He and his wife, the forme...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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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.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Richard Morris Hunt's masterwork in polychromed cast iron in Soho stood only 29 years, razed in 1901.
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The Lost 1872 Van Rensselaer Building - 476 Broadway
from the collection of the Library of Congress When the two identical Federal-style houses at 474 and 476 Broadway were erected around 1825,...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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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.
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The Moses M. Bradley House - 212 East 32nd Street
An apartment door was installed in the basement in 1990 and the parlor windows shortened.  photograph by Anthony Bellov It appears that i...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Among the celebrated residents of this Greenwich Village house were Glenn Close, Courtney Love and Frances Garr.
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The DeWitt and Victorine Cole House - 436 West 20th Street
Clement Clark Moore donated the block of Ninth to Tenth Avenues from 20th to 21st Street in 1818.  Six years later, the first building of ...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Designed by Gilbert A. Schellinger, The Swannanoa's occupants have included writers, artists and actors, including Georgia Vere Tyler and John Howard Jewett.
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The 1898 Swannanoa - 105-107 East 15th Street
On July 15, 1897, David Greene sold the "three story brick store" at 105 East 15th Street and the "three-story frame dwelling" next door at ...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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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
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The 1900 Samuel Haas Mansion - 15 East 80th Street
Samuel Paul Haas was president of Haas Brothers Ladies Tailoring Co.  On October 30, 1898, he and his wife, Isabella, purchased the 21-foo...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Among the residents of this Emery Roth-designed bldg have been actress Margaret Linn, playwright Corinne Jacker, and economist J. Wilner Sundelson.
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Emery Roth's 1929 110 West 86th Street
image via cocoran.com On March 18, 1928, The New York Times reported that builder David Zimmerman "purchased from Benjamin Benenson the f...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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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.
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The Lost Madison Avenue Baptist Church - 131 Madison Avenue
photo by Byron Company, from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York   Organized in 1838, in 1849 the Rose Hill Church chang...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Originally a "car stable," this #GreenwichVillage garage became an event venue in the 1980s. It continues such today as "45 Downing."
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The 1910 R. Tassi & Sons Garage - 45-47 Downing Street
Automobiles were changing the streets of New York City in the first years of the 20th century, but only the wealthy could afford them.  Th...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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This Anglo-Italianate rowhouse in Kips Bay was the clubhouse of the Tammany Central Assoc. from 1911 to 1963. It holds apartments today.
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The Tammany Central Assoc. Clubhouse - 226 East 32nd Street
photo via zillow.com Around 1855, a trio of Anglo-Italianate rowhouses was erected on East 32nd Street between Second and Third Avenues.  ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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With her Victorian garments ablaze, the owner of this Renwick-designed house met a gruesome end in 1890.
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The Joshua B. Jenkins House - 33 Stuyvesant Street
On September 16, 1854, Matthias Banta purchased the triangular parcel that wrapped the north side of Stuyvesant Street and along the south...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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This Italianate house near the Theater District retains much of his pre-Civil War appearance. It is a 2-family home today.
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The Alexander Grant House - 426 West 44th Street
photograph by Anthony Bellov Around 1860, a trio of brick-faced, Italianate style houses were erected at 274 through 278 West 44th Street....
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October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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.
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The Benjamin Mordecai Mansion - 319 West 105th Street
On April 17, 1902, The New York Times reported that Benjamin Mordecai had purchased the recently completed limestone-faced mansion at 319...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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.
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The Lost H. Kauffman & Sons Saddlery Building - 139-141 East 24th Street
The centered show window replaced a vast carriage bay.   image via the NYC Dept of Records & Information Services As early as 1873, J. O. Ta...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The handsome Anglo-Italianate design of this St. Mark's Place flat house veils the harsh lives its occupants often suffered.
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The 1874 47 St. Mark's Place
The family of Stephen C. Lynes had occupied the brick-faced house at 47 St. Mark's Place for decades when he died at the age of 85 on Octo...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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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.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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This eccentric flat building in #Clinton was home to notorious gangster John "Apple" Applegate from the 1930s until his arrest in 1952.
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The 1892 437-439 West 44th Street
photograph by Anthony Bellov On May 30, 1891, Samuel Hirsch purchased two four-story frame houses at 437 and 439 West 44th Street from Gar...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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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.
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Rutherford Stuyvesant's 1879 104 East 10th Street
photograph by the author Around 1846, a two-story office building was erected at 180 Tenth Street (renumbered 104 East 10th Street in 1865...
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October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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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
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The 1896 Adolph B. Ansbacher House - 41 West 87th Street
Architect Theodore E. Thompson designed five 20-foot wide houses on the north side of West 87th Street between Central Park West and Colum...
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October 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Designed by Janes & Leo in 1901, the massive Benjamin mansion was demolished in 1949 for 1056 Fifth Ave, completed in 1951
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The Lost William E. Benjamin Mansion - 2 East 87th Street
To the left of 2 East 87th Street is the John Phipps house , erected simultaneously.  photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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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.
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The 1854 James A. Banta Dry Goods Store - 324 Bleecker Street
In 1854, Martin Bunn and Nicholas D. Herder lined the western blockfront of Bleecker Street between Grove and Christopher Streets with fou...
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October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM