Tom Miller
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Born in Dayton, Ohio, Tom relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, Tom has written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). He is the author of "Seeking New York", "Seeking Chicago", "Daytonian in Manhattan," contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications.
Posts by Tom Miller:
The 1861 Conant House at 25 Stuyvesant St: A narrow Anglo-Italianate home on a triangular plot
By Tom Miller
March 3, 2026 - 12:30 PM
The Manhattan street grid was interrupted by the diagonally running Stuyvesant Street, originally a lane to separate the two Stuyvesant family farms.
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The Hutcheson Mansion at 1211 Park Ave: A Victorian design gets a fashionable update
By Tom Miller
February 24, 2026 - 14:00 PM
In 1889, developer Edward T. Smith and architecture firm Flemer & Koehler built eight Queen Anne-style mansions on Park Avenue.
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The Esperanto at 229 West 105th St: A dramatically wide tenement home to an accused arms broker
By Tom Miller
February 17, 2026 - 09:30 AM
The brick-clad upper facade of 229 West 105th St. features splayed lintels, scrolled keystones, and prominent corner masonry blocks to offset the extremely wide structure.
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The Radiker House at 159 West 87th St: Taming the west side of Central Park
By Tom Miller
February 10, 2026 - 09:30 AM
In the late 19th century, upscale speculative building transformed the land west of Central Park, including 159 West 87th St.
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Mayor Grace’s house at 31 East 38th St: An expensive façade drew a series of prominent owners
By Tom Miller
February 3, 2026 - 10:30 AM
There were several status symbols coded into the architecture of 31 East 38th St. that indicated the wealth of its first owners, Thompson N. Hollister and his wife, M. Louisa Hollister
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Mayor Walker’s House at 6 St. Luke's Pl: Showgirls, corruption, and a $25,000 renovation
By Tom Miller
January 27, 2026 - 13:00 PM
In this new collaboration with the Daytonian, learn about 6 St. Luke’s Pl., once the home of Mayor Jimmy Walker.
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