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 1889 Louis Isaacs House at 349 West 122nd St: Part of a new neighborhood and home to a tabloid scandal
By Tom Miller
April 7, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Brothers Joseph W. and Abram Alonzo Teets completed 349 West 122nd St. in 1889. The pair transformed the block from vacant lots into a neighborhood.
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William S. Schneider's 136 Waverly Pl: Medieval and Aztec motifs with early residents on both sides of the law
By Tom Miller
March 31, 2026 - 10:30 AM
In 1928, the Citadel Construction Company commissioned architect Walter S. Schneider to design a 16-story apartment building at Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place.
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82-88 Horatio St: Dignified tenements where murderers struck twice
By Tom Miller
March 24, 2026 - 09:30 AM
The four tenements at 82-88 Horatio St. are a dignified marriage of Anglo-Italianate and Renaissance Revival styles.
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The Donac at 402 West 20th St: A C.P.H. Gilbert design currently asking $10 million
By Tom Miller
March 17, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Architect C. P. H. Gilbert concaved the western corner of 402 West 20th St. to create a transition between its neighbors.
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George Fred Pelham's 332 West 51st St: A young architect’s likely first commission
By Tom Miller
March 10, 2026 - 09:30 AM
George Fred Pelham was 23 years old when he received a commission to build a pair of identical, Romanesque Revival-style buildings that were completed in 1891.
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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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