Tom Miller
Partner Contributor
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:
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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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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