Manhattan's Most Gilded Address Book, Read on Foot

Keith Taillon led a Vogue writer through Manhattan to look at the late nineteenth century as it still stands, building by building and block by block. Every stop was a piece of architecture or a stretch of street that still carries that era's history. For a desk that keeps careful track of who wore what and when, it's a good reminder that New York keeps its own archive in limestone and street grids, and anyone willing to walk can read it.

With reporting from Vogue.