Gramercy park
Every year, the masses are permitted a quick look inside the city's private park, provided these peasants will sing for their supper.
Updated: Dec 24, 2018 10:01 AM
'If it's based on 100-plus year law of course we should reassess it and make sure that equity is governing our decisions and not a broken tradition.'
Updated: Jun 29, 2018 1:01 PM
Late on the night of December 2nd, 1934, a 22-year-old Indiana college student named William Pattison drove his car through the gates of Gramercy Park.
Updated: Jun 28, 2018 5:05 PM
More than 100 years ago, the Trustees of Gramercy Park defeated an attempt by the City to tax the gated, 2-acre lot by showing that their properties were worth 30% more. But is that still true?
Updated: Jun 27, 2018 5:27 PM
It was founded in 1889 by famous actor Edwin Booth, older brother to infamous John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln.
Updated: May 17, 2016 5:06 PM
Sadly, the park's pristine sanctity is desecrated every 24th of December.
Updated: Dec 9, 2015 9:54 AM