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Email newsletterArlene Harrison and the Rev. Thomas Pike at Calvary Church.
Behind the knights at No. 36: the building’s early cooperative plans, private libraries and roof solarium, remarkable residents, and the restoration of its terra-cotta facade.
Arlene Harrison and the Rev. Thomas Pike at Calvary Church. Photograph supplied by Tim Cohen. Newsletter · 2026-10-20 ↗
45 Gramercy Park North doorway detail: adapted from a photograph by Beyond My Ken, 2010, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0; available under the same license.
John Singer Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, 1897: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Edith Minturn Phelps Stokes, 1938, 38.104; public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons.
The Players Foundation’s Raymond Wemmlinger with Arlene Harrison and Alex Nguyen, presenting the Hirschfeld etching in the March 2020 newsletter. Original newsletter photograph ↗
Neighbors and donated items in the photograph accompanying the Block Association’s Project LIFT program.
Edwin Smith; engraving by D. R. Harrison. December 31, 1831. 29.100.2973, Museum of the City of New York, The J. Clarence Davies Collection. Source ↗ · Enlarge image ↗
A meal and the people helping serve it, from the Block Association’s Common Table program record.
The Ladder Company 3 equipment-grant presentation, reproduced in the Block Association’s November 2013 community-service montage. Original published source ↗
A gathering outside Paddy Maguire’s, from the Block Association’s published Toy Drive account.
A visit to a homebound neighbor, from the Block Association’s published community-service record.
Work at the base of the Gramercy Park sundial during the 2017 restoration project. Original archive story ↗
Workers repairing and leveling the bluestone sidewalk beside Gramercy Park in January 2017. Original archive story ↗
A snowy view into Gramercy Park through the fence, featured in January 2018. Photograph by Michael Gerbino. Original archive story ↗
Planting begonias in one of the street-tree gardens surrounding Gramercy Park, reported in June 2018. Original archive story ↗
The central flower beds in summer 2013, before that autumn’s perimeter project.Photograph by Sean Brady · GPBA archive. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
Workers spreading and rolling replacement gravel in Gramercy Park, as reported in May 2014. Original archive story ↗
Replacement LED hazard lights at a Gramercy Park gate, reported in June 2018. Original archive story ↗
Potholes on Gramercy Park West before the street work announced in March 2014. Original archive story ↗
Alexander Calder’s Janey Waney in Gramercy Park, featured in the August 2016 newsletter. Photograph by Sean Brady. Original archive story ↗
Gramercy Park in summer, featured in the Block Association’s August 2023 update. Photograph by Sean Brady. Gramercy Summer Update ☀️🌻 ↗
Music director Kamel Boutros conducting the orchestra and choir at St. George’s 124th Candlelight Service. Photograph by Courtney McAllister. Original archive story ↗
Bill Cunningham with his bicycle beside Gramercy Park, in the Block Association’s 2016 remembrance. Photograph by Sean Brady. Original archive story ↗
Collected books, from the Block Association’s Project Cicero program record.
Arlene Harrison with the 13th Precinct’s new bicycle patrol in the original undated article. The Block Association contributed one bicycle to the ten-bike effort. Original bicycle-patrol article ↗
The GPBA-hosted gathering honoring Assistant Chief Gin Yee on his retirement, featured in August 2023. Gramercy Summer Update ☀️🌻 ↗
Rev. Tom Pike speaking at the January 2013 celebration of his 50 years in the priesthood. Photograph by Sean Brady. Original archive story ↗
Gramercy Park, Nos. 3–5, November 27, 1935.Berenice Abbott · The New York Public Library. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
Backpacks and supplies collected during the 2016 Back to School Drive. Original GPBA account ↗
Arlene Harrison speaking at City Hall during the 1994 neighborhood campaign.the Block Association archive. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
Related archive photograph: Mamadou Tall and Saliou Diop, introduced as the Block Association’s Clean Streets team in 2022. Photograph by Sean Brady. Meet the Clean Streets Team ↗
A family at the playground, from the Block Association’s published cleanup program record.
Sean Brady’s photograph accompanying the Trustees’ April 2014 spring-cleanup notice. Photograph by Sean Brady. Original published source ↗
Officers with the Block Association’s support banner, pictured in the May 8, 2020 meal and face-shield delivery letter. Original newsletter photograph · 2020-05-08 ↗
Perimeter lighting pictured in the Block Association’s December 8, 2020 safety update. Original newsletter photograph · 2020-12-08 ↗
The team and donated toys pictured in the Block Association’s January 2023 follow-up. Original GPBA newsletter ↗
Music on the stoop, pictured in the National Arts Club invitation shared by the Block Association. Original GPBA newsletter ↗
The storefront after the fire, as pictured in the Block Association’s June 2023 letter. Original GPBA newsletter ↗
Sean Brady’s photograph in the letter introducing the 2026 GPBA calendar. Photograph by Sean Brady. Original GPBA newsletter ↗
A child sits with an officer at the November 18, 2001 Neighbors Helping Neighbors benefit. Photograph by Elisabeth Robert. Original archive photograph ↗
Neighbors at the Block Association’s October 20, 2008 townhouse-tour benefit at 23 Gramercy Park South. Photograph by Kamel Boutros. Original archive photograph
Jonah Gold with 13th Precinct officers and Arlene Harrison during the GPBA-arranged visit reported in September 2005. Original archive photograph ↗
The September 4, 2003 planning article with its adjoining uncaptioned street-photo strip. Original archive photograph ↗
The Block Association, GO Project and FPWA representatives pictured in the June 18, 2009 report on the Block Association’s role in reconnecting the two organizations. Photograph by Tim Mercure. Original archive photograph ↗
Architectural rendering of the proposed Edwin Gould Residence, a 52-unit supportive housing project described in a July 2002 GPBA archive entry. Architect: Thanhauser Esterson Kapell Architects. Original project proposal ↗
The Block Association’s president Arlene Harrison with YAI staff and residents at the annual Christmas party reported December 14, 1995. Original archive photograph ↗
Community committee members at the October 2, 1999 Julia Bird benefit at the Gramercy Park Hotel. Photograph by Todd Maisel. Original archive photograph ↗
Neighborhood children meet NYTB performers during the Block Association ballet outing reported December 26, 2002. Original archive photograph
The welcome for Abigail Arias, pictured in the Block Association’s August 13, 2019 newsletter. Original newsletter photograph ↗
School of Visual Arts portico at 17 Gramercy Park South, illustrated in the Block Association’s report on restoration in progress and recommendations for further work. Original archive photograph ↗
James Duane, painted in 1805.John Trumbull, after Robert Edge Pine · New York City Hall portrait collection. Public domain. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
The founding indenture of December 17, 1831, page 1 of the four-page printed reproduction. The 1831 indenture ↗
The Old Willow, about 1920. Published for the Gramercy Park Association by William Green. X2011.34.3334. Museum of the City of New York. Museum record ↗
The Ruggles Fountain, about 1920. Published for the Gramercy Park Association by William Green. X2011.34.3338. Museum of the City of New York. Museum record ↗
The James Harper House and its neighbor, March 27, 1934.E. P. MacFarland · Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, HABS NY,31-NEYO,12-1. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
Troops and rioters on First Avenue during the Draft Riots, 1863.Illustrated London News, August 15, 1863, p. 168 · NYPL Picture Collection. Source ↗ · Enlarge ↗
The Players at 16 Gramercy Park South. Original photograph supplied by GPBA.
The founding indenture of December 17, 1831, page 2 of the printed reproduction. The 1831 indenture ↗
The 2006 farewell gathering for Basil Clarke, pictured in the contemporary Town & Village clipping. Town & Village · 2006-08-31 ↗
Gramercy neighbors attending Cabrini Medical Center’s art auction on October 9, 2003, pictured in Town & Village. Town & Village · 2003-10-16 ↗
Dr. Eugene E. Weise and Arlene Harrison during the GPBA-sponsored 175th-anniversary walk, reported in May 2006. Gramercy Park celebrates 175th anniversary
Susan Latham, Joseph P. Benincasa, Arlene Harrison and Sean Brady, pictured in the Block Association’s May 2016 Actors Fund report. Original newsletter image ↗
Tree removal on Gramercy Park South, pictured in the Block Association’s August 26, 2014 account of the truck incident. Original source ↗
The Lexington Avenue Armory on December 14, 2010. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by Beyond My Ken. Original source ↗
New York Comedy Club exterior, reproduced in the 2016 newsletter from DNAinfo. Original source ↗
Storage boxes in the Block Association’s office, pictured in the November 12, 2014 newsletter about the Block Association’s records and continuity plan. Original source ↗
Miguel Serrano and Arlene Harrison at the June 10, 2013 gala party for the Block Association’s members. Original source ↗
Children and adults in the original two-page record of the March 2005 Mother GOOSE! benefit. Original source
Susan J. Sutherland receiving the Block Association’s first Woman of the Year award from Arlene Harrison, in the October 24, 2002 newspaper report. Original source
Spring blossoms in the April 15, 2021 planting guide. Original published source ↗
Arlene Harrison with Manhattan South detectives at the Block Association event at the National Arts Club remembering Detective Brian Moore. Photograph by Maria Rocha-Buschel. Original GPBA account ↗
