Founder & public advocate
Samuel B. Ruggles
The city he saw coming
The lawyer and developer who set aside a garden, planned its streets and kept pressing his ideas upon New York.
Gramercy ParkFounder of the Park
A growing collection of neighborhood lives
The People of Gramercy
Remarkable lives. Familiar addresses.
4 profiles
Actor & club founder
Edwin Booth
Hamlet Comes Home
After a lifetime on the road, the celebrated actor found a home with friends downstairs and the Park outside his window.
16 Gramercy Park SouthThe Players
Governor & bibliophile
Samuel J. Tilden
A Life Beyond the Lost Presidency
From the money trail behind Boss Tweed to a library for all New Yorkers, the story of the man at No. 15.
15 Gramercy Park SouthHis home, now the National Arts Club
Actress & teacher
Margaret Hamilton
The Wicked Witch Upstairs
At No. 34, one of the most frightening figures in movie history was a profoundly kind neighbor.
34 Gramercy Park EastThe neighbor upstairs
A growing collection, one life at a time.
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