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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Gramercy Park has lost a great friend and neighbor
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you that Anthony Macagnone Sr., owner of Sal Anthony's Restaurant and Sal Anthony's Movement Salon, has passed away.

His establishments have been in the Gramercy Park neighborhood for over fifty years, and he was a beloved friend and neighbor to many. We will miss him.

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Monday, January 21, 2019
GPBA Board Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Gramercy Park News #877
Trustees of Gramercy Park sponsor Christmas Eve Caroling in the Park, organized by the Gramercy Park Block Association

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Monday, December 17, 2018
Gramercy Park News #876
  • Gramercy Park History: Samuel B. Ruggles, Founded Gramercy Park December 17, 1831
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: GPBA Sponsors Holiday Dinner & Toy Drive at Paddy Maguire's Ale House, 3rd Ave at 20th St
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA helps sponsor NYPD Patrol Borough Manhattan South Christmas Party

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Sunday, December 9, 2018
Gramercy Park News #875
  • Caroling in Gramercy Park
  • In the neighborhood: Celebrate the holidays with our neighbors at Sal Anthony's Restaurant!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Annual Holiday Toy Drive
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree Installation
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: 13th Pct Remembrance Garden planted for Christmas

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Gramercy Park News #874

Help make a difference in the lives of our Neighbors in Need.

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Friday, November 23, 2018
Gramercy Park News #873
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Town & Village: Some parks are still closed after snowstorm knocks limbs off trees
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NHN sponsors annual Thanksgiving dinner for NYPD Emergency Service Detectives on duty Thanksgiving Day
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Local synagogues packed after Pittsburgh massacre

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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Gramercy Park News #872
  • Arts Club honors its old adversary
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NHN sponsors annual luncheon at E 23rd St Kenmore Hall for 108 formerly homeless veterans
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing donations to Kenmore Hall by neighbors Marissa and Jeff Quinn

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Thursday, November 8, 2018
Gramercy Park News #871
GPBA President Arlene Harrison honored at National Arts Club 120th Anniversary Gala

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Gramercy Park News #870

Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Gramercy Park News #869
  • Gramercy Park Archives: The Story of Gramercy Park 1831-1921
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Tree and Shrub Maintenance - Park Closed
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Edwin Fancher, founder of The Village Voice
  • Real Estate Nineteen story mixed-use building to replace Dunkin Donuts building at 200 E 20th St at 3rd Ave
  • Real Estate: Artist James Turrell's sleek Gramercy Park home returns to market
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Gramercy Park News #868
  • Happy Autumn!
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Brotherhood Synagogue members in the Park on Yom Kippur, Wednesday 9/19
  • In the neighborhood: Invitation from good friend Players Foundation Curator and Librarian Raymond Wemmlinger
  • World Trade Center: Follow-up statistics
  • Real Estate: Nineteen story mixed-use building to replace Dunkin Donuts building at 200 E 20th St at 3rd Ave
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Annette Green (head of The Fragrance Foundation for over 40 years) publishes book
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Backpack Drive for Project LIFT
  • Thanks to Gramercy Park neighbors for their support
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
Gramercy Park News #867
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Alexander Calder sculpture Janey Waney leaving Gramercy Park for the Tuileries Garden at the Louvre
  • World Trade Center: 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the 13th Precinct
  • Safety and Security: Woman mugged on Gramercy Park West
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanks to neighbors who supported our Backpack Drive for city shelter children!
  • In the neighborhood: Welcome Westside Market!
  • Gramercy Park History: Edwin Booth's bedroom at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: Gramercy Park apartment by sheep + stone
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: A Gramercy Park Flat Designed Around Light
  • In the neighborhood: The 100 best restaurants in NYC
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Monday, September 10, 2018
Gramercy Park News #866
  • Read annual speech given by GPBA President Arlene Harrison

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Gramercy Park News #865
  • NYPD Partnership: We will NEVER FORGET!
  • GPBA's response to the World Trade Center disaster
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Update on Restoration of Edwin Booth Monument
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: End of Summer Cleanup photos
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Tree Maintenance
  • Guardian of Gramercy Park: Preserving the Park for Future Generations
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Meet wonderful Gramercy Park gardener Amando Flores
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Gramercy Park News #864
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: End of Summer Cleanup
  • NYPD Partnership: World Trade Center E-MEN video series
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Backpack and School Supply Drive
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: Union Square Coffee Shop owner is renting Parisian-style townhouse at 11 Gramercy Park South for $40K/month
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: Interior renovation inspired by 19th-century Aesthetic Movement in 1883 "The Gramercy" ( 34 Gramercy Park) oldest coop in New York
  • Gramercy Park History: Tour of The Player's on Gramercy Park

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Gramercy Park News #863
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Restoration begins on Edwin Booth Memorial in Gramercy Park
  • A look back in history: History of The Edwin Booth Memorial
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: School Supplies and Backpack Drive
  • Annual Neighborhood Preservation and Cleanup
  • A look back in history: GPBA's response to the 9/11 disaster
  • Gramercy Park: Relationship between the Trustees of Gramercy Park and the Gramercy Park Block Association
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA Sponsors National Night Out Against Crime
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Friday, August 3, 2018
Gramercy Park News #862
  • In the neighborhood: Summer Streets Begins Saturday on Park Avenue South
  • National Night Out Against Crime
  • Gramercy Park History: Nineteenth Century Gramercy Park Residents
  • A look back in GPBA history: Improving Traffic on Gramercy Park
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Happy Belated birthday to our friend Ian!
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Monday, July 23, 2018
Gramercy Park News #861
A look back in Gramercy Park History: 1989 Con Edison Steam pipe explosion on Gramercy Park

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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Gramercy Park News #860

Public Safety:

Many neighbors have asked about the steam pipe explosion that occurred on West 21st Street and 5th Avenue on Thursday 7/19.

Click here for information from NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, including a map of the affected area.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Gramercy Park News #859
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA Sponsors NYPD Explorers Program
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Gramercy Park Historic District plaque vandalism and repairs
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Jim Parsons stars in first Broadway production of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking play "The Boys in the Band"
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: New film "I'll Hide You Seek" written and directed by Anne Richardson
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Film score composer Hans Zimmer opens up about his career at intimate Bafta talk
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: World renowned photographer Tina Barney's best photograph: Picasso at my sister's wedding party
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: One week left to see Audrey Heffernan Meyer in her performance in This One's for the Girls Off Broadway at St Luke's Theatre
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Three New Ballet Bronze Sculptures by Marc Mellon Unveiled at Lincoln Center
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
Gramercy Park News #858
  • In the neighborhood: Support our beloved friends at Sal Anthony's Restaurant!
  • Gramercy Park Public Safety: Health Department confirms first human case of West Nile Virus for 2018 season
  • Look Back in Gramercy Park History: August 2000 - GPBA worked with Health Dept. to set up West Nile Virus Surveillance in Park
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Vandalism at Gramercy Park South gate
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA visiting NYPD Emergency Service Truck #1
  • Quality of Life: Rat complaints are on the rise in NYC
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Gramercy Park News #857
  • Happy Independence Day!
  • Gramercy Park Neighbors: Gramercy Park Trustee Tom Pike and Lys McLaughlin Pike honored at Untermyer Gardens Conservancy's Summer Solstice Sunset Soirée
  • A tribute to our neighbor Lys McLaughlin Pike
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Congratulations Wendy Ettinger, Executive Producer of Academy Award-nominated documentary The War Room 2018 new member of the Academy Documentary Branch!
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Dr. Amanda Foreman "At Age 50, a Time of Second Acts"
  • Historic Preservation: Great news! NY State Senate did not repeal the existing limit on the size of residential buildings in New York City.
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: New uniforms for Park Caretakers
  • In the neighborhood: Support our beloved friends at Sal Anthony's Restaurant!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing donations to New York Theatre Ballet Project LIFT city shelter children
  • In the neighborhood: Gramercy Vintage Furniture closing soon!

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Gramercy Park News #856
  • NYPD Partnership: View photos by Shannon Nallan: GPBA remembers fallen NYPD Officers at annual event
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Four flower beds in center of the Park planted for summer
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: 41 Tree gardens surrounding Gramercy Park planted with begonias
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Hazard lights on Park fence replaced

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Gramercy Park News #855
GPBA remembers fallen NYPD Officers at annual event

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Monday, May 28, 2018
Gramercy Park News #854
  • Memorial Day
  • GPBA Remembers 13th Precinct PO Scott Bradshaw
  • GPBA Remembers PO Anthony Sanchez
  • GPBA plants 13th Precinct Remembrance Garden for Memorial Day

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Gramercy Park News #853
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Philip K. Howard elected Trustee of Gramercy Park
  • In the neighborhood: Celebrate Mother's Day with our dear friends and neighbors at Sal Anthony's Restaurant!
  • GPBA proud sponsor - Olmsted Salon Connecting Culture and Community Jazz in the Cave Final Performance
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: New York Theatre Ballet/Project LIFT Founder Diana Byer named in "10 Humanitarian Heroes Over 50"
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Gramercy Park News #852
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Annual Spring Cleanup
  • Happy 218th Birthday Gramercy Park Founder Samuel B. Ruggles!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: 13th Pct Remembrance Garden planted for Easter
  • GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture and Community Jazz in the Cave Friday April 13th
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: Gramercy Park penthouse that once fetched $22M relists for $8.5M
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Gramercy Park News #851
  • Come join our friends and neighbors at wonderful Sal Anthony's Restaurant on Easter Sunday!
  • Gramercy Park History: The meaning behind two Gramercy Park lampposts
  • Real Estate: In New York, a view of even a small park adds value
  • Real Estate: America's richest people buy homes in 'power markets' -
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Gramercy Park News #850
  • A message from our beloved neighbor Anthony Macagnone owner of Sal Anthony's Restaurant
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Donating warm hats, gloves, scarves to Brotherhood Synagogue Men's Homeless Shelter.
  • Building Community: Building Community GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture and Community
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Gramercy Park News #849
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Clothing Drive for Brotherhood Synagogue Men's Homless Shelter
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Park closed today (Tues 2/6)
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard Of Counsel to Trustees of Gramercy Park
  • Building Community GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture and Community
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Monday, January 15, 2018
GPBA Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rev. Tom Pike shares reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. with GPBA President Arlene Harrison
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
Gramercy Park News #847
  • Happy 80th Birthday to our beloved neighbor and friend Rev. Tom Pike!
  • Gramercy Park snow photos
  • NYPD Partnership: National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
  • Building Community: GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture and Community
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Thursday, January 4, 2018
Gramercy Park News #846
  • Call for Gramercy Park snow photos for our Archives
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: "Gramercy Park packed on Christmas Eve" - Town & Village
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Monday, December 24, 2017
Merry Christmas!

Trustees of Gramercy Park sponsor Christmas Eve Caroling in the Park, organized by the Gramercy Park Block Association

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Friday, December 22, 2017
Gramercy Park News #844
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Caroling in the Park
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Brotherhood Synagogue's Chanukah Menorah Lighting
  • We are grateful to our neighbors for their support of our many Neighbors Helping Neighbors Projects!
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Gramercy Park News #843
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Support for Fox House Shelter for homeless women and children
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: GPBA Sponsors Holiday Dinner & Toy Drive at Paddy Maguire's Ale House, 3rd Ave at 20th St
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA Sponsors NYPD Patrol Borough Manhattan South Christmas Party
  • Building Community: Holiday Events
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Gramercy Park News #842
  • Caroling in the Park - Sunday 12/24 6-7pm
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree installed in Park by Mike Boag and his nursery crew, assisted by Park Caretaker Amando Flores
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: 13th Pct Remembrance Garden planted for Christmas
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA congratulates NYPD ESU Det. Jimmy Moran on his retirement after 37 years of service
  • Gramercy Park Neighbors: Calvary-St. George's Rectory
  • NHN Annual Holiday Toy Drive
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Gramercy Park News #841
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: A 40ft Norway Spruce tree will be delivered to Gramercy Park tomorrow Friday 12/1!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NHN provided Thanksgiving dinner for NYPD Emergency Service Detectives on duty Thanksgiving Day
  • Building Community: Candlelight, a historic New York City Tradition
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors - Annual Holiday Toy Drive
  • NHN: Adopt a Family for Christmas
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Gramercy Park News #840
  • Happy Thanksgiving from the GPBA Board of Directors
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Preparing Gramercy Park for winter
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree arrives Friday 12/1!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Kenmore Hall Thanksgiving
  • NYPD Partnership: Detective Bureau Manhattan South Thanksgiving
  • In the neighborhood: Thank you Executive Director Jennifer Brown and the Flatiron BID for this Thanksgiving Dining Guide
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Dr. Amanda Foreman in 11/19 Sunday Times
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NY Care Coat Drive
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Saturday, November 11, 2017
Gramercy Park News #839

Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NHN sponsors Kenmore Hall Veterans Day Luncheon and Care Packages

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Gramercy Park News #838
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: NHN sponsors Kenmore Hall Veterans Day Luncheon
  • In the neighborhood: Support our wonderful Gramercy Park family members Sal Anthony's Restaurant - 3rd Ave at 19th St.
  • Building Community: GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture and Community
  • Gramercy Park History: Happy Birthday to Players' Founder Edwin Booth, born November 13, 1833
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
Congrats to Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer on the opening of Caffe Marchio!
Located in the Redbury Hotel 30 E 30th St between Park Ave South & Madison Ave

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Gramercy Park News #835
Many thanks to Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer for bringing such joy to the area!
  • New Roman Wine Bar features Champagne and fried fare - Vini e Fritti
  • At Danny Meyer's New Café, the 'Iced Coffee' Is Actually Ice - Caffe Marchio
  • Recently opened! Martina, a Shake Shack-Like Approach to Pizza
  • Marta, the fine dining big sister to Martina
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Saturday, October 7, 2017
Gramercy Park News #834
NEWSFLASH: Our wonderful friend, Gramercy Park neighbor Danny Meyer will be profiled by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Gramercy Park News #833
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Brotherhood Synagogue members in the Park on Yom Kippur
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Fall Tree Maintenance Program
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors - additional photos
  • NYPD Partnership: Saying farewell to Sgt. Chris Christodoulou
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Thursday, September 22, 2017
Gramercy Park News #832
  • RIP Sgt. Chris Christodoulou
  • Happy Autumn
  • Town & Village: Thirteenth Precinct and GPBA remember 9/11 at 16th anniversary ceremony
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: We thank our Gramercy Park neighbors who donated dozens of backpacks and supplies for city shelter children
  • GPBA proudly sponsors Olmsted Salon
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer Restaurants with notable decor
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Monday, September 11, 2017
Gramercy Park News #831
GPBA Remembers 9/11 on 16th Anniversary

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Thursday, September 7, 2017
Gramercy Park Remembers: GPBA's response to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster
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Friday, August 25, 2017
Gramercy Park News #830
  • In the neighborhood: Sal Anthony's Restaurant - 19th St and 3rd Ave
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Backpack Drive for city shelter children
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Gramercy Park Sundial restoration completed by Gramercy Park historic preservation expert Gabriel Popian
  • Gramercy Park: Eclipse photos (8/21/17)
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Electrical Upgrade in Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Ed Fancher

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Gramercy Park News #829
  • Danny Meyer hits another home run! Martina! Roman-inspired pizzeria Martina (11th St & 3rd Ave) opens to the public this Saturday 8/19 from 11am-1am
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Back to School Drive this Thursday!
  • Gramercy Park: GPBA Service Contract with the Trustees of Gramercy Park
  • Our Gramercy Park Office
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Friday, August 11, 2017
Gramercy Park News #828
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Back to School Drive
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: GPBA members give $8,425 scholarship to Project LIFT student
  • NYPD Partnership: National Night Out Against Crime
  • Quality of Life: Con Ed makes emergency repairs on Gramercy Park West
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Gramercy Park Sundial Restoration
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Tree Maintenance Program
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Tuesday, July 31, 2017
Gramercy Park News #827
  • NYPD Partnership GPBA Shows Love, Gratitude and Support to NYPD at 13th Precinct Honoring the memory of murdered NYPD Det. Miosotis Familia
  • In the neighborhood: Summer Streets Park Ave South closed to traffic
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Thursday, July 27, 2017
Gramercy Park News #826
  • NYPD Partnership: Widow of murdered NYPD Det. Wenjian Liu gives birth to daughter 2 1/2 years after this death.
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Park gravel recently raked, blown and rolled.
  • In the neighborhood: Fusco, great new restaurant near Gramercy Park
  • In the neighborhood: Update: Conversion of Cabrini Medical Center into Gramercy Square - interior photos
  • In the neighborhood: Restaurant Week through August 18
  • In the neighborhood: Zucker's Bagels launching biggest location yet
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Friday, July 14, 2017
Gramercy Park News #825
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: A final plea for help!

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Farewell NYPD hero Detective Miosotis Familia
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Friday, July 7, 2017
Gramercy Park News #823
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Plea for help!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: We recently sponsored tickets to Metropolitan Opera House for children in NYTB's Project LIFT.
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA Remembers Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo & Det. Steven McDonald Remarks by Arlene Harrison at National Arts Club, June 8, 2017
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Thursday, July 6, 2017
GPBA Remembers murdered Police Officer Miosotis Familia
  • Cop fatally shot on the job was beloved mother of three
  • Remember the Fallen - Heartbreaking story of those left behind when officers are killed in the line of duty, and Blue Lives Matter, the organization helping them. Produced by Antonio Bolfo, video includes NYPD widows GPBA honored at our June event at the National Arts Club: Lisa Tuozzolo, Maritza Ramos and Pei Xia Chen, widow of Det. Wenjian Liu.
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Gramercy Park News #821
  • Happy Independence Day !
  • Fourth of July Holiday Guide from our friends at the Flatiron BID
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Congrats to NY Theatre Ballet's Rebecca Seow graduating from Frank Sinatra School of the Arts.
  • NYPD Partnership: Congrats P.O. Michael Pascale, son-in-law of wonderful National Arts Club General Manager John Eramo
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: Famed 4 Gramercy Park West townhouse, former home of NYC Mayor James Harper, sells for $23M
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Designer CeCe Barfield's 34 Gramercy Park home featured in Architectural Digest
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate After 6 years, 50 Gramercy Park North penthouse now asking half its original price
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Gramercy Park News #820
  • Happy Summer
  • Make Music New York
  • Building Community: GPBA, proud sponsor Olmsted Salon, Connecting Culture & Community
  • Interview with the Guardian of Gramercy Park
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Gramercy Park News #819

GPBA remembers NYPD Officers who lost their lives in the past year

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Gramercy Park News #818
  • GPBA remembers NYPD Officers who lost their lives in the past year Thursday June 8th 6-8pm National Arts Club
  • In the neighborhood: Gramercy restaurant Sal Anthony's returns after closing a decade ago
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: 13th Pct Remembrance Garden planted for Memorial Day
  • Podcast: Mayor of Gramercy Park Arlene Harrison Explains Why You're Not Allowed Inside
  • Building Community: GPBA sponsors Olmsted Salon
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Gramercy Park News #817
  • Gramercy Park Access: The Key to Higher Home-Sale Prices
  • Anthony Sanchez Way Rededication
  • Quality of life: What it's like to live on one of NYC's secret gardens, Gramercy Park
  • Spring Flowers in Gramercy Park Photos by dear friend Irina Hage
  • In the neighborhood: Renowned Chef Scott Conant opens Fusco in Gramercy Park
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Gramercy Park News #816
  • Spring photos of Gramercy Park by Gramercy Park Assistant Alex Nguyen
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing donations to NYTB and its Project LIFT, for children in city shelters
  • Building Community: GPBA, proud sponsor of Olmsted Salon's Jazz in the Cave
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: 10 Gramercy Park South
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Gramercy Park News #815
  • GPBA Sponsors Actors Fund's annual Edwin Forrest Day celebration at The Players
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Picasso's granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso hosts Hollywood party in her Gramercy Park brownstone
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Congrats Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe on 3 star review by Pete Wells - New York Times
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe, designed by the Rockwell Group
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Alexander S. C. Rower, grandson of Alexander Calder and President of Calder Foundation announces "Calder / Miró: Constellations"
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Tree maintenance
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Gramercy Park News #814
  • In the neighborhood: Thank you Sal Anthony for an amazing Easter Sunday lunch
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Easter Egg Hunt in the Park
  • Spring Photos of Gramercy Park by friend Irina Hage View Photos
  • Gramercy Park History: Bowery Boys' - The Secrets of Gramercy Park
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
Gramercy Park News #813
  • Happy 217th Birthday Samuel B. Ruggles
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: GP Mayor Arlene Harrison delivers food to homebound neighbors
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Trustees welcome Calvary Church for Palm Sunday Procession in the Park
  • In the neighborhood: Sal Anthony's Italian Restaurant opening at 226 Third Ave
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Spring Cleanup
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Gramercy Park News #812
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Jimmy Fallon and family celebrate opening of Universal Studios ride "Race Through New York" in Orlando
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Phil Suarez's new vegetarian restaurant ABCv at 38 E 19th St
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park : Palm Sunday Procession and Easter Egg Hunt
  • Gramercy Park: Penthouse at 45 Gramercy Park North
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing donations to Kenmore Hall
  • Real Estate: Many of our Gramercy Park neighbors have homes in Sagaponack, "undisputedly, the most expensive zip code in the country"
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Electrical work
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Annual Tree Maintenance
  • A Positive Outlook May Be Good for Your Health
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Gramercy Park News #811
  • In the neighborhood: Sal Anthony's Italian Restaurant opening at 226 Third Ave (corner 19th St) Easter Sunday, April 16th at 1pm and will serve until 10pm
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe New York Magazine Review by Adam Platt
  • A look back in history: Gramercy Park Neighbor James Harper
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Gramercy Park News #810
  • NYPD Partnership: Man found guilty on all charges for 2015 slaying of Det. Randolph Holder
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Gramercy Park preservation expert Gabriel Popian repairs north gate
  • Quality of Life: Gramercy Park residents "furious" about dog etiquette issue
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Moves Forward With Martina, 3rd Ave btw 10th & 11th streets
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer's Maialino offers Sicilian tasting menu and coastal wines this Spring
  • Former Gramercy Park Neighbor: Pausing to Remember Franca Sozzani, Italian Vogue Editor
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Gramercy Park Neighbors donate clothes to those in need
  • Historic Preservation: GPBA is a proud "neighborhood partner" of Historic Districts Council
  • Building Community: Mama & Me Playgroup
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Gramercy Park News #809
  • RIP ESU Detective Chris Lindsay
  • Happy Birthday in heaven 9/11 Hero Police Officer Moira Smith
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing donations to NYTB Project Lift, for individuals in city shelters
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Samuel B. Ruggles, Founder Of Gramercy Park - 1831
  • Former Gramercy Park Neighbor: Harvey Lichtenstein
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Gramercy Park News #808
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's new eatery Daily Provisions (109 E 19th) in the news
  • Safety & Security: Former 13th Precinct cop Lt. John Russo kept working slain jogger case until he cracked it
  • Gramercy Park Overview: Trustees of Gramercy Park & Gramercy Park Block Association
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
Gramercy Park News #807
  • Great news for Gramercy Park! New eatery by Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer "Daily Provisions" opening Friday 2/3 at 103 E 19th St
  • Safety and Security: We send our LOVE, GRATITUDE, and SUPPORT every day to the NYPD who risk their lives to protect us
  • Brotherhood Synagogue Project Cicero
  • In the neighborhood: Thanks to our wonderful friend Flatiron BID Executive Director Jennifer Brown, their board and staff for this neighborhood Valentine's Dining Guide
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanks to Gramercy Park neighbors, clothing donations to Kenmore Hall, 145 E 23rd St.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Gramercy Park News #806
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Work Projects Update
  • In the Neighborhood: Thanks to our wonderful friend Flatiron BID Executive Director Jennifer Brown, their board and staff for posting this NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2017 Guide
  • Congratulations to Gramercy Park Neighbor Rev. Jacob A. Smith on his upcoming institution of the Third Rector of the Parish of Calvary-St. George's!
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Adam Neumann
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Gramercy Park News #805
  • Perspectives of Gramercy Park: Photos submitted by Gramercy Park Neighbors for our Archives
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's "New, Relocated Union Square Cafe Remains Manhattan's Most Welcoming Marvel" - Vanity Fair
  • Gramercy Park History: Bowery Boys Podcast
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree taken down
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Designer Bennett Leifer's Apartment Featured in Architectural Digest
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Friday, January 6, 2017
Gramercy Park News #804
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Bluestone Sidewalk Project
  • Former Gramercy Park Neighbor Franca Sozzani Dies at 66; Gave Italian Vogue a Daring Look and Voice
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe - New Home on 19th Street is Spacious, Bustling
  • In the Neighborhood: Le Coq Rico listed in New York Times "Top 10 New York Restaurants of 2016"
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Sunday, December 25, 2016
Trustees of Gramercy Park Sponsor Christmas Eve Caroling
View photos by Gramercy Park neighbors Sean Brady and Ira Fox
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Happy Winter!
  • Holiday Events
  • Guardian of Gramercy Park: Preserving the Park for Future Generations
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Holiday Projects
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Sunday, December 18, 2016
Why support the GPBA?
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Gramercy Park News #803
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: GPBA Sponsors Holiday Dinner & Toy Drive at Paddy Maguire's Ale House, 3rd Ave at 20th St
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Ian, 9 years old, donates to Book Drive for children in need
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors plants 13th Pct Remembrance Garden for Christmas
  • Building Community: Holiday Events
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Gramercy Park News #802
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Caroling in the Park
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Brotherhood Synagogue's Chanukah Menorah Lighting
  • Upcoming Neighbors Helping Neighbors Projects
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Thursday, December 1, 2016
Gramercy Park News #801
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree arrives today in Gramercy Park!
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Dr. Henry Jarecki awarded the "Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit"
  • Building Community: Candlelight, a historic New York City Tradition
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Children's Book Drive - Drop off Monday 12/5!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Holiday Projects
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Tuesday, November 28, 2016
This #GivingTuesday, you can make a difference
Our GPBA focus for the holiday season is Neighbors Helping Neighbors , where our Gramercy Park community works together to support our less fortunate neighbors.

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Thursday, November 24, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving from the GPBA!
  • Blue Lives Matters Pres. Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice, fellow NYPD make surprise visits to families of deceased NYPD, delivering Thanksgiving dinners, flowers
  • GPBA Sponsors Thanksgiving Dinner at Kenmore Hall
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Fall photos
  • Upcoming Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Projects
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Gramercy Park News #800
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Preparing for Winter and Holidays
  • Update: GPBA Quality of Life Committee Victory
  • Gramercy Park History: Samuel B. Ruggles, Founded Gramercy Park in 1831
  • Flatiron BID Thanksgiving Guide
  • Real Estate: Uma Thurman Sells Gramercy Park Duplex Above Asking Price for $6.6m
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Veterans Day
  • Every day we are grateful to our Veterans for their service!
  • NHN sponsors annual luncheon at E 23rd St Kenmore Hall for 107 formerly homeless veterans
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Gramercy Park News #799
  • GPBA mourns loss of 19-yr-NYPD vet Sgt. Paul Tuozzolo, killed 11/4 in the line of duty
  • NHN sponsors luncheon at Kenmore Hall for 107 formerly homeless veterans
  • GPBA sponsors Olmsted Salon, connecting neighbors through art, culture and conversation
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
A Look Back in History

GPBA's Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Support for Troops Serving in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Friday, November 4, 2016
Gramercy Park News #798
Birthdays of Stanford White & Edwin Booth, Park Projects, Neighbors Helping Neighbors , and more

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Gramercy Park News #797
"Guardian" of Gramercy Park: Preserving the Park for Future Generations

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Monday, October 17, 2016
Gramercy Park News #796

Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe
Pre-opening Photos

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Gramercy Park News #795
Interview with the "Warden" of Gramercy Park

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Gramercy Park News #794
  • GP Neighbor: Revlon CEO Buys Gramercy Co-op Jennifer Aniston Passed Up

  • GP Neighbor: Hedi Slimane linked to $11M Gramercy townhouse

  • Congrats GP Neighbor Dr. Henry Jarecki - awarded "Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit" - Federal Republic of Germany

  • Neighborhood: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace reopens in October

  • GPBA in the news: How block associations make NYC a city of neighbors
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
GPBA Remembers 9/11 on 15th Anniversary at 13th Pct
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Gramercy Park News #793
  • GP Neighbor Hallie Meyer app "Umi: Home Cooking, Delivered"

  • GPBA Quality of Life: Tivoli agrees to remove 'bar' from sign

  • GP History: 1883 34 GP

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Sunday, September 11, 2016
Never Forget - 9.11.2001
Speech: GPBA Pres Arlene Harrison

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
GPBA Remembers WTC 15th Anniversary
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Gramercy Park News #792
  • Victory for GPBA Quality of Life Committee: Lyric Diner

  • Trustees: End of Summer Cleanup

  • NHN: Back to School Drive for shelter children

  • NYPD Partnership

  • GP Neighbor Jayne Merkel NYT "New York's Disappearing Storefronts"

  • NY Public Library Archives: 1900 map of Gramercy Park

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Gramercy Park News #791
  • GPBA Quality of Life Opposes "Cafe and Bar" full liquor license - former Lyric

  • NHN Clothing donations NYTB Project LIFT

  • GP Gardener Amando Flores

  • GP: Happy Birthday to Sculptor Alexander Calder!

  • GP Neighbor Danny Meyer NYT 3-star review

  • Neighborhood: Calvary-St. George's new rector

  • NHN Back to School Drive
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Gramercy Park News #790
  • Profile: GP gardener Amando Flores

  • NHN Back to School Drive

  • Neighborhood: Moonstruck Owner New Venture in Old Lyric Space

  • NHN: Tax-deductible Donations to Veterans, Free Pickup

  • GP History: Theodore Roosevelt House -- 28 E 20th St

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Gramercy Park News #789
  • NYPD/GPBA Partnership: National Night Out

  • GP Neighbor Dr. Henry Jarecki "Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit"

  • GP Neighbor Eyal Ofer "real estate's quiet money backers"

  • GP History: 19th century photos

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Gramercy Park News #788
  • GPBA shows love to 13th Pct

  • GPBA Salutes ESU Truck #1 Detectives

  • NHN donates to Nazareth Supportive Housing

  • GP History: GPBA West Nile Virus Surveillance

  • National Night Out

  • Summer Streets

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Gramercy Park News #787
  • NYPD Partnership: GPBA shows Love, Gratitude, Support

  • NYPD Partnership: End Demonizing Police

  • National Night Out

  • NHN donates: NYTB Project LIFT

  • Trustees: Planter box hit by car

  • Neighborhood: Restaurant Week

  • Neighborhood: Summer Streets

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Gramercy Park News #786
  • Why commercial activity prohibited in GP

  • Improving Traffic on GP

  • GP History: 2 GPW

  • GP History: 3 & 4 GPW

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Gramercy Park News #785
  • GP Neighbor David Parker

  • GP Neighbor Eyal Ofer's Global Holdings

  • GPBA Board Deirdre Connolly: Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live"

  • Former GP Neighbor Karl Lagerfeld's 50GPN Apt: $25,000/month

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Gramercy Park News #784
  • NYT: "Gramercy Park: Steeped in History and Grandeur"

  • GPBA: "Dedicated Protector" Quality of Life

  • GP History: 1GPW

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Gramercy Park News #783
  • NHH: Kenmore Hall supportive housing

  • GP Neighbor Rev. Jacob Smith, 3rd Rector Calvary-St. George's

  • Memorial: Audrey Kasha

  • GPBA Remembers Bill Cunningham

  • Neighborhood Preservation, Cleanup

  • GP neighbor Richard Gere sells Hamptons mansion - Matt Lauer $36M

  • GP real estate: 44 GPN Apt $6.35M

  • Neighborhood: Le Coq Rico

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Gramercy Park News #782
  • Podcast: "Mayor" of GP

  • GP's Make Music NY

  • GP Neighbor Rufus Wainwright

  • Public Safety, Quality Life: 13th Pct Community Council

  • GP Real Estate: 20-story tower 3rd Ave, 21st

  • GP Real Estate: 225 Park Ave S, 18th - Facebook, BuzzFeed

  • GP Neighbor Colleen deVeer - Greenwich Film Festival

  • Real Estate: view from tower 45 E 22nd St

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Thursday, June 16, 2016
Memorial Service: Neighbor Audrey Kasha



Calvary Church, 277 Park Ave S
6/30 6pm


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Friday, June 10, 2016
GPBA remembers murdered NYPD Officers at National Arts Club
Dets Randolph Holder, Joseph Lemm, P.O. David Hofer

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Gramercy Park News #780
  • Thursday 6/9 Gala for GPBA Supporters

  • GPBA history: Feds Seize Kenmore

  • NHN: Kenmore Hall Household Items Drive

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Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Gramercy Park News #779
  • GPBA history:Support for Troops

  • Gala for GPBA Supporters

  • Quality of Life: GPBA trash receptacles

  • Neighborhood: Beth Israel closing hospital

  • GP Neighbor Uma Thurman's Apt sold

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Gramercy Park News #778
  • NHN 13th Pct Remembrance Garden

  • Overview: Trustees & GPBA

  • GP neighbor Jim Parsons' LA home

  • GP neighbor Alexander S.C. Rower announces exhibition

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Thursday, May 19, 2016
GPBA Remembers 13th Pct Officer Anthony Sanchez

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Gramercy Park News #777
  • National Police Week

  • Remembering 13th Pct PO Anthony Sanchez

  • GP Gardener Amando Flores

  • GP Real Estate: 51 Irving Pl sold $55M

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Gramercy Park News #776
  • NYPD honors PO Brian Moore

  • GPBA remembers PO Brian Moore

  • Public Safety: 13th Pct C.O. spike in crime

  • GPBA Sponsors Actors Fund celebration

  • Trustees: Tree & Shrub Maintenance

  • Trustees: Winter-damaged plantings

  • NHN: Calvary Church opens doors to Serbian Cathedral

  • Public Safety: Zika Virus

  • Building Community: Jazz May 13

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Gramercy Park News #775
  • Spring in GP: neighbors' photos

  • 100+ bird species in GP

  • GP Real Estate: Snider 50GPN apt sold $7.5m

  • Neighborhood: Flatiron BID Mother's Day Guides

  • Public Safety: Flatiron BID Series 13th Pct

  • GP Real Estate:18GPS

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Gramercy Park News #774
  • GP in bloom: Photos Sean Brady

  • Request GP photos for archives

  • NHN: St. George's Common Table Pantry drive

  • Public Safety: 13th Pct Council

  • GP Neighbor Celia Berk's 'Manhattan Serenade'

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Gramercy Park News #773
  • Trustees: Spring Cleanup

  • Neighbors: birthday info request

  • Neighborhood: filming notice

  • NHN: St. George's Common Table Pantry Drive

  • Historic Preservation: 36 GPE NY Landmarks Conservancy Award

  • GP History: 36GPE

  • Public Safety: Flatiron BID Series - 13th Pct

  • GP Neighbor Adam Neumann's WeWork's WeLive

  • Real Estate: Toll Brothers E 23rd St condo

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Gramercy Park News #772
  • NHN: St. George's Common Table Pantry Drive

  • Happy Birthday GP Founder Samuel Ruggles

  • Uma Thurman GP Apt for Sale

  • GP Neighbors John & Susan Jackson - Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs

  • GP Neighbors Jonathan & Erika Bearman

  • Home of Stuart Little on GP

  • Neighborhood: long-time eateries closed

  • Neighborhood: 20-story condo 3rd Ave, 21st

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Gramercy Park News #771
  • In the neighborhood: Facebook lands at 225 Park Avenue South at 18th St
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Media Master Sir Martin Sorrell WPP CEO describes how he grew the world's largest marketing and PR company, with 190,000 employees in 112 countries
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard in the Wall Street Journal: The Crippling Hold of Old Law
  • A look back in history: Gramercy Park neighbor noted architect and author Sam White, grandson of Stanford White, in Emmy-nominated film about Stanford White
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: 50 Gramercy Park North
  • In the neighborhood: Congrats to Vaughn Massey for her "last hurrah" as National Arts Club Young Member's Chair at The Ship of Fools Masquerade
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Gramercy Park News #770
  • Gramercy Park viewed from 65 stories up Photo from crane at E 22nd St construction site
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Artist James Turrell sells Gramercy Park apartment for $2.25M
  • Welcome New Gramercy Park Neighbor Richard Gere!
  • In the neighborhood: Where to Eat in Gramercy Park
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Gramercy Park News #769
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park welcome Calvary-St. George's Palm Sunday Procession in the Park
  • Our wonderful neighbor Anand Mahindra among Barron's 2016 list of world's best CEOs!
  • New Gramercy Park Neighbor Richard Gere purchases 34 Gramercy Park apartment, former home of Margaret Hamilton, Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of OZ
  • IN PARIS TONIGHT! We are proud of Gramercy Park neighbor Kamel Boutros, Calvary-St. George's Music Director, premiering his Requiem at the L'église de la Madeleine.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Gramercy Park News #768
  • In the Neighborhood: Permits Filed For 20-Story Apartment Building At 200 E 21st St at Third Ave
  • Historic Preservation: An inside tour of The Players on Gramercy Park
  • Can 18 Gramercy Park Developers Zeckendorfs break the mold again?
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Gramercy Park News #767
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Tree & Shrub Maintenance
  • GPBA joins law enforcement in remembering former NYPD Police Officer David Hofer
  • Our wonderful Gramercy Park Neighbor Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP, world's biggest advertising company: 10 key global market trends affecting businesses right now
  • Quality of Life: Streetscape improvements at 18 Gramercy Park South - New sidewalk planters to be installed along Irving Place supported by GPBA
  • In the neighborhood: Two Gramercy Park Developments, Gramercy Square, 287 Park Ave South, among "most expensive Manhattan condos launching sales"
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Gramercy Park News #766
  • The GPBA Remembers Police Officer Ashley Guindon, killed on her first day of duty in Prince William County, VA
  • Never Forget: Our friend ESU Truck #1 Det. John McKenna telling the newly-assigned members of Truck 1 about fallen Officers Ptl. O'Connor, PO LaSala and PO McDonnell.
  • Victory for our neighbors and our Quality of Life Committee!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a longtime supporter of New York Theatre Ballet's Project LIFT for city shelter children.
  • Public Safety: Burglaries, thefts spike in 13th Precinct
  • Gramercy Park listed in "Best Gardens of NYC"
  • Gramercy Park: 18 Gramercy Park Architect Robert A. M. Stern releases book "City Living: Apartment Houses by Robert A. M. Stern Architects"
  • Supporting our local police: Gift bags prepared and given to our 13th Precinct officers from members of Gramercy Park Brownie Troop 3456
  • Longtime Gramercy Park neighbor Uma Thurman among "distinguished residents of River House"
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Gramercy Park News #764
  • "Like" and leave a comment with our friends at the "Best of Gramercy Park Award"
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Film Director/Producer Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory Peck, launches site celebrating Peck's centennial
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Donate new/gently used books for children from kindergarten to high school in under-resourced public schools
  • New York Times: Gramercy Park Neighbor Matt Cohler puts triplex on the market
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Gramercy Park News #763
  • Historic Preservation: Loan breathes life into The Players
  • Historic Preservation: National Arts Club Façade Restoration
  • Historic Preservation: Landmarks Preservation Commission to Act on 95 Backlog Properties Feb 23!
  • Historic Preservation: 'Special Architectural Districts' Could Be Coming to NYC
  • Neighborhood guide: Valentine's Day recommendations from our friends at the Flatiron BID
  • Neighborhood News: Mumbles restaurant closes, La Follia will take over space by early summer
  • New York Times Magazine: Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer Thinks Tipping Is Socialist
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Gramercy Park News #762
  • Armed Robbery on Sunday night on the Park side of Gramercy Park West at 21st Street
  • Public Safety: Be a Good Neighbor. Help the Police Fight Crime with Building Video Surveillance Systems
  • Town & Village Newspaper publishes snow photos by Gramercy Park neighbors
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's Maialino Will Eliminate Tipping on February 25th
  • A Look Back in Gramercy Park History: 1848 Calvary Episcopal Church
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Gramercy Park News #761
  • Superstorm Jonas in Gramercy Park
  • Perspectives of Gramercy Park: Photos submitted by Gramercy Park Neighbors
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Tuesday, January 15, 2016
Gramercy Park News #760
  • First snow of 2016 in Gramercy Park
  • A Look Back in Gramercy Park History: The Samuel J. Tilden House -- No. 15 Gramercy Park -- The National Arts Club
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Tuesday, January 1, 2016
Gramercy Park News #758
  • The GPBA Remembers NYPD Det. Joseph G. Lemm
  • Our Wonderful Neighbor Matt Cohler's Gramercy Park Triplex, Designed by Interior Designer Eric Cohler and featured in Architectural Digest
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Tuesday, December 24, 2015
Gramercy Park News #757
  • Tonight! Trustees of Gramercy Park Caroling in the Park
  • We will never forget... NYPD Detective Joe Lemm
  • Thanks to our friends at the Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership: Area Holiday Dining Guide
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Tuesday, December 16, 2015
Gramercy Park News #756
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanks to Paddy Maguire and the generosity of our neighbors, our Annual Holiday Toy Drive was a huge success!
  • The Trustees of Gramercy Park Sponsor The Brotherhood Synagogue's Chanukah Menorah Lighting in the Park
  • Our Dear Friend Emergency Service Truck #1 Detective James Coll: " Words matter: The deadly rhetoric of the anti-cop movement"
  • Our Toy Drive benefits NYTB's Project LIFT for city shelter children
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanks to our neighbors for supporting our Children's Book Drive!
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
Gramercy Park News #755
The Gramercy Park Block Association Building Community: Upcoming Holiday Events

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Gramercy Park News #754
  • Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanksgiving
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Provides Thanksgiving dinner to ESU Detectives
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteers served Thanksgiving dinner to 300 people in need at St. George's Church
  • Building Community: 127th Candlelight Service, a New York City Tradition
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park: Christmas Tree Arrives in Gramercy Park Today!
  • Brotherhood Synagogue Menorah Lighting in the Park
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Gramercy Park News #753
  • Gramercy Park Christmas Tree Arrives next Tuesday 12/1/15!
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Thanksgiving Dinner at Kenmore Hall on 11/20/15
  • Upcoming Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Projects
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Gramercy Park News #752
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Psychotherapist Judith Kellner, founder and coordinator of pro bono military veteran program, which was mentioned on CNN's segment "The Good Stuff"
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Film Director/Producer Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory Peck, encourages students to speak up about sexual assault with documentary "Brave Miss World"
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor: Sandy Rower, grandson of sculptor Alexander Calder announces opening of "Performing Sculpture" exhibition at the Tate in London
  • Area Thanksgiving Dining Guide from our friends at the Flatiron BID
  • Real Estate: Toll Brothers plans 133-unit condo building at former United Cerebral Palsy site at 122 E 23rd St.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Gramercy Park News #751
  • Veterans Day - Wednesday November 11th
  • Historic Preservation: GPBA Co-Sponsors Citywide Coalition "New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City"
  • Fall Photos of Gramercy Park by GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Roger Rosenblatt's Lifelong Literary Odyssey
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer holds town hall meeting to explain new no tipping policy
  • GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Tax-deductible Donations to our Veterans, Free Pickup by UPS
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Gramercy Park News #750
  • The GPBA Remembers Police Officer Randolph Holder
  • NYPD Officer Randolph Holder, Killed In East Harlem Shooting, Was Third-Generation Cop 
  • Blue lives matter: A call from the mother of slain cop Brian Moore 
  • Holder is the fourth NYPD cop killed in the line of duty in the past 10 months
  • GPBA sends Love, Gratitude and Support following deaths of Det. Rafael Ramos and Det. Wenjian Liu
  • GPBA remembers Detective Brian Moore at annual event at the National Arts Club 
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Gramercy Park News #749
  • Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park
  • We are sad to report that Kellyanne Warren, longtime beloved resident of Gramercy Park, passed away Sunday October 18th after a tragic accident.
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Actress Audrey Heffernan Meyer stars in play The Romance Language now through November 8th
  • Congrats to Gramercy Park Neighbor Award-winning Producer and Director Wendy Ettinger on the 10th Anniversary of her company Chicken & Egg Pictures
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Gramercy Park News #748
  • Quality of Life & Public Safety: Robberies and felony assaults have increased significantly in the past month in the 13th Precinct
  • Public Safety: Be a Good Neighbor. Help the Police Fight Crime with Building Video Surveillance Systems
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Stephen Birmingham, author of "Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address"
  • Gramercy Real Estate: "Gramercy Square" Cabrini Hospital conversion among NYC's "buzziest" new buildings
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Clothing Donations to New York Theatre Ballet
  • Gramercy Park History: New book "Exploring Gramercy Park and Union Square"
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Gramercy Park News #747
  • Audrey and Danny Meyer at Home on Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park History: 1883 Queen-Anne style "The Gramercy" at 34 Gramercy Park East, NYC's first coop
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard's op-ed in the Washington Post: Candidates should focus less on their egos and more on fixing government
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Dr. Henry Jarecki's son Filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki "blames Durst Organization bosses for covering up evidence against Robert Durst"
  • Gramercy Park: Sparrow Hawk s potted by GPBA Board Member Lynne Lerner outside her 45 Gramercy Park North apartment
  • Gramercy Park: New Series "Jazz in the Cave" begins Friday 10/9 with The Ladybugs singing "The Sound of Music"
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Gramercy Park News #746
  • NYTB Project LIFT
  • Preserving Gramercy Park : Why Commerical Activity is Prohibited in the Park
  • What do you think are the boundaries of Gramercy Park?
  • Gramercy Park Real Estate: In the Gramercy Area, NYC's largest condo developers
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Gramercy Park News #745
  • Happy Autumn!
  • Thirteenth Precinct and GPBA: 9/11 Ceremony
  • Building Community: GPBA Organizes Neighborhood Events and Trustee-sponsored Events in Gramercy Park
  • Kidz Central Station, a great website for neighborhood kids activities and classes
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Gramercy Park News #744
  • Annual 13th Precinct-GPBA World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony and Breakfast
  • Gramercy Park end of Summer photos by GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • Public Safety: 13th Precinct Warns Gramercy Residents to Lock Their Windows
  • 13th Precinct Community Council meetings
  • Gramercy Neighbor Fashion Designer Derek Lam's Spring 2016 collection
  • Derek Lam's recent collaboration with fitness brand Athleta
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Gramercy Park News #743
  • World Trade Center: GPBA's response to the 9/11 disaster
  • World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony
  • Caring for the Homeless: The Brotherhood Synagogue's Homeless Shelter
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Gramercy Park News #742
  • World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park End of Summer Cleanup
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park - Park Shed Improvements
  • Understanding the Risk of Falling Trees
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Gramercy Park News #741
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Many thanks to our Neighbors for their tremendous support of our annual Back to School Drive for city shelter children!
  • Concerns about Area Homelessness
  • Hurricane Katrina Ten Year Anniversary August 2005-2015 Neighbors Helping Neighbors Relief Effort
  • Happy Birthday to Sculptor Alexander Calder Born August 22, 1898
  • Fast-Casual Indian restaurant Inday opens with help from Gramercy Park Neighbor "mega investor" restaurateur Phil Suarez
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Gramercy Park News #740
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Back To School Drive
  • Historic Preservation: Restoration of Portico at the School of Visual Arts (17 Gramercy Park South) and GPBA recommendations for further restoration
  • Quality of Life: Thank you to Chair of GPBA Neighborhood Watch Committee and Community Board 6 Member Pam Vassil
  • Historic Preservation: Bluestone Sidewalk Maintenance at 18 Gramercy Park South
  • Historic Preservation: GPBA supports 18GPS streetscape improvements by Zeckendorf Development/Robert A. M. Stern Architects
  • Historic Preservation: GPBA supports leading preservationist Jack Taylor in efforts to landmark area buildings
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Gramercy Park News #739
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Back To School Drive for City Shelter Children
  • Gramercy Park neighbor fashion designer Derek Lam's home
  • A Look Back in Gramercy Park History: August 2000 GPBA worked with Health Dept. to set up West Nile Virus Surveillance Program in Gramercy Park
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Clothing Donations
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Gramercy Park News #738
  • GPBA Sponsors 13th Precinct National Night Out Against Crime
  • GPBA Quality of Life: 30th St Shelter to soon be for employable men only
  • GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Tax-deductible Donations to our Veterans, Free Pickup by UPS
  • Summer photos of Gramercy Park by GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • Drew Barrymore talks about her businesses,and "her very best friend" Flower Films producing partner Nancy Juvonen, our wonderful Gramercy Park neighbor
  • Real Estate: 18 Gramercy Park Developer Zeckendorf's 15CPW
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Johno Morisano's Restaurant 'The Grey' in Savannah
  • Traffic Alert: Summer Streets: Park Ave South next 2 Saturdays - August 8 & 15
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Monday, July 27, 2015
Gramercy Park News #737
  • GRAMERCY PARK MOVIE ALERT: Fake Gunshots to be Fired 10AM-12PM this morning for NBC Crime Drama Series "The Blacklist"
  • Quality of Life: GPBA Opposes 25th St Sanitation Garage as part of n eighborhood coalition
  • Gramercy Park photos from GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • National Night Out Against Crime
  • Flatiron District Restaurants participate in Summer 2015 Restaurant Week through August 14
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe to take over City Crab space at Park Ave S & 19th St
  • Julia Roberts selling West Village apartment for $4.5M, keeping Gramercy Park penthouse
  • Area Development: Cabrini Medical Center Conversion (19th & 20th Sts btw 2nd & 3rd Aves) is City's 3rd largest condo project
  • Area Development: Condos planned (up to 20 stories) for 3rd Ave between 20th & 21st Streets
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Gramercy Park News #736
  • The GPBA pays tribute to the four Marines who were killed in Chattanooga Tennessee last week
  • Gramercy Park Quality of Life: GPBA joins coalition to stop Sanitation Garage at 25th St & 1st Ave
  • The luxury real estate boom taking over Midtown South - 18th to 28th Streets
  • Abbreviated Gramercy Park Rules
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor GPBA Board Member Sean Brady gives gift of Craft Center to village in Ireland
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN)
  • 24 power couples at Allen & Co.'s annual 'summer camp for billionaires'
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Gramercy Park News #735
  • Residential Development with Affordable Housing Planned for 3rd Ave between 20th & 21st Streets
  • GPBA Looks Back in Gramercy Park History - No. 1 Gramercy Park West, the 1849 Dr. Valentine Mott Mansion
  • Former Gramercy Park Hotel Owner Ian Shrager's new Edition Hotel in the Met Life Clock Tower facing Madison Square Park
  • Washington Post: Scientists have discovered that living near trees is good for your health
  • New York Times: For the New Superrich, Life Is Much More Than a Beach
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Gramercy Park News #734
  • Penthouse at Cabrini Medical (19th/20th Sts btw 2nd/3rd Aves) conversion to ask $33M
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Eataly CEO Luca Baffigo Filangieri
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Actor Dusty Brown (Key Assistant to Gramercy Park Trustees, GPBA Board) stars in 'The Pavilion' at Barrow Group Theater
  • Manhattan's average sales price hits a record $1.8M
  • The 10 most expensive ZIP codes in America 
  • Manhattan's top agents benefit from fame, rising prices and personal branding

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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Gramercy Park News #733
  • Annual Gramercy Park Neighborhood Preservation and Cleanup
  • Gramercy Park among NYC's Fastest-Selling Neighborhoods
  • Wonderful Gramercy Park Neighbor Actor Jim Parsons Celebrates Marriage Equality By Posting Pic With Todd Spiewak
  • New York Times Big Ticket: Sold For $18 Million, a Gramercy Park View With a Coveted Key
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Gramercy Park News #732
The GPBA's Role in the Transformation of the formerly crime-ridden 23rd Street Corridor
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Gramercy Park News #731
  • GPBA Co-sponsors Historic Districts Council's Grassroots Preservation Party
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander purchases $21 million condo at 20 W 53rd after listing 18 Gramercy penthouse for $50 million
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Adam Neumann, Founding Partner of WeWork
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Interior Designer Timothy Whealon's work featured in Hamptons Cottages & Gardens Magazine
  • Town & Village: Slain cop Det. Brian Moore remembered at GPBA event at National Arts Club
  • Make Music New York 2015

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Gramercy Park News #730

GPBA remembers slain Police Officer Brian Moore at annual event at the National Arts Club

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Gramercy Park News #729
  • Spring Photos of Gramercy Park by GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • GPBA Annual Gala at National Arts Club
  • A look back in Gramercy Park History: View Historical Photos of Gramercy Park in NY Public Library's new interactive map
  • Annual Neighborhood Preservation and Cleanup
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Gramercy Park News #728
  • Memorial Day 2015: GPBA's Neighbors Helping Neighbors plants 13th Pct Remembrance Garden
  • GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors - How to help our "neighbors" -the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal
  • GPBA Annual Gala
  • Man on bike snatching phones and bags from women in Gramercy and Flatiron
  • RESCHEDULED Flatiron BID Series: Area Safety & Security - 13th Pct Captain Brendan Timoney
  • Gramercy Park neighbor Danny Meyer looks to open giant 40,000 sq ft food hall at Hudson Yards - W 30th at 10th Ave
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Gramercy Park News #727
  • A look back in Gramercy Park history... The 1859 Friends Meeting House - now The Brotherhood Synagogue at 28 Gramercy Park South
  • Aspiring performers 9-year-old Gramercy Park Twins George and Frederick Buford
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard's op-ed in the Washington Post: The high cost of delaying infrastructure repairs
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Michael Osheowitz, Founder of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's Shake Shack in Madison Square Park to Reopen May 20th at 11am After Months-Long Renovation
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Gramercy Park News #726
  • Preserving Gramercy Park History
  • 19th Century Gramercy Park: Cyrus W. Field Mansion -- where 1 Lexington Ave now stands
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Tree & Shrub Maintenance: Deep Root Invigoration
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Gramercy Park News #725
  • GPBA invites you to Flatiron BID Series: Area Safety & Security - 13th Pct Capt Brendan Timoney
  • Neighborhood Crime Watch
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander Lists 18 Gramercy Park Penthouse for $49.75M
  • Preservation News: Proposed Friends Seminary Expansion
  • Former Gramercy Park Hotel owner Ian Schrager's Edition Hotel to Open in MetLife Clock tower in May
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Michael Osheowitz, Founder of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Gramercy Park News #724

Spring in Gramercy Park Photos by GPBA Quality of Life Committee Chair Sean Brady & Alex Nguyen

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Gramercy Park News #723
  • Spring in Gramercy Park- Photos by our neighbor renowned photographer Lois Conner
  • 36 Gramercy Park East restoration nearing completion
  • Spring in Gramercy Park -Photos by GPBA board member Sean Brady
  • VANITY FAIR: May 2015 - Everything you need to know about Gramercy Park neighbor Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons, who is playing God in a new Broadway show.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Gramercy Park News #722
  • Gramercy Park neighbor noted architect and author Sam White, grandson of Stanford White, featured in Emmy-nominated film about Stanford White on WLIW Treasures of New York
  • GPBA looks back in history
  • Our Gramercy Park Neighbor Interior Designer Sara Story's Home in the Texas Hill Country
  • GPBA Builds Community... a wonderful community event
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Gramercy Park News #721
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park welcome Lot Owner families for Easter Egg Hunt in the Park
  • GPBA plants 13th Precinct Remembrance Garden for Easter
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park Tree & Shrub Maintenance
  • Gramercy Park listed as 10th most expensive neighborhood to rent in NYC
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Gramercy Park News #720
  • New Gramercy Park Office
  • Trustees of Gramercy Park welcome Calvary-St. George's Palm Sunday Procession in the Park
  • Additional Snow Photos of Gramercy Park from GPBA Board Member Sean Brady
  • Gramercy Park West scene in Artist John Falter's March 25, 1944 Saturday Evening Post Cover
  • Historic Districts Council's opposition to City Planning proposal
  • View the inside of the future tallest tower in the neighborhood (22nd St and Park Ave South)

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Gramercy Park News #717
  • First Day of Spring in Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park featured in Land Lines,  Magazine of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 
  • Our friends at HDC need our help to save NYC's neighborhoods
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard
  • Revealed: Cabrini Medical Center conversion
  • Above the Glass Dome of the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park neighbor Scoop Wasserstein's aunt, Pulitzer prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein's 'The Heidi Chronicles' Returns
  • GPBA Thanks Community Board 6 Business Affairs & Street Activities Committee Chair Nicole Paikoff
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Gramercy Park News #718
  • Congratulations to Gramercy Park neighbor Dr. Henry Jarecki's son filmmaker Andrew Jarecki for his six-part HBO documentary "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst"
  • Architectural Digest Profiles Gramercy Park Neighbor Alexander S. C. Rower, grandson of artist Alexander Calder
  • The Players on Gramercy Park receives New York Landmarks Conservancy's Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Jim Parsons on the Tonight Show with Gramercy Park Neighbor Jimmy Fallon
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Gramercy Park News #717
  • PRESERVATION ALERT: New City Proposal Would Slash Neighborhood Zoning Protections
  • Traffic Light at Gramercy Park South Gate finally moved
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Sir Martin Sorrell receives National SCOPUS Award
  • Interview: Gramercy Park Neighbor Composer Hans Zimmer, recently nominated for movie Interstellar
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Gramercy Park News #716

Gramercy Park featured in Fox 5's "In Your Neighborhood"

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Friday, February 20, 2015
Gramercy Park News #715
  • NewStatesmen: How the mayor of Gramercy Park keeps New York's most exclusive spot private
  • Gramercy Park Neighbors Jimmy Fallon and Jim Parsons "Best Celebrity Neighbors"
  • Slideshow: Snow in Gramercy Park - January 27, 2015
  • On the Market: 34 Gramercy Park former home of Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of OZ
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Gramercy Park News #714
  • Valentine's Day: Local Restaurants and Gifts
  • House Tour: A Venice-inspired Gramercy Park Apartment
  • Luxury Penthouse Duplex with Fabulous Views in Gramercy Park
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Gramercy Park News #713
  • Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's Porchlight Bar to Open
  • Untapped Cities: Inside NYC's Gilded Age National Arts Club in Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park Hotel Owner Aby Rosen closes on NYC's Church Missions House for $50M
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Gramercy Park News #712
  • How the mayor of Gramercy Park keeps New York's most exclusive spot private
  • Gramercy Park Neighbors Jimmy Fallon and Jim Parsons "Best Celebrity Neighbors"
  • SLIDESHOW: Snow in Gramercy Park
  • 34 Gramercy Park former home of Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of OZ
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
Gramercy Park News #711
  • 13th Precinct cops shown love at luncheon
  • OP-ED: Gramercy Park is grateful to NYPD

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Friday, January 9, 2015
Gramercy Park News #710
Gramercy Park Block Association hosts Luncheon for the 13th Precinct - 1/8/15

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Gramercy Park News #709
  • GPBA Luncheon for the 13th Precinct
  • Art Collector Wants $8M for This Gramercy Park North Pad
  • We are proud of our Neighbor Sir Martin Sorrell!

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Gramercy Park News #708
Congrats to our Dear Neighbor Danny Meyer! Shake Shack files for IPO!
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
Our Gramercy Park Family Sends Love Gratitude and Support to our NYPD Family
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NY Times; Friday, December 26, 2014
Gramercy Park News #707
Inside Gramercy Park's Gates, One Night Less Silent Than the Other 364
The line of people laced down the block an hour before the opening on Wednesday night, stalwart as rain spat down, growing in size even as the damp descended. Read
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014
We are grateful for our neighbors' support of our many Neighbors Helping Neighbors Holiday Projects

Holiday dinners
Winter clothing
Educational supplies
Books & Toys
Household goods
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Monday, December 22, 2014
Gramercy Park mourns loss of 2 NYPD Police Officers
Our Gramercy Park community joins our fellow New Yorkers in mourning the tragic loss of two of New York's finest, Police Officer Rafael Ramos and Police Officer Wenjian Liu ... Read
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Friday, December 19, 2014
Gramercy Park News #706
  • Our Wonderful Neighbors Jim Parsons of Big Bang Theory and Todd Spiewak purchase 2 more units including penthouse at 36 Gramercy Park East
  • Diane von Furstenberg's Daughter Tatiana Sells Luxury Co-op at Gramercy Park West for $4.2M
  • The Trustees of Gramercy Park Sponsor The Brotherhood Synagogue's Chanukah Menorah Lighting in the Park
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
The GPBA is grateful to our local first responders throughout the year and especially now during these difficult times
We support NYPD Emergency Service Detectives' Annual Family Holiday Party, NYPD 13th Precinct's Annual Family Holiday Party ...Read
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Thanks to Paddy Maguire and the generosity of our neighbors our Annual Holiday Toy Drive was a great success!
Donated toys are going to: Mt. Sinai-Beth Israel Pediatric Unit "Adopt a Family for Christmas" Project LIFT - city shelter children Lower East Side Escuela Hispana daycare Nazareth House - Lower East Side, Harlem, the Bronx Read
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Trustees of Gramercy Park
Brotherhood Synagogue's Chanukah Menorah Lighting Ceremony
Wednesday, 12/17
5:30pm
Led by Rabbi Daniel Alder
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Annual Holiday Toy Drive with Paddy Maguire's Ale House
Please bring one new unwrapped toy. Join us for dinner this Sunday 12/14 5-8pm Paddy Maguire's Ale House 237 Third Ave at 20th St. RSVP to arlenesharrison@yahoo.com. Read
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Adopt a Family for Christmas
A project of the Epiphany Church Social Action Committee for 5 social service agencies in Harlem Read.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Please Help us Support Children in Need
Each year Gramercy Park neighbors provide books, educational supplies, clothing, toys for children in need. Read.
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Monday, December 8, 2014
Gramercy News #705
Prince William and Kate Middleton's first stop in NYC: Gramercy Park
Less than an hour after the couple checked in to the storied Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side, they were whizzing downtown to the Gramercy Park apartment of British advertising legend Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP. Read.
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Thursday, December 4, 2014
Gramercy News #704
  • STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Sneaking a Peek at a Protected Gramercy Park View
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors provides Thanksgiving volunteers and dinner.
  • SushiSamba Owner to Open Spanish Eatery in Old Park Ave South Space at 20th St.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors provides Thanksgiving dinner volunteers

Every year NHN provides Thanksgiving dinner and our Gramercy Park neighbors volunteer to serve dinner for:

  • Kenmore Hall Residents - low-income, formerly homeless, frail elderly, chronically ill, disabled, people with HIV/AIDS, veterans
  • More than 300 people in need
  • NYPD Officers on duty
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #703
  • New York Times: A Peek in Gramercy Park
  • Christmas Tree Arrives in Gramercy Park
  • Article in ARTNEWS: Calder Sculpture Returns to Gramercy Park
  • Children's Book Drive
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Supports Lower East Side's Nazareth Housing
Nazareth provides services for women and children in city shelters on the Lower East Side, in Harlem and the Bronx: Homelessness prevention, Emergency Family shelter, Urgent needs assistance, Supportive housing ..Read
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #702
  • Alexander Calder Sculpture Janey Waney reinstalled in Gramercy Park
  • Secrets of Gramercy Park
  • Serve Thanksgiving Dinner to those in need
  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Coat Drive
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
The Gramercy Park Block Association: Recognition & Awards
For the past 20 years, the GPBA has been recognized for its efforts on behalf of the Gramercy Park community. Please help us continue this legacy by supporting our plan for the Future of Gramercy Park. Read
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
GPBA's Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Helping Our Neighbors in Need
As the holidays approach, we will focus our energies on one of the GPBA's most beloved programs -- Neighbors Helping Neighbors, where our Gramercy Park community can work together to give back to less fortunate neighbors. Read
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Neighborhood News #701
  • We thank our Veterans for their service
  • Alexander Calder Sculpture Janey Waney Returns to Gramercy Park Next Week
  • The Players' Founder Edwin Booth's 181st Birthday
  • Serve THanksgiving to those in need
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #700
  • Gramercy Park Hotel for sale
  • GP Trustee and GPBA VP and Archivist Rev. Tom Pike to be honored for his leadership in NYC preservation movement
  • Marta, Danny Meyer's First and Only Pizzeria, Delivers the Goods
  • Jazz at the Players
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Neighborhood News #699
Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park
On Friday October 24th, Gramercy Park families gathered in the Park for a Trustee-sponsored Fall Event ...Read more.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Neighborhood News #698
  • UPDATE: Glass Tower on 22nd St
  • 400 new apartments planned for our area
  • More about GPBA VP Tara Rockefeller being honored at Museum of the City of New York
  • Newly Completed Private Residence at 36 Gramercy Park East
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
Neighborhood News #697
  • GPBA Vice President Tara Rockefeller Honored at the Museum of the City of New York
  • A Brief History of Gramercy Park Hotel and the Garden's Highly Coveted Keys
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history Improving Traffic on Gramercy Park
For two decades, the GPBA has worked with New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), the 13th Precinct, elected officials, Community Board No. 6, the Trustees of Gramercy Park and area residents to improve traffic around Gramercy Park ...Read more.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Neighborhood News #695
  • Park Trustees welcome Brotherhood Synagogue members in the Park on Yom Kippur, Saturday 10/4
  • View the final glory of Gramercy Park flower beds
  • GPBA facilitates new tree garden fence and planting in front of The Player
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Monday, September 30, 2014
GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history Why is commercial activity prohibited in Gramercy Park?
Samuel B. Ruggles created Gramercy Park pursuant to an 1831 Indenture as a "private ornamental park." This covenant "restricts use of the park to the neighboring residents of the surrounding lots, and excludes business purposes." ...Read
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Thursday, September 24, 2014
GPBA Documents the Seasons of Gramercy Park for our Archives
Click on the links below to view slideshows and compilations of photos taken by the GPBA and our Gramercy Park neighbors ...Read
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Building Community: GPBA Organizes Events in the Neighborhood and Trustee-sponsored events in Gramercy Park
The Gramercy Park Block Association helps build community by organizing annual neighborhood and Park events that bring residents of all ages together... Read
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

GPBA's 20th History - A look back in historyOver 100 species of birds in Gramercy Park

" Gramercy Park can be appreciated on many levels. It carries historic preservation responsibilities, provides a place to display horticultural expertise and beauty, anchors a neighborhood and shelters thousands of migratory birds every year." Read
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history Neighbors Helping Neighbors Relief Efforts: Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy

In addition to annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors charity drives and events, the GPBA mobilizes the community to provide immediate aid for unforeseen events such as hurricanes. Read
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Monday, September 15, 2014
Neighborhood News #687
GPBA invites you to the 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting - Tues. 9/16
When: Tuesday, September 16th - 6:30 p.m. Where: 13th Precinct station house E 21st St between 2nd and 3rd avenues Read
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
The Gramercy Park Block Association: Partnership with the NYPD and Liaison to City Agencies NYPD YOU MAKE US PROUD
The GPBA acts as the liaison between the Park and neighborhood and various New York City agencies, such as the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Sanitation and ...Read more.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Neighorhood News #683
  • Another tree hit by a truck on Gramercy Park South
  • TOMORROW 9/11: 13th Precinct/GPBA World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony
  • 13th Precinct Remembrance Garden Planted for 9/11
  • Read more
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
GPBA's Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Support for Troops Serving in Afghanistan and Iraq
At the beginning of the United States' engagement in the wars in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003), GPBA President Arlene Harrison's son Nicholas Cohen, a former First Lieutenant, US Army Ranger and Infantry Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division ...Read more
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Gramercy Park Remembers: Our Gramercy Park Block Association's response to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster
WTC Relief Effort Organized by the GPBA. A recorded oral history given by Arlene Harrison and documented history of GPBA's relief efforts are now permanently installed at the National September 11 Memorial Museum ...Read more.
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Thursday, September 3, 2014
The Gramercy Park Block Association: Building Community
The Gramercy Park Block Association helps build community by organizing annual Park and neighborhood events that bring residents of all ages together, such as ...Read more.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #679
  • 13th Precinct/GPBA World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony
  • Discovery Channel's Story of NYPD's Elite Emergency Service Unit's Heroism & Sacrifice on 9/11
    Neighbors Helping Neighbors' Back to School Drive
  • Read more
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Neighbors Helping Neighbors:
Helping Neighbors in Need
The Gramercy Park Block Association organizes charitable initiatives through their Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) program so that the Gramercy Park community can work together to give back to less fortunate neighbors ...Read more.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #677
Annual End of Summer Cleanup in Gramercy Park
Mike Boag of Boag Nurseries and his landscaping crew were in the Park yesterday for their annual end of summer clean-up
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Protecting the 1831 Gramercy Park Trust
GPBA's 12-month campaign to oppose bar license 38 Gramercy Park North at 21st St From 2010-2011, the GPBA led hundreds of Gramercy residents in a 12-month campaign to oppose ...Read more.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The GPBA: The Administrative Arm of the Gramercy Park Trust
Gramercy Park is a private park created in 1831 under a deed established by Samuel B. Ruggles. It is cooperatively owned by the owners of the 39 buildings ...Read more.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Neighborhood News #674
  • Two trees taken down on Gramercy Park South
  • State Liquor Authority cancels license for "Hooters-style bar" proposed for neighborhood
  • Reminder: Neighbors Helping Neighbors "Back to School Drive" Supports City Shelter Children
  • Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history The Dedicated Protector of Gramercy Park: Quality of Life
Protecting the unique historic character of Gramercy Park and the surrounding residential neighborhood and responding to threats from development and commercial interests ...Click here to learn more.
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Neighborhood News #672
Preserving the unique historic residential nature of Gramercy Park
When the Park is threatened with legal actions, as it has been several times, or when external threats jeopardize the historic integrity of the Park and the surrounding community, the GPBA is the entity that deals with these threats ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #671
GPBA's 20th Anniversary: A look back in history - October 2005 GPBA Defeats Men's Shelter Proposal for Armory at 68 Lexington Ave at 25th St
In 2005, GPBA President Arlene Harrison and her son Timothy Cohen, then Program Director of the 23rd Street Association, mobilized the neighborhood opposition that led to the defeat of an NYC Department of Homeless Services plan for a Men's Shelter ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Neighborhood News #670
Gramercy Park Update
1) GPBA a sponsor of 13th Precinct's Annual National Night Out Against Crime
2) Gramercy Park Neighbor Famed Contemporary Artist James Turrell lists two Gramercy Park apartments for sale
3) Gramercy Park Neighbor Photographer and Author Sylvia Moss publishes photography book Angels of New York
4) Starbucks at 23rd St and Third Ave Re-opens
...Click here to read more
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Neighborhood News #669
In Memorium - Miguel Serrano
Dear Friends, We have heard from so many Gramercy Park neighbors expressing grief over the loss of Miguel Serrano, that we are putting together a book of thoughts about Miguel, which we will forward to his family. Please see two reflections below from neighbor ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014
Neighborhood News #668
GPBA's 20th anniversary - A look back in history - August 2000 FOUR DEAD CROWS FOUND IN GRAMERCY PARK TESTED FOR WEST NILE VIRUS
In August 2000 4 dead crows were discovered in Gramercy Park. The GPBA immediately reached out the NYC Health Department for the birds to be tested for West Nile Virus ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Neighborhood News #667
The National Arts Club's Miguel Serrano Our Gramercy Park Hero Mourned
Miguel Serrano, aged 52, passed away the morning of August 2nd. Not even his sister or nephew knew, until they were summoned to the hospital last week, that he was suffering from lung cancer. That was our Miguel Serrano; courageous to the very end. We can only conclude that he did not want anyone to share his suffering ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, August 4, 2014
Neighborhood News #665
Gramercy Park Update
1) Gramercy Park North Fence Repair Complete
2) At Lunch With Michael Kors and Danny Meyer
3) Gramercy Park Hotel Owner Aby Rosen is buyer of $50 million Church Missions House at 281 Park Ave South ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Neighborhood News #582
GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history - Remembering 13th Precinct Police Officer Anthony Sanchez
May 19, 1997 - 13th Precinct Police Officer Anthony Sanchez Fatally Shot Responding to Robbery on 17th Street P.O. Anthony Sanchez, his partner P.O. Roy Ruland and 3 other officers responded to a robbery in progress at 138 W 17th St ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Neighborhood News #581
The 13th Precinct Family Event
National Night Out Against Crime
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
5-8pm
JHS 104 Playground
2nd Ave at 20th St.
...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #580
Gramercy Park Update
1) Bishop's crook lamppost at Lex Ave and Gramercy Park N repaired
2) DOT repairs traffic signals on Gramercy Park North
3) Park Avenue South Closed Saturdays
4) Summer Plantings of the 4 Flower Beds in Gramercy Park
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Neighborhood News #579
GPBA's 20th Anniversary - A look back in history- The GPBA's role in the cleanup of Gramercy Park Services Methadone Clinic
In continuing our series highlighting GPBA's major accomplishments during the past 20 years, this week we focus on our role in the 1996 cleanup of Gramercy Park Services Methadone Clinic located at 253 Third Ave (btw 20th and 21st, above Subway) ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village
Neighborhood News #578
New York Theatre Ballet finds a home at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
Since a major focus of the GPBA is 'Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Taking Care of our Neighbors in Need,' we have been involved in New York Theatre Ballet's Project LIFT since Artistic Director Diana Byer founded it in 1989 ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Neighborhood News #577
GPBA's 20th anniversary - A look back in history - GPBA's role 
in successfully defending the Gramercy Park community's First Amendment Rights
Last week, we described the GPBA's role in the takeover and rehabilitation of the Kenmore. To celebrate the GPBA's 20-year history, we are continuing with a series of emails highlighting our major accomplishments...Click here to read more.
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Luxury Listings NYC; Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Neighborhood News #576
Our dear Gramercy Park Neighbor Artist Domingo Zapata
Paint the townhouse red Bad-boy artist Domingo Zapata creates edgy work in a traditional Gramercy Park setting ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Neighborhood News #575
Gramercy Park Update
  • Cobblestone thresholds installed at the North and South gates of Gramercy Park
  • Gramercy Park north fence repair finally underway
  • 36 Gramercy Park East undertaking major restoration project
  • Scaffolding around Gramercy Park Hotel
  • 18 Gramercy Park South vs 50 Gramercy Park North
    Click here to read more.
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NY Times; Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Neighborhood News #574
Our dear friends Gramercy Park neighbors Phil & Lucy Suarez's beach house in Fair Harbor, New York
The story of how Richard Meier, one of the world's most-celebrated architects, came to design a small, one-bedroom house on a barrier island likely destined for extinction goes back nearly a half-century ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Neighborhood News #573
GPBA's 20th anniversary - A look back in history - Federal Seizure of the Kenmore Hotel: 20 Years Later GPBA's role in the takeover and rehabilitation of the Kenmore
Last week the New York Times published an article "Takeover of Kenmore Hotel: Informer Recalls His Complicity". The Gramercy Park Block Association played a major role in the takeover and rehabilitation of the Kenmore. Below is a timeline describing the GPBA's involvement ...Click here to read more.
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Real Estate Weekly
HAVE YOU HEARD … Oh, Jimmy you’re so fine
GRAMERCY PARK residents love their neighbor Jimmy Fallon — and it seems he loves them right back. The late night talk show host has bought another unit at 34 Gramercy Park and plans to add it to the duplex he already owns there ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Neighborhood News #572
There Goes the Neighborhood Cafe
Danny Meyer: Union Square Cafe Is a Casualty of Rising Rents
The GPBA continues to monitor real estate in the Gramercy Park area, including the trend of beloved restaurants closing due to the city's soaring rents. Please see our dear neighbor restaurateur Danny Meyer's Op Ed piece in this morning's New York Times ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #571
The Players Foundation for Theatre Education working with The Players on Sale of Sargent Portrait of Joseph Jefferson
Since The Players sits on one of the original lots laid out in the 1831 Ruggles Gramercy Park Trust, and is an individually designated landmark within the Gramercy Park Historic District, the GPBA is deeply concerned about the club and its future...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Neighborhood News #570
Real Estate Update
1) Danny Meyer's Shake Shack to Close Madison Square Park Outpost for Five Months
2) Naftali debuts Gramercy boutique condo tower
3) More restaurant closings in the neighborhood
...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 26, 2014
Neighborhood News #569
Gramercy Park Block Association & Calvary Church Celebrate Make Music New York
On Saturday June 21st, The Gramercy Park Block Association and Calvary-St. George's Church partnered in hosting Make Music New York, an annual event organized by the parish Music Director Kamel Boutros. Promotional support ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Neighborhood News #568
Update on our dear friend and Gramercy Park neighbor Philip K. Howard's book The Rule of Nobody
Our neighbor Philip K. Howard, a well-known leader of government and legal reform in America, recently published a book The Rule of Nobody: Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government, which continues to receive widespread praise ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, June 23, 2014

Neighborhood News #567
Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe Joins Other Victims of New York City's Rising Rents

It is one of the hard truths of New York real estate: Restaurants help revitalize neighborhoods, then are forced to close when their rents skyrocket. The latest casualty is Union Square Cafe, a pioneering restaurant that became ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #566
CALL 911 TO REPORT A GAS LEAK
Following the deadly gas explosion that rocked East Harlem in March, the FDNY will now respond to all gas odor reports. If you suspect a gas leak, dial 911 immediately ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 19, 2014
Neighborhood News #565
GPBA holds annual party at Arts Club
Hundreds of members of the Gramercy Park Block Association celebrated the Gramercy Park community at the organization's annual gala at the National Arts Club last Tuesday evening ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Neighborhood News #564
DOT makes pedestrian safety improvements at Third Ave and 22nd St
For many years, the GPBA has had an excellent working relationship with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) under Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione. As a result, we have worked together to enact many measures ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, June 16, 2014
Neighborhood News #563
13th Precinct Community Council
The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to the 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting - Tues. 6/17, 6:30 p.m. 13th Precinct station house E 21st St between 2nd and 3rd avenues ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, June 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #562
Make Music New York
The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to Make Music New York, hosted by Calvary-St. George's Church, Saturday 6/21, 4-7:30pm, 61 Gramercy Park North ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, June 12, 2014
Neighborhood News #561
Gramercy condo building on old hardware site to rise 20 stories ODA Architecture, Cantor-Pecorella join project
Livingston, N.J.-based developer Bill Cheng plans to construct a 20-story, 80,000-square-foot condominium building on the site of a now-shuttered, century-old hardware store in Gramercy, The Real Deal has learned ...Click here to read more.
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Random afternoon attack at 21st St and Park Ave South Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Neighborhood News #560
We were sent the following account from a neighbor whose colleague was randomly attacked outside their office at 21st St and Park Ave South on Monday afternoon ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Neighborhood News #559
Our wonderful neighbor Danny Meyer celebrates 10th anniversary of Shake Shack
The lines were longer than ever at Shake Shack on Monday as hungry foodies queued up for a rare chance to scarf down the creations of top chef Daniel Boulud without having to mortgage their homes ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, June 4, 2014
Neighborhood News #558
Fighting Threats to Gramercy Park
The Board of Directors at 201 East 21st St sent the letter below to their residents urging them to join the GPBA for 2014 in order to fight outside threats. They note that the GPBA is extremely vigilant about the overdevelopment of tall high rises in the area, and effective in defeating bars proposed for Third Ave.
...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Neighborhood News #557
The Dramatic History of Gramercy Park's National Arts Club
In 1831, Samuel B. Ruggles set up Gramercy Park and its surrounding lots. He envisioned it as a "free, glorious, open space" that would "bless the City forever." Today, people come from all over the world to experience Gramercy Park.
...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
Neighborhood News #556
Gramercy Park Neighbor Renowned Photographer Lois Conner featured on New York Times LENS Blog
A few years ago we asked Gramercy Park neighbor Lois Conner to photograph Gramercy Park. Click here to view a slideshow of a few of her beautiful photographs taken last spring ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Neighborhood News #555
New Neighbors on Gramercy Park

Fashion designer Derek Lam buys Gramercy Park spread for $5M & "Lion King" composer Hans Zimmer buys Manhattan pad for $1.7M Unit at 34 Gramercy Park, the oldest co-op in the city
...Click here to read more.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Neighborhood News #554
GPBA Co-sponsoring Historic District Council's 24th Annual Preservation Party

The GPBA, as a Neighborhood Partner to the Historic District Council, is co-sponsoring their 24th Annual Preservation Party featuring their 15th Annual Grassroots Preservation Awards. The Historic ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #553
Gramercy Park Project Update
With the most welcome change in weather, many of you have been inquiring about the following: North fence repair - In June 2012, a taxi crashed into the north side of the Park fence. In order to receive proper compensation for the fence repair, we have been in court for quite some time ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Neighborhood News #552
9/11 Memorial Museum Dedicated Today
Our Gramercy Park Community Remembers
Below is an excerpt from a New York Post article by Former FDNY Commissioner Tom Von Essen, whose visit to the September 11 Memorial Museum triggered emotions. Von Essen speaks about the remains of Ladder 3 truck, and the loss of Capt... Click here to read more.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Neighborhood News #551
911 Emergency Calls
Since a major focus of the GPBA's mission is Crime Prevention, we are proud to be a Community Partner of the NYPD 13th Precinct, located at 231 E 21st St. They have provided us with essential information regarding 911 emergency calls ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #550
Gramercy Park Gravel Replacement, Threshold Installation, and Spring Photos of Gramercy Park
The Trustees of Gramercy Park will begin the second phase of a major historically sensitive improvement to the Park. Last week we replaced the gravel on the Park path surfaces with a finer quality washed gravel in various neutral tone shades. ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #549
The GPBA invites you to the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Speaker Series Tues 5/20
The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and TD Bank are inviting area residents and business owners to their Speaker Series featuring 13th Precinct Commanding Officer, Deputy Inspector David Ehrenberg...Click here to read more.
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New York Post PAGE SIX; Monday, May 12, 2014
Neighborhood News #548
Artist Zapata hosts celebs at his Gramercy Park townhouse
Domingo Zapata threw open the doors to his elegant 1850s Gramercy Park townhouse and studio to a beautiful crowd Saturday night. Designer Catherine Malandrino, director and screenwriter Paul Haggis, Paolo Zampolli, plus a fashionable mix ...Click here to read more.
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New York Post; Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Neighborhood News #547
Park-front locales remain NYC's most valuable properties

In most cities, the valuable real estate is along the water. But new York is a big global exception - our priciest real estate is along our parks. "We're inward looking," says Jonathan Miller, president of the appraisal firm Miller Samuel.
...Click here to read more.
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Monday, May 5, 2014

Neighborhood News #546
Trustees of Gramercy Park Gravel Replacement Project Schedule Update

The Trustees of Gramercy Park began our gravel replacement project in the Park early this morning. Our original plan was to keep the Park open, have certain gates padlocked in areas where equipment is in use, and have sections yellow taped ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #545
Trustees of Gramercy Park begin gravel replacement project in the Park
The Trustees of Gramercy Park will begin a gravel replacement project in the Park on Monday, May 5 (weather permitting). It should take approximately 1 week. We are replacing the current gravel with a finer quality of washed gravel in ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village ; Thursday, May 1, 2014
Neighborhood News #544
Easter Egg Hunt at Gramercy Park
Once again the Trustees of Gramercy Park hosted their annual Easter Egg Hunt Day in the park. Families from Gramercy Park Lot Owner Calvary-St. George's joined Gramercy families in organizing their own Easter egg hunts throughout the day ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village Blog; Wednesday, April 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #543
Burglaries, robberies up in 13th Precinct

Since a major focus of the GPBA's mission is Public Safety and Crime Prevention, we work closely with the NYPD 13th Precinct. The 13th Precinct Community Council meets with neighbors every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Precinct at 230 E 21st ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2014
Neighborhood News #542
Gramercy Park historic mansion restoration

A major focus of the GPBA's mission is Historic Preservation and Quality of Life. Therefore, we become involved in all restoration projects in Lot Owner buildings on Gramercy Park. Since many have been inquiring about the scaffolding going up around ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 17, 2014

Neighborhood News #541
GPBA plants Remembrance Garden at the 13th Precinct

Emergency Service Truck #1 Detectives Brian Glacken, Larry Olivetti, Andy Beshar, and Rob Stosch in front of the 13th Precinct's Remembrance Garden planted by the GPBA. Following 9/11, the GPBA planted a Remembrance Garden in front of the 13th Precinct ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Neighborhood News #540
New 60-story 22nd St skyscraper set to trump neighboring 23rd St tower One Madison by 150 ft
Tower to become the tallest between Midtown and Lower Manhattan. The tower will eventually stand 60 stories and 777 feet tall.
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Neighborhood News #539
Annual Spring Cleanup of Gramercy Park
Mike Boag of Boag Nurseries and his crew recently came to Gramercy Park for their annual Spring cleanup. They removed all debris and foreign material from the Park, particularly around the edges next to the fence...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Neighborhood News #538
Players Club Could Lose Historic Gramercy Park Home, Records Show

Gramercy Park's historic Players club could soon be forced to find a new home. The club was hit with a foreclosure action last week in Manhattan Supreme Court...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Neighborhood News #537
Trustees of Gramercy Park Tree & Shrub Maintenance
Soil analysis, Health assessment, Planting ground cover, Deep-root fertilization, Deep-root invigoration...Click here to read more.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
Neighborhood News #536
Quality of Life: Repaving Gramercy Park West, Gramercy Park East, Lexington Ave and Irving Pl
As part of the GPBA's close working relationship with the Department of Transportation, we are now at the final phase of repaving the streets surrounding Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Neighborhood News #535
GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Taking Care of Our Neighbors in Need
Easter Basket Project Special thanks to GPBA Board Member Kathleen Scupp for assembling beautiful Easter baskets for children in need, which is part of the GPBA's year-round Neighbors Helping Neighbors initiative ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 17, 2014

Neighborhood News #534
Palm Sunday Procession at Gramercy Park

Once again the Trustees of Gramercy Park welcomed Calvary-St. George's Church parishioners, led by the Reverend Jacob Smith, into Gramercy Park to gather for their annual Palm Sunday Procession around the Park and into the church ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Neighborhood News #533
Trustees of Gramercy Park Annual Spring Cleanup
We will edge beds, remove debris, prune trees and shrubs, apply organic fertilizer, mulch around trees and beds ...Click here to view poster.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Neighborhood News #532
Dream homes on Gramercy Park
Set along Gramercy Park North, this renovated three-bedroom co-op comes with - you guessed it - a key to New York City's only remaining private park. Of course, this apartment is exclusive enough on its own ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, April 14, 2014
Neighborhood News #531
President Obama comes to Gramercy Park
Obama, party of seven, your table is ready: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama dined for more than two hours on Friday evening with five friends at Maialino, an upscale and critically lauded "Roman trattoria" in the chic Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
Neighborhood News #529
Jimmy Fallon Named Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2014
Red carpets, award shows, magazine covers and movie screens - it's not often that we see celebrities outside these circumstances. Though chances are slim, in our celebrity-obsessed culture, everyone still has a wish list of stars they'd love to meet one day. What about living next door ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Neighborhood News #528
Our dear friend and Gramercy Park neighbor Philip K. Howard's latest book 'The Rule of Nobody'

Amid the liberal-conservative ideological clash that paralyzes our government, it's always refreshing to encounter the views of Philip K. Howard, whose ideology is common sense spiked with a sense of urgency. In "The Rule of Nobody," Mr. Howard ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Neighborhood News #527
HBO TV Series Boardwalk Empire to film around Gramercy Park on Wednesday 4/9
TOW TRUCKS WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT - TUES 4/8, 10pm.

VEHICLES MUST BE MOVED FROM THE AREAS BELOW BY THIS TIME, OR THEY WILL BE TOWED ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Neighborhood News #526
$7 Million Gramercy Co-op Looks Like a Medieval Lair
The listing for this Gramercy Park North co-op brags that it "has not been on the market in over 45 years," but looking at the design you would think it had been 450 years. Asking $7 million, this place just added itself to the small list of Manhattan co-ops ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Neighborhood News #525
Jimmy Fallon Celebrates Early 'Tonight Show' Success With New, $1.35 M. Gramercy Park Co-op
The late night ratings aren't the only thing that perpetually-fresh faced comedian Jimmy Fallon is dominating these days. The freshly-minted Tonight Show host is toasting his early success by expanding his footprint at 34 Gramcery Park ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, April 4, 2014
Neighborhood News #524
Protect Gramercy Park - We need your help! Join the GPBA for 2014
We previously sent an e-mail about hundreds of people meeting to protest a wave of skyscrapers that will cast huge shadows on Central Park. We expressed our concerns about the many tall building developments now encroaching on Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Neighborhood News #523
New street signs around historic Gramercy Park
Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's work is preserving the unique historic residential character of our neighborhood. Toward that end, we are delighted to inform you that our street signs around the ....Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Neighborhood News #522
Lovely Gramercy Park Co-op Comes With Park Key, Asks $5M

This co-op at 13 Gramercy Park South comes with the one thing everyone in the neighborhood wants: a key to Gramercy Park. It also comes with a lot of lovely ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 27, 2014
Neighborhood News #521
Players aims to attract corporate crowd

Arthur Makar, the man who's been the president of The Players for a total of two weeks, knows that turning the financially strapped club around isn't going to be simple. Still, he said, while seated for an interview with Town & Village in one of the club's spacious rooms, "It isn't rocket science....Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Neighborhood News #520
Gramercy Park West, Gramercy Park East, Lexington Avenue and Irving Place to be repaved!
Street Closures for night work Wed 3/26 5PM - Thurs 3/27 5AM Please be advised Loud noise from equipment to be expected throughout the process. ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #519
Players gets new president
The Players club, which for the past year has been struggling to stay afloat after having fallen up to $4 million in debt, has appointed a new president, replacing its longtime leader Johnnie Planco ...Click here to read more.
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Crains; Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Neighborhood News #518
The Players Survives on Gramercy Park!
The scaffolding is down, and with new leadership and a Strategic Turnound Plan, the club begins journey to restore financial stability, accountability and trust ...Click here to read more.
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Architectural Digest; April 2014
Neighborhood News #517
Gramercy Park neighbor highly acclaimed interior designer Sara Story's Texas home in April Architectural Digest
Gramercy Park neighbor highly acclaimed interior designer Sara Story's Texas Hill Country home featured in April issue of Architectural Digest Photographs by Gramercy Park neighbor world renowned photographer Pieter Estersohn ...Click here to read more.
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NY Times; March 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #516
After Stay in Gramercy Park, Calder Sculpture Pops Up in Maastricht
For those of you who continue to inquire about the Calder sculpture Janey Waney that has been in Gramercy Park for the past 3 years, we just learned that it is now on view at the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
...Click here to read more.
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AARP Bulletin; March 2014
Neighborhood News #515
10 Medical Tests to Avoid
Since a major focus of the GPBA's mission is "promoting the well-being of those who live and work here," we thought the following would be of interest. The AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) is a membership organization for people age 50 and over, "dedicated to enhancing ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Neighborhood News #514
Gramercy Park neighbor designer Michael Devine releases new book
Our dear friend and Gramercy Park neighbor designer Michael Devine has authored and photographed a book titled "An Invitation to the Garden: Seasonal Entertaining Outdoors.
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Neighborhood News #513

Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday March 9th
Rupert Murdoch buys top 4 floors at One Madison for $57.25M
NYPD to keep Police Academy building after move to Queens
...Click here to read more.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Neighborhood News #512
GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors donates to neighbors in need
Thanks to our neighbors on Gramercy Park, The Gramercy Park Block Association Neighbors Helping Neighbors recently donated clothing, educational supplies, and furniture to Calvary-St. George's programs to benefit those in need.
...Click here to read more.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Neighborhood News #511
Neighbors near Central Park are protesting skyscrapers casting shadows on the park
Do we have a similar threat to Gramercy Park? The answer is YES!
On Wednesday, hundreds of people packed the New York Public Library to speak out against a wave of skyscrapers that will cast huge shadows on Central Park ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #510
Our dear Gramercy Park neighbor
Danny Meyer
The evolution of Danny Meyer
As Union Square Hospitality grows up, its founder tries to hang onto the small-company culture that keeps the business cooking.
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Neighborhood News #509
Caring community helps GPBA collect food for Kenmore
We'd like to thank our hundreds of Gramercy Park neighbors for their donations of pantry supplies to our GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors' Annual Pantry Drive for Kenmore Hall. Kenmore Hall ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Neighborhood News #508
Winter Photos of Gramercy Park
We are grateful to GPBA Board Member Sean Brady, who is also Of Counsel to the Trustees of Gramercy Park, for these wonderful recent photos of Gramercy Park.
...Click here to read more.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Neighborhood News #507
Alexander Calder sculpture Janey Waney to be de-installed temporarily from Gramercy Park Tuesday 2/18
Weather permitting, the Alexander Calder sculpture Janey Waney will be de-installed from Gramercy Park tomorrow. The sculpture will be traveling to go on exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Neighborhood News #506
'Tonight' Show Returns to New York After Nearly 42 Years
Tonight at midnight on NBC Channel 4 our wonderful Gramercy Park neighbor Jimmy Fallon debuts as host of The Tonight Show. He is taking over from longtime host Jay Leno, and moving the show back to its New York roots, 42 years after Johnny Carson moved it to Burbank, California ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Neighborhood News #505
The first-ever film of a New York City blizzard Filmed in 1902 at 23rd and Broadway by Gramercy Park resident Thomas A. Edison
In light of the current weather, we thought the following video, shared with us by GPBA Board member Lynne Lerner, would be of interest. The video, shot by prolific inventor Thomas Edison's Edison Manufacturing Company, depicts a blizzard that hit New York on February 17, 1902.
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Neighborhood News #504
Annual Pantry Drive for Kenmore Hall
Hungry New Yorkers Need Our Help!

Kenmore Hall Pantry Drive
low-income, formerly homeless, frail elderly, chronically ill. Drop off Tuesday 2/18, 8am-6pm, Gramercy Park East Doorman
...Click here to read more.
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The Real Deal: Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Neighborhood News #503
Police Academy vacates longtime Gramercy Park space

Since for many years there has been talk about the Police Academy moving from its present location at 235 E 20th St, we thought the following article would be of interest. Clarification: The article below states "The New York City Police Department's ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street Journal: Friday, February 7, 2014

Neighborhood News #502
Travel Q&A With Restaurateur Danny Meyer

Our dear friend and neighbor restaurateur Danny Meyer answers questions about his travel experiences. He is photographed at his Maialino restaurant in the Gramercy Park Hotel, our Gramercy Park Block Association's "de facto city hall"...Click here to read more.
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NY Times Real Estate: Friday, February 7, 2014
Neighborhood News #501
Gramercy Park Condop, Man-Cave Included
Since a focus of the GPBA's work is preserving property values on Gramercy Park, we collaborated last week with New York Times writer Robin Finn on the story below about an apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North coming on the market...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, January 30, 2014
Neighborhood News #500
13th Precinct reports hike in crime
The winter's most recent snowstorm thwarted the 13th Precinct Community Council's monthly meeting last week, but the weather does not seem to have thwarted criminals in the neighborhood ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Neighborhood News #499
Shame on the Board of Directors of The Players

After the 18-page Financial Audit Committee report detailing the financial mismanagement under Johnnie Planco's presidency, not only did this board choose to re-elect Planco, but as he continues to tell his lies, they continue to support his presidency ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Neighborhood News #498
Last Night With Jimmy Fallon: Into the Wee Hours With the Heir to TV's Grandest Franchise

On Monday, February 17th our wonderful neighbor Jimmy Fallon takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno, bringing the show back to New York after 42 years in California.
...Click here to read more.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #497
High drama at the Players Club
Financial troubles put the spotlight on the theatrical community's club as it tries to raise the curtain on a new era ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #496
Guess what's coming to Gramercy Park?
If you think One Madison (23rd St & Madison Ave), the pencil-thin residential tower clearly visible from Gramercy Park is tall, wait until you see the skyscraper planned for 41 East 22nd St where Tamarind restaurant recently closed. The planned building will be almost 150 feet taller than One Madison, currently the Flatiron District's tallest apartment building ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #495
Our Gramercy Park 'Picasso' and wonderful friend Domingo Zapata
'PICASSO ON THE PARK'
Inspired by his legendary countrymen, Spanish artist Domingo Zapata creates a color-filled studio and home in a sprawling Gramercy townhouse ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Neighborhood News #494
Gramercy Park Neighbors Dr. Amanda Foreman and Uma Thurman celebrate opening of Foreman's Literary Cabaret Series
A pride of literary lions gathered Monday to celebrate acclaimed author Dr. Amanda Foreman's new literary cabaret series, "Seriously Entertaining." Uma Thurman hosted one bookish game called ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Neighborhood News #493
Gramercy Park Neighbor Restaurateur Phil Suarez's new restaurant Inn at Pound Ridge attracting celebrities

Also kudos to Phil, a producer of the musical "Kinky Boots", which won Best Musical Theater Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards!
...Click here to read more.

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Monday, January 27, 2014
Neighborhood News #492
Blown tire caused explosive scare, officials say - 26th St & Lexington Ave.
GRAMERCY PARK (WABC) -- What began as reports of a small explosion inside an apartment building on Lexington Avenue, prompting a rapid response of fire and emergency teams, turned out to be a blown tire ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Neighborhood News #491
18 Gramercy Park among most expensive apartment buildings of 2013

That the Zeckendorfs' lavish 15 Central Park West topped the list of 2013's priciest buildings per square foot will surprise few, but several of the runners up may raise an eyebrow. The double-towered ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Neighborhood News #490
Gramercy Park neighbor Sir Martin Sorrell
Our dear Gramercy Park neighbor Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group, joins the world's top business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Neighborhood News #489
18 Gramercy Park ranked highest-priced new project of 2013
The most expensive new development in Manhattan in 2013 was the Zeckendorfs' 18 Gramercy Park, where closed sales averaged more than $4,000 per square foot, according to a report from CityRealty provided exclusively to The Real Deal ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Neighborhood News #488
Cold Weather Advisory
Today's temperature is expected to drop from a high of 55 degrees this morning to only 6 degrees and very windy tonight. On Tuesday during the day and night, temperatures between 5 and 11 degrees are expected to feel more like 10 below zero ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Neighborhood News #487
Nazareth Housing Homeless Shelters thanks Gramercy Park Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors who participated in our GPBA's Annual Fund, Neighbors Helping Neighbors was able to send donations of clothing, furniture, baby items, toys, books and other supplies to Nazareth Housing.
...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Neighborhood News #486
Winter Storm Warning
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until tomorrow afternoon, Fri 1/3. The National Weather Service is currently predicting 6-8 inches of snow in New York City and more in surrounding ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 26, 2013
Neighborhood News
NYPD Emergency Service Truck #1 Family Holiday Party
NYPD Emergency Service Truck #1's Annual Family Christmas party was held at Epiphany Church on Sunday, December 15th. The event was a group effort between ESU Truck #1, Epiphany Church and The Gramercy Park Block Association. ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #485
Historic St. George's Church to re-open Announcement made at 125th annual candlelight service
More than 500 people, both local and from around the country, gathered to celebrate the 125th annual candlelight service at historic St. George's Church on Sunday, December 8th. The service is one of the oldest candlelight services in the nation ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Neighborhood News
Trustees Sponsor Christmas Caroling in Gramercy Park
More than a thousand people gathered in Gramercy Park on Christmas Eve for the annual caroling sponsored by the Trustees of the Park. The caroling was led by Park Trustee Rev. Tom Pike, as well ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Neighborhood News #484
Caroling in Gramercy Park

Note: Song sheets will be passed out at the Gramercy Park north gate. Should you want to use your smartphone or tablet
...Click here to read more.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #483
GPBA joins Paddy Maguire's Ale House for annual toy drive
Every year The Gramercy Park Block Association members join Paddy Maguire's Ale House at 237 Third Avenue at 20th Street for an annual toy drive. The GPBA's "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" Community Service Committee then sorts the toys ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Neighborhood News #482
This Day in NYC History December 17th: Gramercy Park Was Established in 1831
On December 17, 1831 a deed by Samuel Ruggles established the plot of land between 3rd Avenue and Park Avenue South from 18th to 21st Streets as Gramercy Park. Today one of the priciest and ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Neighborhood News #481
Caroling in Gramercy Park
Tuesday December 24
Annual Community Singing
led by Rev. Tom Pike
Calvary-St. George's Rev. Jacob Smith
with Music Director Kamel Boutros
...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 12, 2013
Neighborhood News #480
NYPD 13th Precinct's Annual Family Holiday Party

The 13th Precinct recently held their Annual Family Holiday Party at Epiphany Church's Monsignor Farriker Hall on Saturday, December 7th. The event team included Detective Ray Dorrian and Police Officers John Considine and Vinnie Arlotta ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 12, 2013

Neighborhood News #479
Menorah Lighting in Gramercy Park

The Trustees of Gramercy Park sponsored their annual Chanukah Menorah Lighting Ceremony on Wednesday, December 4th. Once again Rabbi Daniel Alder of The Brotherhood Synagogue led the singing and blessings, in which not only ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Neighborhood News #478
GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Annual Holiday Toy Drive at Paddy Maguire's Ale House

Saturday, 12/15
5PM - 8PM
Paddy Maguire's Ale House
237 3rd Ave 20th St
...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village Blog; Monday, December 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #477
National Arts Club president says he's focused on the future

Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's work is Historic Preservation. The National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South, an individually designated landmark within the Historic District, sits on one of the ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #476
GPBA's Neighbors Helping Neighbors delivers Thanksgiving
Once again, The Gramercy Park Block Association's Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteers brought Thanksgiving cheer to hundreds of people. GPBA members, many with their young children, joined Rev. Jacob Smith and his wife Melina ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #475
Donate Children's Books

For Foundling Hospital
Beth Isral Pediatric Ward

Unwrapped books
New condition
Ages 2-12

... Click here to read more.
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Daytonian in Manhattan; Thursday, December 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #474
Nos. 3 and 4 Gramercy Park West
Since Gramercy Park is within the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA is historic preservation. We thought the following article in the "Daytonian in Manhattan" describing the extensive history of Nos. 3 and 4 Gramercy Park West might be ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, December 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #473
Christmas Tree Arrives in Gramercy Park
In keeping with what has now become a 39-year tradition, the Gramercy Park Christmas tree, a 40-foot Norway spruce, was delivered to the Park on Tuesday, December 3rd. Once again the tree was provided and installed by the Boag family of Seaside Park ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #472
Adopt a Family for Christmas
A project of the Epiphany Church Social Action Committee for 5 social service agnencies in Harlem. To Adopt a Family, contact Virginia Urban at virginiaurban@yahoo.com and cc arlenesharrison@yahoo.com. Drop off Wednesday ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #470
New Gramercy Park Neighbor Renowned Artist Domingo Zapata
We'd like to welcome our terrific new neighbor, renowned Spanish-American artist Domingo Zapata to Gramercy Park. Zapata maintains studios in his Gramercy Park townhouse, the Design District in Miami, and the Palazzo da Mula in Venice ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, November 21, 2013
GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Taking Care of Our Neighbors in Need
In preparation for The Gramercy Park Block Association's several Neighbors Helping Neighbors Thanksgiving projects, GPBA President Arlene Harrison and Emergency Service Truck #1 Detectives welcomed Fresh Direct donations ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, November 21, 2013
Neighborhood News #469
13th Precinct sees spike in thefts, burglaries Police also preparing for upcoming SantaCon pub crawl
The 13th Precinct saw a 35 percent spike in crime over the last month, mostly in burglaries and grand larcenies. The stats were revealed by Deputy Inspector Dave Ehrenberg at a meeting of the 13th Precinct Community Council on Tuesday ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
GPBA Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Serve Thanksgiving dinner to people in need
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday 11/28
Olmsted Hall
Calvary-St. Georges Church
209 E. 16th St.
...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, November 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #468
GPBA helps Lower East Side's Nazareth House supportive housing
The Gramercy Park Block Association's Neighbors Helping Neighbors Committee recently sent 2 vans filled with donations to the Lower East Side Nazareth House, which provides homelessness prevention services, emergency ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #467
Vercesi Hardware to close at the end of the month
An 18-story condominium building is in the works at the site of a century old hardware store in Gramercy. The New Jersey-based owner and developer, known only as LKH 23rd LLC, plans to replace 23rd Street Hardware at 152 East 23rd Street, near ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #466
NY Cares Coat Drive
11/13-12/31
Keep a New Yorker Warm
Donate a Coat Today
Drop off new or gently used
freshly laundered coats
13th Precinct - 230 E 21st St
Click here to read more.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #465
EMERGENCY ALERT 20th Street Closed Again TONIGHT
Park Ave South to Third Ave Thurs 11/7 6PM - Friday 11/8 6AM Due to some glitches last night (heavy construction equipment that needed to be moved), the repaving of Gramercy Park South was only partially ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #464
Our friends at Historic Districts Council need our help!
Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's mission is historic preservation. Since many of our members are preservationists, we are a devoted Neighborhood Partner of the Historic Districts Council ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #463
EMERGENCY ALERT
Street Closure for Repaving - Tow Away Zone
20th St - Park Ave South to Third Ave. Tomorrow Wed 11/6 6PM - Thurs 11/7 6AM. Cars parked in this area will be towed. If your car is towed, call the 13th Precinct...Click here to read more.
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Monday, November 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #462
Gramercy Park Neighbor Interior Designer Sara Story featured in New York Spaces Magazine
The interior design work of our dear friend and Gramercy Park neighbor Sara Story was recently featured in the October issue of New York Spaces in an article titled "Gramercy Park in Black & White: Effortless Cool." ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, November 1, 2013
Neighborhood News #461
Street Closure for Repaving - Tow Away Zone
21st St - Park Ave S to Third Ave Today, Fri 11/1 6PM - Sat 11/2 6AM. We have just received an emergency notification from our friends at the Department of Transportation that today (Fri 11/1) ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Neighborhood News #460
Emergency Alert - Water Main Break
Information from our friends at the Flatiron/23rd St. Partnership A water main break occurred this morning near 23rd St and Park Avenue South. According to NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Neighborhood News #459
Hurricane Sandy: Gramercy Park President Remembers
One year later, it is still hard to imagine the tragic loss of life and enormous devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy. For many months thousands were with no electricity, no heat, no gas, no hot water, no plumbing ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, October 28, 2013
Neighborhood News #458
Two new trees planted on Gramercy Park South
This week is the First Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. During that storm, 2 large street trees on the southeast sidewalk outside of Gramercy Park were toppled. Yesterday Bartlett Tree Experts, who care for and maintain the Gramercy Park trees ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #457
New Landscape Plan for Gramercy Park

A new landscape plan designed by Park Project Manager Kathleen Scupp in collaboration with Anthony Bulfamante Landscaping has been just been implemented inside the perimeter of Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 24, 2013
Neighborhood News #456
Fall Event Celebrated in Gramercy Park
On Friday October 18th, Gramercy Park families attended a Trustee-sponsored Fall Event in the Park. The event was organized by Trustee Arlene Harrison, President of the Gramercy Park Block Association, and Kathleen Scupp, Chair of the GPBA Events ...Click here to read more.
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NY Social Diary; Friday, October 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #455
Gramercy Park Neighbor Thomas Burak
Our dear friend and Gramercy Park neighbor Thomas Burak was recently featured in New York Social Diary ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #454
Repaving the Streets Surrounding Gramercy Park

As result of ongoing complaints from our neighbors about the hazardous conditions of the streets surrounding Gramercy Park (i.e. dangerous potholes), we have been in regular contact with our friends at the Department of Transportation ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, October 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #452
13th Precinct Community Council Meeting - Tues. 10/15
The 13th Precinct Community Council will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 15th at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and officers from the 13th Precinct will give updates on crime in the neighborhood and will hear concerns ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village Blog; Thursday October 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #451
The Players - Update
Players workers threaten to rally
Since The Players sits on one of the original lots laid out in the 1831 Ruggles Gramercy Park Trust, and is an individually designated landmark within the Gramercy Park Historic District, we are deeply concerned about the club and its future. As far as we know ...Click here to read more.
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NY Times; Friday October 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #450
The Building Has 1,000 Eyes More Surveillance Cameras at New York Residences
If you have any doubts about how critical video surveillance systems are in fighting crime, please see the New York Times article following our introduction ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, October 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #449
Fall Event for Key Holder Families

Friday, October 18, 2013
4:00-5:30pm

Click here for more information.

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NY Observer SCENE Magazine; October 2013
Neighborhood News #448
The Gate Keeper
Are you on the list?
Shrouded in mystery and beautifully maintained, the 182-year-old Gramercy Park is kept under lock and key. To get behind the gates, one must be approved by Arlene Harrison, who has served as the vanguard for all that is acceptable in the park's lush two acres ...Click here to read more.
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Gotham Magazine; October 2013
Neighborhood News #447
All Keyed Up Are the Zeckendorf Brothers and Robert A. M. Stern re-creating the magic of 15 Central Park West on Gramercy Park?
Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's mission is historic preservation. Therefore, the GPBA played the leading role in the redevelopment of 18 Gramercy Park South, including selecting a developer (Zeckendorf Development), navigating the project through the Landmarks procedure, and monitoring all quality of life issues ... Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #446
New York Theatre Ballet looking for a new home
The New York Theatre Ballet will be losing its longtime home in the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, but founder and artistic director Diana Byer said that the company definitely won't be folding. The NYTB has until September 30 to vacate its studio ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #445
National Arts Club President Resigns After Less Than Five Months

The National Arts Club's new president resigned after less than five months at the helm of the 115-year-old Gramercy Park institution that's been mired in controversy, DNAinfo New York has learned. Rev. Thomas Pike, the retired rector from the nearby Calvary-St. George's Church and former city ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Neighborhood News #444
The Players - CB6 Parks, Landmarks & Cultural Affairs Committee Resolution

Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA is Historic Preservation. Therefore, we are vigilant about the condition of The Players' building at 16 Gramercy Park South, which is an individually designated ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #443
Police Dep Barricades on Gramercy Park East
In response to many recent neighborhood complaints about the Police Dept. barricades being stored on the sidewalk on Gramercy Park East for nearly two months, yesterday we reached out directly to our friends at the 13th Precinct ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #442
The Fashion BID Kite Flight
Sunday, September 22nd
1:00pm-4:00pm
Port Authority Bus Terminal Rooftop
8th Ave at 40th St
7th floor South Wing
...Click here to view the poster.
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New York Times; Friday, September 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #441
Big Ticket | Gramercy Park Penthouse for $42 Million

Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's mission is historic preservation. Toward that end, the GPBA played an integral role in selecting a developer (Zeckendorf Development) for the preservation and adaptive reuse of 18 Gramercy Park South ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street Journal; Friday, September 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #440
Hoop Dreams: Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander Buys a Penthouse in Downtown New York for $42 Million

Leslie Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, has paid $42 million for a penthouse in New York's Gramercy Park, atop a former Salvation Army residence for women. The penthouse is on the two top floors of 18 Gramercy Park, a conversion designed by Robert A.M. Stern that set ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 12, 2013
Neighborhood News #439
9/11 remembered at 13th Precinct ceremony
Police officers of the 13th Precinct and Emergency Service Unit Truck 1, along with members of the community, gathered in front of the precinct's stationhouse on Wednesday to commemorate the twelfth anniversary of the September 11th ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Neighborhood News #438
Gramercy Park Flower Shop Clarification from Owner Tom Sakas

In response to an e-mail we sent yesterday, Gramercy Park Flower Shop owner Tom Sakas asked us to please clarify that although their Third Ave location is now closed, they are still open for business ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Neighborhood News #437
Gramercy Park Remembers
Our community's response to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster - a four-part booklet of articles and photos. Part 1 includes speech given by Arlene Harrison each year for several years at the GPBA's Annual World Trade Center Remembrance ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Neighborhood News #436
Gramercy Park Flower Shop Closing, & Neighbors David Gilboa & Jim Parsons

Much to our sadness, the Gramercy Park Flower Shop, located at 236 Third Ave, closed yesterday. Founded in 1904 by two Greek brothers, Peter and Spiro Sakas, the business, run by Peter's grandson Tommy Sakas, had stayed in the family ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #435
Neighbors Helping Neighbors "Back to School Drive" - Thank You Gramercy Park Neighbors!
A major focus of the GPBA's mission is "to promote the well-being" of our neighbors. Last week we had our First Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors "Back to School Drive," to benefit children mainly from city homeless shelters. We'd like to thank ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street; Friday, September 6, 2013
Neighborhood News #434
Seven-Figure Sargents

Since a major focus of the GPBA is Historic Preservation, we are vigilant about The Players, whose 1844 Greek Revival townhouse at 16 Gramercy Park South sits on one of the original lots laid out in the 1831 Samuel B. Ruggles Gramercy Park Trust. The 1890 John Singer Sargent painting of Edwin Booth described below is not the Sargent painting of Joseph Jefferson that the Players ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Neighborhood News #433
Sanitation Garage Proposal - Update
A major focus of our GPBA is "Quality of Life" (here and in the surrounding neighborhood) and "Neighbors Helping Neighbors." Last week we informed you of an August 28th meeting organized by Rose Hill Community Organization President ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #432
World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony
Please join us for the World Trade Center Remembrance Ceremony on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 8:30AM at the 13th Precinct ...Click here to read more.
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NY Times; Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #431
Gramercy Neighbor Phil Suarez's ABC Kitchen featured in NY Times "Ladies Who Power Lunch"

Our wonderful friend, highly acclaimed restaurateur Phil Suarez, described as "an icon in the world of New York City fine dining and one of its most accomplished leaders," continues to make headlines ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street Journal; Monday, September 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #430
Arts Clubs Go Soul-Searching in a New Era

Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's mission is Historic Preservation. Toward that end, we are vigilant about what goes on at The National Arts Club ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 30, 2013
Neighborhood News #429
Peter's Field Playground (2nd Ave & 21st St) Proposed lighting for night time games
Since many of our Gramercy Park families bring their young children to Peter's Field (2nd Ave & 21st St) to play sports and games, ride bikes, etc, we thought the following information might be of interest ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Neighborhood News #428
End of Summer Clean-Up of Gramercy Park
Park Closed TODAY at 2pm until tomorrow (Fri 8/29) at 7am
Today, Mike Boag of Boag Nurseries and his landscaping crew are in the Park for their annual end of summer clean-up. Since at different times during the clean-up there will be trucks, equipment ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Neighborhood News #427
Shopping Safety Tip
Stores and supermarkets are popular places for thieves to prowl. Shoppers often use the child seat of shopping cart to hold their purse and other personal items and this offers an opportunity for a thief. ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Neighborhood News #426
Cellphone Recovery Success!

Since a major focus of the GPBA is crime prevention and public safety, we thought the following information from the NYPD about recovering lost or stolen cell phones might be of interest ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #425
Proposed Sanitation Garage - 425 E 25th St. Community Meeting

Since a major focus of our Gramercy Park Block Association is Neighbors Helping Neighbors and Quality of Life (both here and in the surrounding neighborhood) we thought the following might be of interest to you....Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Neighborhood News #424
Reminder: Drop off this Wednesday, 8/28!
Since a major focus of our mission is "to promote the well-being" of our neighbors, please see our latest Neighbors Helping Neighbors project ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Neighborhood News #423
Gramercy Park Historic Preservation Expert Gabriel Popian
Since 2006, the Trustees of Gramercy Park have been working on all Gramercy Park historic preservation projects with G & L Popian, Inc., the international historic conservation, restoration and preservation firm of Gabriel Popian ....Click here to read more.
 
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Neighborhood News #422
"Unforgettable" Filming in Gramercy Park area Friday, 8/23

CBS TV series "UNFORGETTABLE" will film exterior scenes on Gramercy Park West between E 20th & E 21st Streets on Friday, August 23th from approx. 5pm - 2am. Parking cleared for production vehicles - beginning Friday August 23rd on the following ...Click here to learn more.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Neighborhood News #421
Back to School Drive
Since a major focus of our mission is "to promote the well-being" of our neighbors, please see our latest Neighbors Helping Neighbors project ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 16, 2013
Neighborhood News #420
The GPBA's Annual Summer Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program
We recently implemented our Annual Summer Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program for the Gramercy Park area ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Neighborhood News #419
Fresh Direct donates flowers to neighborhood
The Gramercy Park Block Association once again thanked Fresh Direct for their shipment of over a hundred bouquets of flowers to the Gramercy Park community. "The word has spread throughout the area about Fresh Direct's generosity ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #418
The Gramercy Park Block Association joins the 30th Annual 13th Precinct National Night Out Against Crime
Since a major focus of the GPBA is crime prevention and public safety, each year we sponsor the 13th Precinct's National Night Out Against Crime, which this year celebrated it's 30th anniversary ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #417
Trash Piles Up in Gramercy After Doe Fund Leaves, Residents Say
GRAMERCY - The Doe Fund workers who have been cleaning Gramercy's streets for more than a year have left the neighborhood - and residents say trash has already begun piling up ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Neighborhood News #416
Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program

Since a major focus of the GPBA is Quality of Life, each summer we implement our Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program. Thanks to all of you whose annual support of the GPBA makes this project possible ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #415
Shame on The Players Board of Directors for re-electing the president who was at the helm as the club accrued $4 million in debt

The Board of Directors just re-elected a President with little credibility, No business acumen, and No business plan in place ... and the $4 million debt continues ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Neighborhood News #414
Overflowing waste receptacles: Thank you to our Gramercy Park neighbors for taking action!

Last Friday, the GPBA sent an e-mail calling on neighbors to report to 311 the overflowing waste receptacles surrounding Gramercy Park and across the street. As a result, the community bombarded 311 with dozens of complaints and sent us ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #413
Big Ticket | A Floor With a Key to a Park for $15.175 Million
Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of the GPBA's mission is historic preservation. Toward that end, the GPBA played an integral role in selecting a developer (Zeckendorf Development) for the preservation ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Neighborhood News #412
The 13th Precinct's National Night Out Against Crime - TONIGHT!
Please join us tonight for the 30th Anniversary of National Night Out Against Crime! There will be music, entertainment and fun for the whole family, including clowns and caricaturists!
...Click here to read more.
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Monday, August 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #411
Construction site safety
For many years, we have heard that for safety reasons, we should avoid walking under scaffolding at construction sites. Since a major focus of our mission is Safety and Security, and there are several new construction projects planned for our area, we thought the following e-mail from a neighbor would be of interest.
...Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #410
Overflowing waste receptacles surrounding Gramercy Park and across the street from the Park - We need your help!
The photos above were taken at 9am this morning (Friday 8/2). The receptacles have now overflowed much more than what you see in the pictures. Since the Doe Fund has left the neighborhood a couple of weeks ago, we have been receiving numerous complaints about this problem ....Click here to read more.
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #409
Opposition to Proposed Sanitation Garage - 425 East 25th St.

Since a major focus of our Gramercy Park Block Association is Quality of Life (both here and in the surrounding neighborhood) we thought the following issue may be of interest to you.
...Click here to read more.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Neighborhood News #408
NYC Department of Transportation - Summer Streets
On three consecutive Saturdays, August 3, 10, and 17 from 7:00am to 1:00pm, nearly seven miles of NYC's streets will be opened for people to play, walk, bike and enjoy. ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Neighborhood News #407
Jimmy Fallon Introduces Daughter Winnie Rose

Congratulations to neighbors Jimmy Fallon & Nancy Juvonen Fallon on the arrival of their baby girl Winnie Rose! ...Click here to read more.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Neighborhood News #406
Photos of our Gramercy Park flower beds

Our newly-designed Gramercy Park flower beds are flourishing. These gardens, designed by our Project Manager Kathleen Scupp in collaboration with Anthony Bulfamante Landscaping, have received rave reviews ...Click here to read more.
 
Monday, July 29, 2013
Neighborhood News #405
Save the date: National Night Out Against Crime

The GPBA invites you to the 13th Precinct's National Night Out Against Crime. Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 5-8pm, at the JHS 104 Playground, Second Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, July 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #404
Gramercy Park Doe Fund street cleaning crew reassigned "temporarily"

According to many Gramercy Park area residents, The Doe Fund's Ready, Willing, and Able street cleaning crew, who have worked in the area since 2011, have made a huge difference in the neighborhood's cleanliness and quality of life ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #403
Shame on the Board of Directors of The Players
On Monday, July 22nd, newly re-elected Players president Johnnie Planco sent an e-mail to the members outlining some of the many dire financial woes at the club. Many who read the e-mail reacted with ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Neighborhood News #402
Spotlight on our Gramercy Park Neighbors

Gramercy Park neighbor and world renowned artist James Turrell's work is currently featured in an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition includes "Aten Reign," an "immense, elliptical, nearly hallucinatory play of light and color that makes ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Neighborhood News #401
"People elect the government they deserve"
The Tragedy at The Players
For those who still cannot fathom how The Players has fallen into $4 million in debt and has come to be in "imminent danger of closing," all you need to know is the following: 1) Johnnie Planco, who was ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Neigborhood News #400
Credit Card Fraud
Credit Card Fraud is a serious criminal matter that impacts millions of consumers around the world. What can we do to help make sure we are not victimized? Stores and credit card companies don't always require ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #399
Restoration Plans at 5 Gramercy Park West
Since a major focus of our Gramercy Park Block Association is historic preservation, I thought the following testimony which I gave this week at the Landmarks Preservation Commission in support of restoration plans ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #398
Calvary-St. George's 4th Annual Creative Arts Camp
Calvary-St. George's 4th Annual Creative Arts Camp took place recently at 61 Gramercy Park North. This free weeklong community program was geared towards children from PreK to junior high and featured ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #397
Gramercy Park Block Association delivers flowers to 13th Precinct in appreciation for their service
Gramercy Park Block Association President Arlene Harrison delivered 150 flower bouquets to 13th Precinct Police Officers, Emergency Service Unit Truck #1 ...Click here to read more.
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Business Insider; Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Neighborhood News #396
"Girls" filming on Gramercy Park
Many of you have been asking about the film trucks parked along Gramercy Park North for the past two days. They are from the highly-rated HBO film series "Girls", which was created by and stars actress and ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Neighborhood News #395
Help Save The Players - Update
Now that we've finally had success at the National Arts Club, our neighbors have asked for us to update them on The Players. Toward that end, we have just sent the e-mail below to The Players' Board of Directors, and several Committees ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Neighborhood News #394
The Doe Fund crew is leaving tomorrow - We need your help!

The Doe Fund's Ready, Willing, and Able street cleaning crew, who have worked in the Gramercy Park area since 2011, have made a huge difference in the cleanliness and quality of life here ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
Neighborhood News #393
Congratulations are pouring in from around the country. I'd like thank the many hundreds of you who have worked tirelessly over the last two decades to see this day come. Please see additional articles ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street Journal, NY Times, NY Post; Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #392
Disgraced National Arts Club President Settles Lawsuit
The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday that it had obtained a $950,000 settlement in the case of O. Aldon James, the longtime-and now former-president of the National Arts Club ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #391
Aldon James Agrees to Pay $900K to National Arts Club in Settlement Deal
GRAMERCY - The state Attorney General's office reached a settlement with O. Aldon James resolving a $1.75 million lawsuit that alleged he ran the National Arts Club for his own benefit, according to a deal ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, July 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #390
Gramercy Park Block Association & Calvary Church Celebrate Make Music New York
The Gramercy Park Block Association and Calvary-St. George's Church partnered in hosting Make Music New York, an annual event organized by the parish music director Kamel Boutros ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #389
ATM "Skimming" Tips
Since a focus of the GPBA mission is safety, security and quality of life, we'd like to pass the important information below from the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau.
...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #388
Help Save The Players - Update - Why we are concerned
Many of you continue to be concerned about the financial state of The Players and its future, and so I am including a link to audio of The Players financial report delivered at their June 19th annual meeting by treasurer Giacomo Selloni.
...Click here to read more.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Neighborhood News #387
Gramercy Park Real Estate Update: 18 Gramercy Park South
Since 2006, we have worked closely with Zeckendorf Development on the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of the Salvation Army Parkside Evangeline Residence at 18 Gramercy Park South, an 18-story Georgian Revival ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Thursday, June 27`, 2013
Neighborhood News #386
Disgraced Ex-President Starts to Move Out of National Arts Club
More than 30 moving boxes were piled up outside the back entrance of the National Arts Club Wednesday as disgraced former president O. Aldon James and his twin brother began their forced eviction. ... Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #385
Elderly Man Killed by MTA Bus on Third Avenue at 20th St.
An elderly man was struck and killed by an MTA bus Wednesday morning while crossing the intersection of Third Avenue and East 20th Street, police said. The unidentified 80-year-old man was crossing ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #384
Help Save The Players - Comments about 6/19 Annual Meeting
Many of you have been asking why, after the June 19th Annual Meeting, Johnnie Planco has remained the president of The Players, when the rest of the Executive Committee has now resigned. ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #383
New Design of the Four Flower Beds in Gramercy Park
For Summer 2013, the Trustees chose to re-design the planting of the 4 flower beds in the center of Gramercy Park. In the past, we planted impatiens or brown leaf begonias in various colors and combinations. It was decided to treat this year's ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Monday, June 24, 2013
Neighborhood News #382
Doomsday Scenario Would Sell Debt-Ridden Players Club's Gramercy Park Home
The Players Club's historic Gramercy Park townhouse could be put on the market as a drastic measure to deal with mounting debt. Putting the home of famous Shakespearean thespian Edwin Booth, who founded the club, on the market ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #381
New flood zone map explained, crime down overall in 13th Precinct

In the last community council meeting before the summer on Tuesday evening, the Manhattan CERT team gave their presentation about the new hurricane evacuation zone maps, which were released earlier that day. Deputy Chief of the Manhattan ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #380
Historic Districts Council 2013 Six To Celebrate Walking Tours

Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, the a major focus of the GPBA's mission is historic preservation. Toward that end, we are a devoted Neighborhood Partner of the Historic Districts Council, "the advocate for New York City's historic ...Click here to read more.
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Business Insider; Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #379
'Boardwalk Empire' Cast Spotted Filming Season 4 In New York City

HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" was spotted filming Monday in the Flatiron District with cast members around Gramercy Park. The production company's Locations Department sent this letter, distributed on the Gramercy Park Block Association's ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Neighborhood News #378
Help Save The Players
Since Gramercy Park is in the Gramercy Park Historic District, a major focus of our GPBA mission is historic preservation. Therefore, we are very concerned about the survival and the future of The Players, a landmarked 1844 mansion which is part of the original 1831 Samuel B. Ruggles Gramercy Park trust. We are deeply ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Neighborhood News
13th Precinct Community Council Meeting
The 13th Precinct Community Council will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 18th at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and officers from the 13th Precinct will give updates on crime ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #377
Boardwalk Empire filming
HBO TV Series Boardwalk Empire is currently filming scenes for their upcoming 3rd season. They are slated for one day of filming interior scenes on Gramercy Park South on MONDAY, 6/17 from ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #376
Make Music New York

The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to "Make Music New York" to be held outside 61 Gramercy Park North (21st St) on Friday, June 21st from 4pm-7:30pm. This is an outdoor event for all ages, and especially young children, who are welcome ... Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Neighborhood News #375
Beware of Deception Burglaries
Deception Burglary - a burglary committed by a person(s) that gains entry to the home by posing as an employee of a particular company. This impersonation includes utility companies, delivery companies ...Click here to read more.
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NY Times; Friday, June 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #374
Big Ticket | Park Perks for $15.27 Million
In a repeat of last week's performance, the exacting renovation and restoration at the historic 18 Gramercy Park South by Zeckendorf Development and Robert A. M. Stern recorded its second closing - No. 5, another floor-through condominium, which sold for $15,273,750 - in a sale that was the most expensive of the week, according ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #372
Inside Gramercy Park with Rufus Wainwright

A conversation with Rufus Wainwright is never dull. The 39-year-old singer-songwriter sprinkles witticisms into conversation with an ease that mirrors the way in which he came to music: He's a natural ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, May 30, 2013
Neighborhood News #371
Gramercy Park FDNY Ladder Company 3 Receives $5k Grant for Life-Saving Equipment

New York will be safer thanks to a $5,685 grant to the New York Fire Department (FDNY) Ladder Company 3 located on east 13th St. between Third and Fourth avenues. Awarded by Integro Insurance ...Click here to read more.
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New York Times City Room; Friday, May 31, 2013
Neighborhood News #370
Big Ticket | Treetop Park Views for $16,575,000
Perhaps it was the lure of a free key to exclusive Gramercy Park, but the as-yet-unfinished gut renovation of a historic Salvation Army rooming house at 18 Gramercy Park South by Zeckendorf Development and Robert A. M. Stern, the premier team that produced the premium price precedents set by 15 Central Park West, has recorded its first closing ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Neighborhood News #369
Park Tree Maintenance Program
Bartlett Tree Experts were in the Park this week for our annual Park Tree Maintenance Program. Bartlett's work includes spraying our fruit trees, deep-root liquid fertilization, and deep root invigoration of the various trees they have ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, May 30, 2013
Neighborhood News #368
Rev. Pike elected as president of Arts Club

Reverend Tom Pike, rector emeritus of Calvary Church and former city landmarks commissioner, now has a new title to add to his résumé, president of the National Arts Club. Reverend Tom Pike, rector emeritus of Calvary Church and former city landmarks commissioner, now has a new title to add to his résumé, president of the National ...Click here to read more.
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Grub Street; Thursday, May 23, 2013

Neighborhood News #367
The Shake Shack Explosion: How Danny Meyer's Burger Chain Gets Bigger by Appearing Smaller

Our amazing neighbor Danny Meyer does it again! Last month, Shake Shack opened its 25th location, an outpost in Boca Raton, Florida. (It's the Sunshine State's third Shake Shack.) Five days before that, Shake Shack also announced plans for a ...Click here to read more.
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The Real Deal; Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Neighborhood News #366
Housing court rules to evict National Arts Club prez from Gramercy Park digs

A city housing court judge ruled last week in favor of the National Arts Club in its move to evict former president O. Aldon James, his twin brother John James and former club member Steven Leitner from ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Neighborhood News #365
HDC Preservation Party & Grassroots Preservation Awards
The Gramercy Park Block Association is co-sponsoring the Historic District Council's 23rd Annual Preservation Party featuring their 14th Annual Grassroots Preservation Awards. According to their website, it is a "yearly event to honor those who have been especially influential in the ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Neighborhood News #364
13th Precinct Community Council Meeting (Tues. 5/21) and Information about Identity Theft - Electronic Pick Pocketing

The 13th Precinct Community Council will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 21st at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, and officers from the 13th Precinct will give updates on crime in the neighborhood and will hear concerns from ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Friday, May 17, 2013
Neighborhood News #363
National Arts Club Votes in New President
National Arts Club voted a new president into office Thursday night, ushering in the next chapter at the 115-year-old Gramercy Park institution, where allegations of fiscal mismanagement under O. Aldon James touched off investigations by ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Neighborhood News #362
Concerns about The Players
Many of you have continued to express serious concern about the future of The Players. The Gramercy Park Block Association has just reached out to Gary Papush, Chair of Manhattan Community Board 6 Parks and Landmarks Committee, to ask for their assistance in our efforts to ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Neighborhood News #361
SEO Celebrates 50 Years of Matching Talent with Opportunity
Since 1963, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity has made a lifetime of achievement possible for 10,000 talented young people from underserved and underrepresented communities. ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2013
Neighborhood News #360
Citi Bike bike-share program to launch 5/27

Demo Thurs. 5/16 at Flatiron Public Plaza

The new Citi Bike system is set to launch May 27th. Operated by NYC Bike Share, it will feature thousands of bikes at hundreds of stations around New York. According to their website, "Citi Bikes are ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2013
Neighborhood News #359
Beware of ATM Crimes!
ATM Shoulder Surfing - the act of using multiple tactics' to distract or manipulate a victim in order to obtain their ATM "PIN" number. The main goal is to obtain currency from the targeted victim without them knowing ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Neighborhood News #358
Spring in Gramercy Park 2013 - with love from the Trustees of Gramercy Park
We are grateful to our neighbor Sean Brady, Chair of the Gramercy Park Block Association Quality of Life Committee, for these beautiful photos of our Gramercy Park flowers ...Click here to view a slideshow of the photos.
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DNAinfo; Thursday, May 9, 2013

Neighborhood News #357
Players Club Could Go Dark This Week Amid Increasing Debt

The lights might soon go out at Gramercy Park's legendary Players Club - literally. Con Edison workers came to the club on Monday, threatening to shut the electricity off if the club didn't pony up the $8,000 ...Click here to read more.
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NY Law Journal; Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Neighborhood News #356
Ousted Arts Club Head Removed From Lawsuit

A unanimous Appellate Division, First Department, panel yesterday ruled that the former president of the non-profit National Arts Club, O. Aldon James Jr., cannot bring a derivative lawsuit ...Click here to read more.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #355
Nostalgic Memories about the Salvation Army Parkside Evangeline Residence for Women at 18 Gramercy Park South
Below are the nostalgic memories of a woman who lived in the Salvation Army Parkside Evangeline Residence for Women at 18 Gramercy Park South twenty years ago.
...Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #354
Spring in Gramercy Park 2013
Photos by Lois Conner

We are grateful to our neighbor photographer Lois Conner for sharing these beautiful photos of Gramercy Park ... Click here to read more.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Join the GPBA for 2013 today!
A message from GPBA Vice President Tom Pike
Dear Friend,
This have been a wonderful 20th anniversary for The Gramercy Park Block Association. We've seen ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Neighborhood News #353
Annual Spring Cleanup
Yesterday Mike Boag of Boag Nurseries and his crew came to Gramercy Park for their annual Spring Cleanup. They removed all debris and ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #352
The Players - Update
Many of you have expressed serious concerns about the future of The Players. I have been working with The Players Financial Audit Committee to support their efforts to save the club ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Neighborhood News #351
Spring in Gramercy Park 2013

Photos by Lois Conner, Sean Brady and Alex Nguyen

Click here to view the photos.

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Town & Village; Thursday, April 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #350
New York City's Largest Easter Egg at St. George's Church
Young Jewish New Yorkers recently presented Calvary-St. George's Episcopal Church with a unique Easter gift - New York's largest Easter egg ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Monday, April 22, 2013
Neighborhood News #349
Curtains For Three More Board Members at Legendary Players Club

Three board members exited stage left at Gramercy Park's Players club, that legendary actors society that has sunk into crippling debt ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 18, 2013

Neighborhood News #348
Thefts keep rising in the 13th Precinct

Dear Friend,
We can all see from the recent tragedy at the Boston Marathon how critical video surveillance systems are in fighting crime. Many of our buildings on Gramercy Park have video surveillance ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #347
Letter to The Players Board of Directors

Dear Board of Directors of The Players,
Who I am, and why I am writing to you
I am President and Founder of the 2,000-member Gramercy Park Block Association, a Trustee of Gramercy Park, and for the past 35 years have been the leader of ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2013/Daily News, Saturday, April 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #346
Violent crime spiking in wealthy Manhattan neighborhoods

Some of Manhattan's wealthiest neighborhoods are exploding in a wave of violent crime that hearkens back to the bad old days when people feared ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Neighborhood News #345
Help Save The Players
Several years ago, close to 300 members of our Gramercy Park community joined The Players through our Gramercy Park Block Association. Since then, many of you have left claiming "incompetant management" and "extreme decline in services" ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Neighborhood News
13th Precinct Community Council Meeting

The 13th Precinct Community Council will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 16th at 6:30pm. The meeting is open to the public, and officers from ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 11, 2013
Neighborhood News #344
Gramercy Park Block Association celebrates return to National Arts Club
The National Arts Club welcomed members of The Gramercy Park Block Association for the organization's gala cocktail party last Thursday in what ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 11, 2013
Neighborhood News #343
Director gone from Players, club prez says goal is to get club 'full' again
The Players Club, which ousted its executive director of nearly 20 years, John Martello, on Friday, is already in the process of finding his replacement ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Friday, April 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #342
Players Director John Martello resigns

John Martello, the executive director of The Players, who's been blamed for the current financial disaster at the Gramercy Park club, has resigned, the club announced today. In an official statement ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Neighborhood News #341
Debt-Ridden Players Club Looks for New Leader
It's time for a scene change at the historic Players Club. With executive director John Martello out after two decades - following allegations that fiscal mismanagement put the 125-year-old actors ...Click here to read more.
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NY Times & Wall Street Journal; Friday, April 5, 2013

Neighborhood News #340
Players Club Removes Director Amid Turmoil

A Leader Resigns From Players Club

The Players, a 124-year-old private club on Gramercy Park, removed its long-serving executive director this week amid charges of financial mismanagement, several members and employees ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Friday, April 5, 2013
Neighborhood News #339
Players director John Martello resigns
The board of Gramercy Park's historic Players Club asked its executive director of two decades to take a bow after the institution's debts and allegations ...Click here to read more.
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Daily News; Thursday, April 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #338
Embezzlement case against former National Arts Club president Aldon James will proceed

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead did not dismiss the fraud case filed by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman against James, who is alleged to have squandered $2 million in club assets and used some of them to his advantage ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #337
Palm Sunday Procession in Gramercy Park
Once again the Trustees of Gramercy Park welcomed Calvary-St. George's Church parishioners, led by the Reverend Jacob Smith, into Gramercy Park to gather for their annual ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #336
Members gave Players big gifts, loans for years

While it wasn't until a meeting held three weeks ago that many members of The Players in Gramercy Park learned just how saddled with debt the club was, for years, loyal members had still been asked to prop up the place with big loans or ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Monday, April 1, 2013
Neighborhood News #335
Debt-Ridden Players Club Lures Would-Be Saviors, But Only if Leaders Leave

Help may be on the way for Gramercy Park's bankrupt Players Club, but only is the actors society recasts its lead by ousting its executive director ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 28, 2013

Neighborhood News #334
Amidst financial disaster, members say Players director, exec committee to blame

At The Players Club on Gramercy Park South, which has been in financial trouble for at least the past few years, members were shocked after a meeting ...Click here to read more.
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Wall Street Journal; Thursday, March 28, 2013

Neighborhood News #333
Portrait Emerges at Arts Club
New President Expected to Take Reins

After a turbulent period marked by a state investigation into its finances, The National Arts Club- a 115-year-old institution on the edge of Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #332
Players Club Board Member Deleted Info From Club's Wikipedia Page
A board member at the famed Players Club deleted a paragraph about the cash-strapped actors' society's fiscal woes from its Wikipedia page ...Click here to read more.
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New York Times; Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Neighborhood News #331
Great news about our neighbor Jimmy Fallon:
'Tonight,' With New Host, Set to Reclaim Its New York Roots

NBC has settled on two new stars for "The Tonight Show": Jimmy Fallon and New York City. The network has made a commitment to Mr. Fallon, the current host of its "Late Night" program ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 21, 2013
Neighborhood News #330
13th Precinct reports thefts up in bars, stairwells and buses
The 13th Precinct continues to see crime increases, especially in burglaries and grand larcenies, Deputy Inspector David Ehrenberg said ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Neighborhood News #329
The Gramercy Park Block Association Invites you to the 13th Precinct Community Council Meeting, Tuesday 3/19
The 13th Precinct Community Council will host its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 19th at 6:30pm. The meeting is open to the public, and officers from the 13th Precinct will give you updates on ...Click here to read more.
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New York Times; Friday, March 15, 2013
Neighborhood News #328
Players Club Stages a Real-Life Drama Over Whether to Oust Its Director
One thing to be said for theater people: they know drama. On Thursday night, more than 100 members of the Players, a private club founded for actors, crowded into the main dining room of its 1847 Greek Revival town house on Gramercy Park ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Friday, March 15, 2013

Neighborhood News #327
Players Club In Danger of Closing, Finance Report Says

Gramercy Park's famed Players club is in "immiment danger" closing as soon as funds from the sales of its prized John Singer Sargent paintings run out, DNAinfo.com New York has learned ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #326
Players Club Fined $30K for Failing to Insure Workers, Members Say

The Players Club has been running for more than five months without workers' compensation coverage and has racked up $30,000 in penalty fees ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #325
Thefts and burglaries on the rise in 13th Precinct
Several Gramercy Park building presidents and building owners have recently contacted me for recommendations for video surveillance companies ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 7, 2013

Neighborhood News #324
Rev. Pike running for president of NAC

Former Calvary-St. George's Church Rector Tom Pike, who in January became a board member of the National Arts Club, is planning to run for president ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Neighborhood News #323
Memorial for Rev. Stephen Garmey
The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to a memorial gathering to honor The Reverend Stephen Garmey ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Neighborhood News #322
Last Call to RSVP for Wed. 3/6 Event!
The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and TD Bank are inviting area business owners and residents to their Speaker Series featuring the new ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Neighborhood News #321
Historic Districts Council 19th Annual Preservation Conference

We apologize for the last minute notice, but our friends at the Historic Districts Council are inviting us as "Neighborhood Partners" to their 94th ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Neighborhood News #320
Aldon James Sues Warshaw Hardware Store

Former National Arts Club President O. Aldon James is suing the club again, this time for what his attorney is calling a "malicious" attempt to throw ... Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Neighborhood News #319
Speaker Series with 13th Precinct Commanding Officer DI David Ehrenberg
The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Speaker Series, District Safety and Security, Wednesday March 6th ...Click here to read more
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #318
Memorial for The Reverend Stephen Garmey
The Gramercy Park Block Association invites you to a memorial gathering in honor of The Reverend Stephen Garmey, author of "Gramercy Park, an Illustrated History of a New York City Neighborhood" ...Click here to read more.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Neighborhood News #317
Aldon James Sues Hardware Store for Changing National Arts Club Locks
Former National Arts Club President O. Aldon James is suing a mom-and-pop hardware store for changing the locks to his apartment in the club's ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Neighborhood News #316
Sewer Collapse on Gramercy Park South - UPDATE
Based on meetings that GPBA Quality of Life Chair Sean Brady and I had this morning with the ConEd crew, their work should be completed by tomorrow ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, February 21, 2013
Neighborhood News #314
Proposal for new bar on Third Ave. sparks oversaturation concerns
For years now, Third Avenue in Gramercy has been a popular hub for watering holes from traditional Irish pubs to newer niche-type bars like Exchange ...Click here to read more.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Neighborhood News #313
Sewer Collapse on Gramercy Park South - UPDATE
In reponse to many inquires, GPBA Quality of Life Chair Sean Brady and I have been meeting on a regular basis with the ConEd crew working on the ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Neighborhood News #312
Gramercy Park townhouse drops price to $18m
A tony townhouse at 11 Gramercy Park South chopped its asking price by $4 million and brought on Douglas Elliman's Raphael De Niro to help close ...Click here to read more.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Neighborhood News #311
Sewer Collapse on Gramercy Park South
Many of you have inquired about the work going on at Gramercy Park South. I met with the ConEd team this morning and learned the following ...Click here to read more.
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Neighborhood News #310
New "Wine Bar" Proposal for 284 Third Ave btw. 22nd-23rd Sts.

Friday, February 8, 2013
The following letter was written by Gramercy Park Block Association Quality of Life Committee Chair Sean Brady to the Community Board 6 BASA ...Click here to read more.
 
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Neighborhood News #309
Blizzard Alert
The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for New York City from 6:00 AM Friday, 2/8 to 1 PM Saturday, 2/9. The current forecast ..Click here to read more.
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CBS; Friday, February 1, 2013
Neighborhood News #308
Flatiron District Water Main Break Floods Subway, Streets
An aging water main broke in the Flatiron District Friday morning, sending gushing water down grates into a subway station below. The aging ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, January 24, 2013
Neighborhood News #307
Rev. Tom Pike elected to board of Arts Club
Former Calvary-St. George's rector Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Pike, who, just last week celebrated his 50th anniversary of life in the priesthood, now has a new title: board of governors member at The ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Neighborhood News #306
Karl Lagerfeld sells his Gramercy Park apartment to a banker for a $2 million loss

It's hard to believe that Karl Lagerfeld would have a hard time selling his unused Gramercy Park pied-a-tierre, but it took two years and a $2 million ...Click here to read more.

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Neighborhood News #305
Former Calvary Rector Tom Pike Celebrates 50 years in priesthood

On a soggy Friday evening, enthusiasm and attendance were not dampened as the community ...Click here to read more.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Neighborhood News #304
Celebration of Rev. Tom Pike's 50 Years in the Priesthood at St. George's Church

As you may know, Friday January 11th was the celebration of Rev. Tom Pike 50 years in the Priesthood, which was held at St. George's Church ...Click here to read more.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Neighborhood News #303
The Flu - What you can do

The government says we're on target for one of the worst flu seasons on record, and "if you haven't already received your flu shot, make it a high ...Click here to read more.
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Town & Village; Thursday, January 3, 2013

Neighborhood News #302
James Group trying to block expulsions from Arts Club

Former National Arts Club President O. Aldon James, his twin brother John James and former club member Steven Leitner filed a petition in the New ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #300
The Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Pike's 50th Anniversary of Priesthood Celebration
Friday, January 11th at 7pm, reception to follow.
St. George's Church, E 16th St. at Rutherford Place ...Click here to read more.

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Town & Village; Thursday, January 3, 2013
Neighborhood News #299
St. George's 124th Candlelight Service

St. George's Episcopal Church recently held their 124th Candlelight Service, led by Calvary-St. George's Senior Clergyman Rev. Jacob Smith. ...Click here to read more.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 20, 2012
Neighborhood News #298
Paddy Maguires Holiday Toy Drive
Paddy Maguire's Annual Holiday Toy Drive took place Sunday, December 16th at Paddy Maguire's at 237 Third Ave (at 20th St.). The Toy Drive benefitted ... Click here to read more.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Neighborhood News #297
Paddy Maguire/GPBA Toy Drive To Benefit Children Affected by Hurricane Sandy

Please join us - Sunday, December 16th, 5-8pm
Paddy Maguire's, 237 Third Ave (at 20th St)
Please bring one new unwrapped toy and join us for dinner ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
Neighborhood News #296
Future of Lyric Diner at 22nd St. and 3rd Ave.
Last week, several of our GPBA Quality of Life Committee members, led by Chair Sean Brady, attended the CB6 BASA meeting where Lyric Diner ...Click here to read more.

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Monday, December 3, 2012
Neighborhood News #294
Hurricane Sandy - One Months Later - 12/3 Update
It's hard to imagine that for thousands, there are still... No electricity, hot water or even a home to return to ... Families displaced or camping out ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Neighborhood News #293
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Relief Effort 11/19 Update

Thanks to the compassion and generosity of our neighbors, and working directly with Manhattan South Detectives, especially the Homicide Squad ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Neighborhood News #292
Hurricane Sandy Relief - Volunteer Opportunities
Many of you have asked me how to volunteer for the Hurricane Sandty relief effort. The information below is from a few days ago. What is needed at each ...Click here to read more.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Neighborhood News #291
Gramercy Park Neighbor Artist Will Barnet Dies at 101

The following is a statement about artist Will Barnet from Rev. Tom Pike, Rector Emeritus of Calvary-St. George's Church, Trustee of Gramercy ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Neighborhood News #290
Hurricane Sandy is our Katrina

No electricity, no gas, no heat, no water, no stores for food, no drugstores for medication, no plumbing, raw sewage, health and hygiene issues ...Click here to read more.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Neighborhood News #289
Neighbors Helping Neighbors - Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort - 11/9 Update
Thanks to the generosity of our friends and neighbors, Calvary-St. George's Church was filled with thousands of boxes/bags of supplies ...Click here to read more.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Neighborhood News #287
Hurricane Sandy Relief - Tuesday 11/6 Update

Thanks to the generosity of our friends and neighbors, we sent over 500 bags of supplies directly to storm victims. We are now focused on collecting ...Click here to read more.
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #286
Hurricane Sandy-What you can do now
New Drop-off Location for supplies


Location: Calvary-St. George's Church
Anderson Hall, 61 Gramercy Park North
...Click here to read more.

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Monday, November 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #285
Hurricane Sandy-What you can do now
11/5 UPDATE
Last night, thanks to the generosity of our friends and neighbors, local responders picked up approximately 100 bags of essential supplies, going to ...Click here to read the full story.
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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Neighborhood News #284
Hurricane Sandy - What you can do now

Several of our local responders in Midland Staten Island, Red Hook Brooklyn and Breezy Point Queens - three neighborhoods devasted by loss of life ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, November 2, 2012

Neighborhood News #283
Gramercy Park Post Storm Update

Once again our close-knit Gramercy Park community has come together to support one another during a challenger time. Our building staffs ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Neighborhood News #282
Update from Con Edison

According to our friends at Con Edison "Customers served by underground networks in Mid- to Lower Manhattan who lost power during the ...Click here to read the full press release.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Neighborhood News #280-281
Hurricane Sandy Alert

According to weather reports, Hurricane Sandy is expected to arrive late tonight with conditions worsening into tomorrow, with the heaviest storm activity...Click here to read the full story.
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Business Insider; Thursday, October 25, 2012

Neighborhood News #279
Only Three Apartments Are Left In the New Luxury Gramercy Park Building

Just three days ago we reported there were only six apartments left in the brand new, no even open yet, 18 Gramercy Park building. Last night we ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Observer; Monday, October 22, 2012
Neighborhood News #277
18 Gramercy Park Is Having The Best Fall Ever
It appears we underestimated the appeal of a key to Gramercy Park. Although we expect there's probably more than access that's driving sales at 18 Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story.
 
Wall Street Journal; Sunday, October 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #276
Rare Opportunity Near Park
Just a block from Gramercy Park, a rare, 1.5-acre development site is up for sale, offering a potential opportunity to transform and institutional block into ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 11, 2012
Neighborhood News #275
Thefts on the rise in the 13th Precinct
Burglaries, including those committed by "office creepers" are on the rise in the 13th Precinct, the precinct's commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Ted Berntsen ...Click here to read the full story.
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Business Insider; Thursday, October 11, 2012
Neighborhood News #274
The Owner Of The Houston Rockets Just Bought The $42 Million Penthouse at 18 Gramercy Park

Leslie Alexander, the owner of the Houston Rockets, has purchased the $42 million penthouse inside of the new 18 Gramercy Park building, the New York Post ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Neighborhood News #273

Wall Street Journal - Arts Club Wins Ruling

DNAinfo - Appeals Court Backs National Arts Club's Ouster of Aldon James

Read the 10/11/12 Decision and Order of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

 
Wall Street Journal; Friday, October 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #272
Private Properties: Gramercy Park Condo Penthouse Goes Into Contract for $42Million

A five bedroom penthouse at 18 Gramercy Park South, a new condo development, is in contract for $42 million. ...Click here to read the full story.
...Click here to view the video tour.

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NY Times Real Estate; Sunday, September 30, 2012
Neighborhood News #271
That's Some Key
How Do You Get A Key To Gramercy Park?
There are 383 aspirational keys in the Big City, each of them numbered and coded, all of them equipped to unlocked any of the four wrought-iron gates offering priveleged access to undisturbed ...Click here to read the full story.
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Real Estate Weekly; Thursday, September 27, 2012
Neighborhood News #270
Zeckendorfs eye another home-run with 18 GPS
A finished model unit is drawing curious buyers to 18 Gramercy Park where developers Will and Arthur Zeckendorf are hoping to recreate the record-breaking success of their 15 Central Park West ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Neighborhood News #269
13th Precinct Commanding Office Deputy Inspector Ted Berntsen to speak on safety and security
Our friends at the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and TD Bank are inviting area business owners, managers and residents to their annual Fall Speaker Series: District Safety and Security with Deputy Inspector ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #267
NYS Attorney General Sues Former Arts Club President Aldon James
A.G. Schneiderman sues former leader of historic National Arts Club for years of self-dealing. Investigation found ex-president Aldon James exploited ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wall Street Journal; Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Neighborhood News #266
Gramercy Park Club Fight Goes to Appeals Court

The legal battle between the National Arts Club and its former president, O. Aldon James, moved to appellate court on Tuesday when lawyers for both sides ...Click here to read the full story.
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The Real Deal; Saturday, September 1, 2012

Neighborhood News #263
Unlocking Gramercy Park

With 18 Gramercy Park hitting the market, TRD analyzes the real estate surrounding the fabled private garden ...Click here to read the full story.
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Curbed NY; Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #262
Pricing, Rendering, Floorplans Revealed at
18 Gramercy Park!
Developers Arthur and William LIe Zeckendorf paid $60 million for the Parkside Evangeline, the former hotel and Salvation Army property at 18 Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wall Street Journal; Monday, September 3, 2012
Neighborhood News #261
Art Club Future Clouded
For the National Arts Club, the embattled Gramercy Park nonprofit, the past 12 months have been both wildly eventful and frustratingly stagnant ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #259
Gramercy gunman still on the run

Police have released security footage in last week's gunpoint attack on a Gramercy Park woman. The grainy film shows a middle-aged, black male walking in front ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #258
Opposition to bar planned for 284 Third Avenue Update, Attempted Robbery at 38 Gramercy Park North Update, Video Surveillance System Information & Crime Prevention Surveys
We want to thank our many neighbors who responded to our e-mail asking for your support for our letter of opposition to a bar proposed for 284 Third ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #257
Wanted Flyer for 38 Gramercy Park North Robber
The NYPD have requested that you post this in your building lobby and show it to your building personnel ...Click here to see the flyer.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Neighborhood News #255
Attempted Robbery and Assault at 38 Gramercy Park North
This past Saturday at approximately 10:30pm, one of the shareholders/tenants of 38 Gramercy Park North was the victim of an attempted robbery and assault. As the shareholder approached the building from 3rd Avenue, the attacker approached from Gramercy Park ... Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Neighborhood News #254
NYC DOT's Summerstreets
On three consecutive Saturdays, August 4, 1, and 18 from 7am to 1pm, nearly seven miles of New York City's streets for everyone to play, run, walk and bike.
See NYC DOT's Summerstreets page.
See Summerstreets video.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 2, 2012
Neighborhood News #253
CB6 rejects proposals for 2 bars

Two bar owners who were hoping to win the support of Community Board 6 for liquor licenses for two planned establishments on Third Avenue wound up being ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Neighborhood News #251
National Arts Club's Dining Manager Fired in Latest Shakeup

Gramercy Park's famed National Arts Club has fired its long-time dining room manager, Joseph Frappaolo, who weathered tax evasion charges and a ...Click here to read the full story on DNAinfo.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Neighborhood News #250
Rare painting's in play

The venerable Players Club may soon have to part ways with one of its oldest members. John Singer Sargent's painting of the 19th-century actor Joseph Jefferson has quietly gone on the auction block, much to the dismay of several members. The Players has ...Click here to read the full story in the NY Post.
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DNAinfo; Monday, July 30, 2012

Neighborhood News #249
Gramercy Residents Rally to Keep Bars at Bay

They said all the right things, but that wasn't enough to save the proprietors of two prospective bars from the backlash of dozens of Gramercy Park residents. ...Click here to read the full story.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Neighborhood News #248
Jim Parsons Seals the Deal with Another Gramercy Park Pad

It looks like things are getting very serious between Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons and 36 Gramercy Park East. Parsons, who has been spending more time in New York during his run in the Roundabout's Harvey ...Click here to read the full story on the NY Observer website.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Neighborhood News #247
NBC Series SMASH filming in Gramercy Park Neighborhood

NBC Studios and DreamWorks Entertainment will be filming scenes for an NBC series titled "Smash" in our neighborhood from Wednesday, July 18th through ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Neighborhood News #246
Back in Business
Excerpt from NY Times article: After years of delays, a former women's residence with a warren of 200 tinys rooms is being reborn as a spacious 16-unit condo called ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Neighborhood News #245
Recent sidewalk construction around Gramercy Park

Many of you have been inquiring about various sidewalk construction sites around Gramercy Park. The City has been recently issuing citations to buildings ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Neighborhood News #244
Redevelopment of 18 Gramercy Park South nears completion
The redevelopment of the Salvation Army Parkside Evangeline residence at 18 Gramercy Park South is now nearing completion. The developers, Will and Arthur ...Click here to read the full story.
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The Real Deal; Friday, July 6, 2012
Neighborhood News #243
Peter's Tavern sues over sidewalk cafe rights
Pete's Tavern, the historic ale house located near Union Square in Manhattan, is suing its landlord after the owner of the space had its sidewalk cafe license revoked ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Neighborhood News #242
Fairway to Open Fourth Manhattan Store in Kips Bay

Fairway is coming to Kips Bay. After months of speculation that the popular grocery chain would fill empty storefronts on Second Avenue near East 30th Street ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Times; Thursday, June 21, 2012

Neighborhood News #241
At Century-Old Club, Money Woes Sour the Mood

They were supposed to be the grown-up club on the block. As crisis after crisis hit the National Arts Club, the 124-year-old Players, which stands next door on Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Neighborhood News #240
Noted Newsweek Journalist, Gramercy Park Neighbor Peter Goldman Publishes Novel

One of our longtime Gramercy Park neighbors Peter Goldman has published a first novel at age 79 after a professional lifetime in journalism. According to his website, Goldman has "spent much of his professional life with Newsweek as a national-affairs writer ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Neighborhood News #239
Repaving Work to Close Streets in Parts of Gramercy, Kips Bay This Week

Parts of Gramercy and Kips Bay can expect construction and street closures this week, as the city begins repaving several stretches of road through the East ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, June 6, 2012
Neighborhood News #236
Taxi Crash Leaves Nearly $50k Hole in Historic Gramercy Park Fence
A taxi that crashed into the north side of the historic fence that surrounds exclucive Gramercy Park several weeks ago left a gaping hole in the wrought iron ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #235
DNAinfo News Editor Amy Zimmer Wins Two Awards for Ongoing Coverage of National Arts Club Scandal
We want to congratulate DNAinfo News Editor Amy Zimmer, who you may know from her ongoing coverage of The National Arts Club scandal, for recently ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Neighborhood News #230
Union Sq. Coffee Shop Owner/Model Picker Lists Gramercy TH

Former model turned Union Square Coffee Shop Owner Carolyn Benitez and her music producer husband, Jellybean Benitez, put their Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story on Curbed NY.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Neighborhood News #228
Gramercy Park's Player's Club Crumbling Under $2M Debt

The National Arts Club isn't the only storied Gramercy Park institution embroiled in controversy. Next door, The Players - the famed 124-year-old actors society ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Neighborhood News #227
Interview with Calder Foundation President and Chairman Alexander S. C. Rower in the Financial Times
Our neighbor Alexander S. C. Rower, the grandson of American artist and sculptor Alexander Calder, was recently featured in an interview by the Financial Times ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Neighborhood News #226
Aldon James Forced to Watch National Arts Club Meeting on Basement TV

O. Aldon James, the former president of the National Arts Club, watched the board's annual meeting Tuesday night on a television in the basement of the Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.
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Arthur H. Barnes, a Trustee of Gramercy Park, member of the Gramercy Park Block Association Advisory, and former President and of the Board of 39 Gramercy Park North is Board Chairman of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Neighborhood News #225
Museum hopes new facility will jazz up music lovers

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is conducting a $22 million capital campaign to expand into a state-of-the-art facility to be built across the street from the Apollo Theater on 125th St. Presently they are located in a small building on 126th St, where they exhibit jazz memoribilia and run educational shows. They also run shows throughout the city, including at The Players on Gramercy Park ...Click here to read a story in Crain's about the museum's expansion plans.

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Neighborhood News #224
Methadone Clinic approved by Community Board 5 to moved to Midtown

The Gramercy Park Medical Group, a methadone clinic located on Third Avenue between 20th and 21st streets (above Subway restaurant), has been approved by ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Post; Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Neighborhood News #223
Goodsella: 50 Gramercy Glam

The infamous penthouse duplex at 50 Gramercy Park North once owned by Icelandic financier Jon Asgeir Johannesson - accused in lawsuits of everything from ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 26, 2012
Neighborhood News #222
National Arts Club prez slams proxy as 'ruse'

James, meanwhile, defends his hoarded apt. as "ivy on the bricks"

...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Neighborhood News #219
Renowned Artists Barnet and Kinstler Praise Current Arts Club Leadership

Two renowned American artists, longtime members of The National Arts Club, issued the following letter in strong support of the "leadership and hard work" of NAC ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 19, 2012

Neighborhood News #218
National Arts Club fires back at James

Over a year after insiders blew the lid on a rash of alleged illegal and bizarre activities, the National Arts Club is still in the process of shedding its old skin, whether by ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Observer; Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Neighborhood News #217
Eternal Return: O. Aldon James Jr. at The National Arts Club

Last Wednesday afternoon, as most of the country waited to hear the charges that would be handed down for George Zimmerman, a certain group of Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Neighborhhood News #216
Note Threatens Dog Owner For Not Cleaning Up After Dog

This week, a note was posted on the tree gardens surrounding Gramercy Park. The note was not posted by the Trustees of Gramercy Park or by The Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Neighborhood News #215

NY Times: Setback for Ex-leader of Arts Club

DNAinfo: National Arts Club's Expulsion of Aldon James Stands Again, For Now

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Monday, April 9, 2012

Neighborhood News #214
Four Emergency Service Unit Officers Wounded in Shootout

Dear Friend, The four Emergency Service Unit Detectives who were injured Saturday night are part of our Gramercy Park Emergency Service Unit Truck #1 Family ....Click here to real the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 5, 2012
Neighborhood News #213
James group harrassing club employees, scaring members, says NAC president
As the legal battle between the current and former administration of the National Arts Club rumbles on, the historic institution's president apologized this week to ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Thursday, April 5, 2012

Neighborhood News #211
Off-Duty 13th Precinct Auxiliary Cop Fatally Shot

A churchgoing off-duty NYPD auxiliary cop who had two young sons was shot to death on a Canarsie street Wednesday morning just block aways from his home ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Tuesay, April 3, 2012

Neighborhood News #210
Investigation into National Arts Club Nearing End, Board President Says

A yearlong investigation into the inner workings of the National Arts Club under now ex-president O. Aldon James may be nearing an end. Members were told ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Neighborhood News #209
Letter from National Arts Club President Dianne Bernhard to NAC Members
Dear Members:
I hope this letter finds you well. As you know, the 2011-2012 season of The National Arts Club is in its final few months and I could not be more proud as it has ...Click here to read the full letter.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 29, 2012
Neighborhood News #208
Arts Club asks judge to rethink do-over decision
Days after a judge decided to give the former president of the National Arts Club a second chance at getting his apartment and membership back - after a ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Neighborhood News #207
Spring Photos of Gramercy

Dear Friend, We invite you to join or donate to The Gramercy Park Block Association for 2012. Click here to join or donate now and become a friend to the ...Click here to read the full story.

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New York Timesl Friday, March 23, 2012
Neighborhood News #206
Arts Club's Ex-President May Return, Judge Rules

Did somebody say reset button?

The public sparring between the National Arts Club and its former president will continue for at least another round ...Click here to read the full story.

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CBS New York; Thursday, March 22, 2012

Neighborhood News #204
Police: Suspect in Alleged Dunkin Donuts Groping Of 11-Year-Old Girl Arrested

Police are searching for a man they say groped an 11-year-old girl inside a Manhattan Dunkin Donuts around 11:30a.m. last Wednesday. The suspect was spotted caught on surveillance video, walking a few blocks ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #203
Jazz at The Players
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem & The Players Foundation Present Jazz at The Players, Wednesday, April 11th at 7pm.
Janis Siegel - Nine-time Grammy award winning singer, arranger, producer and founding member of The Manhattan Transfer. Please join us and bring your friend ...Click here to see the poster.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Neighborhood News #202
Madison Square Park Playground Dedication to 9/11 Hero Moira Smith
This coming Saturday (3/10) at 11a.m., the playground in Madison Square Park (near 25th St. and Madison Ave.) will officially be named PO Moira Smith Playground ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Neighborhood News #200
On the evening of February 16, 2012 the Board of Governors of the National Arts Club met and found that the Club's former president, O. Aldon James, Jr., John James ...Click here to read the letter.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Neighborhood News #199
President Obama fundraiser at ABC Kitchen
Tonight, Deepak Chopra and Russell Simmons are hosting a gala fundraiser for President Obama at ABC Kitchen, located at 35 East 18th St. (between Park Ave ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Neighborhood News #198
James Beard 2012 Semifinalists

The list of semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards is out - and several restaurants and chefs in Flatiron and Gramercy have made the cut! The James Beard Foundation Awards honor all aspects ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, February 23, 2012
Neighborhood News #197
NAC votes to expel James, but battle continues in courts

The National Arts Club Board of Governors voted to expel O. Aldon James, former president of the club, his brother John James and friend Steven Leitner from ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Neighborhood News #196
Quality of Life Problems
from the Gramercy Park Hotel
On February 22nd, an article appeared in DNAinfo about noise complaints from neighborhood residents about the Gramercy Park Hotel. Since 2003, when ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Neighborhood News #195
Partying at Gramercy Park Hotel Driving Neighbors Crazy

Over the past six months, the Gramercy Park Hotel has become known in the neighborhood for more than just its celeb guests and fancy parties. Residents ...Click here to read the full story.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Neighborhood News #194
HIGH SOCIETY SCANDAL: The Eccentric Millionaire Who Trashed The Venerable National Arts Club Has Finally Been Kicked Out
Business Insider

Gramercy Club Finally Evicts Ex-Pres From Cheap Apartment
Curbed New York

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Friday, February 17, 2012
Neighborhood News #193
After Ugly Public Spat, Elite Arts Club Votes to Banish Its Ex-President
New York Times


Manhattan Arts Club Expels Group
Wall Street Journal
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DNAinfo; Friday, February 17, 2012
Neighborhood News #192
Aldon James Expelled from National Arts Club and Apartments
The National Arts Club board voted Thursday night to expel its embattled former president O. Aldon James from the membership of the 113-year-old institution ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, February 16, 2012
Neighborhood News #191
Harry T. Burleigh: Remembering the man and his music at St. George's Church
It was the Gilded Age when, in 1894, a young music student named Harry T. Burleigh won a coveted position as the soloist at a prominent Episcopal church in Manhattan. Today he would be remarkable perhaps ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Neighborhood News #190
NYPD Hunt Serial Burglar 'in the Gramercy Park area'
Many have recently contacted me concerning reports in the media about burglaries "in the Gramercy Park area." The NYPD is looking for a man who has broken into ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Friday, February 10, 2012
Neighborhood News #189
City Education Panel Votes to Close Washington Irving High School
A vigorous battle to save Washington Irving High School came to an end on Thursday night as the city's panel for educational policy voted to close down ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, February 2, 2012
Neighborhood News #188
At Gramercy furniture store, everything new is old again
We want to welcome our good friends Joe Ercolino and Alex Young back to the Gramercy Park neighborhood. The two men previously ran the Calvary ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Neighborhood News #185

Club Hear Skips Hearing - Wall Street JournalNational Arts Club Suffers Continued Irregularities
Former Nat'l Arts Club prez skips evication hearing

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DNAinfo; Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Neighborhood News #184
Aldon James Skips Hearing on National Arts Club Eviction
It was supposed to be a day of reckoning for O. Aldon James at the National Arts Club, but he wasn't there for it. The club's board kicked off its internal hearing ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wall Street Journal; Saturday, January 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #182
For Arts Group, a Tense Period
For 25 years, the National Arts Club, a cozy Gramercy Park enclave frequented by artists and patrons, was run with a tight grip by its eccentric president, O. Aldon James. His presence was near-ubiquitous: Mr. James also lives in the apartments adjacent ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Times; Saturday, January 21, 2012
Neighborhood News #181
In a Club Fight, Power, Ego and Real Estate
The president of The National Arts Club, Dianne Bernhard, sat on a loveseat the other day and spoke about ....Click here to read the full story.
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Bloomberg Businessweek; Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Neighborhood News #180
How Our Neighbor Danny Meyer is Going Global
The restaurateur is linking up with Related, a real estate giant that will take his brands worldwide into stadiums, parks and other properties.
...Click here to read the full story.

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DNAinfo; Monday, January 16, 2012
Neighborhood News
Aldon James Believes He Will Be 'Validated" at National Arts Club Hearing
O. Aldon James, the embattled former president of the National Arts Club, believes he will be "validated" after board members hold its hearing next week to determine ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Neighborhood News #178
Washington Irving High School Closure Plan Sparks Outrage

Outraged parents, students and teachers at Washington Irving High School gather Tuesday morning on the steps of the century-old building to voice ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Neighborhood News #177
Arts Club members and employees
subpoenaed by attorney general
Meanwhile, club files countersuit against James.
As various lawsuits involving the current and former administration of the National Arts Club are working their way ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #168
Amid Finery and, Some Say, Vermin, Elite Arts Club and Its Ex-President Battle - NY Times
National Arts Club Files Claim Against Ex-Chief - Wall Street Journal
Aldon James Owes National Arts Club $3M, Lawsuit Says - DNAinfo
Bad Picture of arts prez - NY Post
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DNAinfo; Friday, December 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #162
Washington Irving High School, Wadleigh Middle School Marked for Closure

Gramercy's famed Washington Irving High School has been added to the list of city schools slated for closure, the Department of Education announced Friday ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #160
National Arts Club can proceed with Aldon James eviction vote
The National Arts Club can now decide next month whether to evict former NAC President Aldon James, his twin brother John and family friend Steven Leitner ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Post; Thursday, November 24, 2011
Neighborhood News #152
Birdman faces the board
Time is ticking for ousted National Arts Club president Aldon James. The embattled, finch-loving longtime leader was accused of making sweetheart deals ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #151
Two Robberies in Stuyvesant Town

Many of you have contacted me concerning weekend media reports about "two elderly men robbed in Gramercy Park." These robberies occurred in Stuyvesant Town. See links for the story:
CBS New York - Police: Robber Strikes Twice Against Elderly in NYC
CBS New York - Police Nab Man Suspected of Robbing Two Elderly People in Gramercy Park.

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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Neighborhood News #149
The Doe Fund - Ready, Willing and Able street cleaning crew and GPBA trash receptacles
Many of you have contacted me in the last couple of days about the "cleaning crew" in bright blue uniforms that you have seen working in the area surrounding ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Neighborhood News #147
Jennifer Aniston Purchases Gramercy Park Apartment
According to Life & Style, Jennifer Aniston recently purchased a $9 million 3 bedroom/3.5 bathroom apartment on Gramercy Park. Jennifer, 42, and her boyfriend ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Neighborhood News #146
Letter to Community Board 6 BASA Committee
Dear Carol and BASA Committee Members, Since we sent you our initial thank you e-mail last Friday after the Thursday, October 27th BASA meeting concerning ...Click here to read the letter.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #145
Liquor License for Redneck Romeo Defeated

First, it was warding off a bar at 38 Gramercy Park North, whose basement will now be leased to a low-profile jewelry shop. Then, last night, success in the fight ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Neighborhood News #144
Community Board 6 BASA Meeting about Redneck Romeo

Want another loud bar in the neighborhood? Tell the Community Board how you feel about granting a liquor license to "Redneck Romeo" at a meeting this Thursday ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Neighborhood News #142
Despite the fact that our community is now working to prevent a bar called Redneck Romeo from obtaining a liquor license for a location on Third Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets, we have some great news ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 13, 2011

Neighborhood News #141
James kicked out of NAC meeting

Former National Arts Club President O. Aldon James, who recently accused the club of holding an unfair election to replace him, is now also accusing ...Click here to read the full story and a letter from NAC President Dianne Bernhard.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 6, 2011
Neighborhood News #140
James asks court to void Arts Club election
Former National Arts Club President O. Aldon James, who is currently at war with the club over apartments he, his brother John James and friend Steven ...Click here to read the full story.
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Curbed NY; Thursday, September 29, 2011

Neighborhood News #135
OK, OK, Karl Lagerfeld's Gramercy 3-BR Really Is For Sale

A tipster directed our attention to this heavily discounted listing for a 3-bedroom in ultra-posh 50 Gramercy Park North, down to $5.2 million from its original ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #134
Stone Philips Sells His Gramercy Golden Key for $800,000
Stone Philips has given up his golden key. The former NBC correspondent and his wife, Debra, have sold their home at 45 Gramercy Park North, officially relinquishing his key to the private and hyper-exclusive ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Neighborhood News #133
DNAinfo
National Arts Club Fires Back at Aldon James

New York Observer
National Arts Club Returns Fire in Aldon James PR War
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New York Post; Friday, September 23, 2011
Neighborhood News #132
Ousted National Arts Club President Aldon James ripped by Dianne Bernhard
It's all-out-war at the National Arts Club. Outraged at ousted prez Aldon James public vow to take "back the club," current president Dianne Bernhard is letting him have ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Neighborhood News #131
Happy Autumn!
First Day of Autumn
Happy Autumn!
From The Gramercy Park Block Association
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Wall Street Journal; Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #130
Arts Club Hearing Blocked by Court
Injunction Issued to Establish Fairness
The legal drama surrounding the National Arts Club intensified Tuesday at a New York State Supreme Court hearing, where Justice Carol Edmead decided to ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #128
As many former members come back, National Arts Club President hopes to move forward
It was last Wednesday when hundres of people gathered at the National Arts Club for an opening party, following a massive, months-long cleanup project ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #126
Gramercy Park's 'Will Barnet at 100'
at the National Academy
In the first New York retrospective of the artist's work, Will Barnet at 100 will explore the dialogue between figuration and abstraction that has defined Barnet's remarkable ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Neighborhood News #125
Stephen Wilkes' "Day to Night" Exhibition
In July, renowned photographer Stephen Wilkes did a photo shoot outside Gramercy Park at the corner of Irving Place and Gramercy Park South for a project titled ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Friday, September 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #124
National Arts Club Kicks Off Season Amid Ongoing Controversies
The National Arts Club officially opened its 113th season this week, putting its best foot forward to members despite continued controversies involving embattled ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wall Street Journal; Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Neighborhood News #121
Historic Club Cleans House

When the National Arts Club welcomes back its members back with a champagne toast on Wednesday night- a tradition that follows its annual summer ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #120
Many people sent us the following e-mail written by the current National Arts Club President Dianne Bernhard to NAC members. It details what has been ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 1, 2011
Neighborhood News #117
James brothers file suit against NAC over apartments

As had been promised by Dianne Bernhard, the new president of the National Arts Club, months ago, the departure of the institution's former leader, O. Aldon James ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Neighborhood News #116
DNAinfo
O. Aldon James Files Lawsuit Against the National Arts Club

NY Daily News
Ex-head of National Arts Club O. Aldon James, twin brother sue landmark's board

New York Post
Chairman of hoard evict bid
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Neighborhood News #115
Aldon James May Soon be Moving Out of the National Arts Club
The National Arts Club may soon be losing one of its longtime and most well-known residents: former president O. Aldon James. James' twin brother, John James ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Film Starring Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgard Filming on Gramercy Park
The feature film "What Maisie Knew" is filming on Gramercy Park today, Tuesday, August 23rd from 6:00am-8:00pm. The story is a contemporary revision of the ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Neighborhood News #114
Photos of Summer Plantings in and around Gramercy Park
Below are photos of summer plantings in and around Gramercy Park. Two of the photos show some of the plantings in the 41 Tree Gardens surrounding the Park ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Neighborhood News #113
Gramercy Park Hotel Concierge Hosts HIV/AIDS Charity Event
Below is a story that appeared in Town & Village today. Austin Herzing, a concierge at the Gramercy Park Hotel, asked us to help him get ou the word about ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Neighborhood News #112
17 Secrets To Building
Danny Meyer's Restaurant Empire
Our wonderful friend and neighbor Danny Meyer continues to make the news. His Shake Shack has become a phenomenon, where people wait in lines for ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #109
Talbots Film Shoot on Gramercy Park South
Many have inquired about the film shoot taking place today on Gramercy Park South. Identity Media, Inc. is producing a television commercial for the Talbots clothing ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Times Magazine; Sunday, August 7, 2011
Neighborhood News #108
Danny Meyer Featured in NY Times Magazine
On Sunday, August 7th, The New York Times Magazine published a feature on restaurateur Danny Meyer titled "A Movable Feast: Danny Meyer on a Roll." ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, July 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #104
Park trust wants closure on nymph
Following a statement by National Arts Club President Dianne Bernhard to Town & Village that a historic statue, last seen badly damaged in the ...Click here to read the full story.
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Huffington Post; Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Neighborhood News #103
Shake Shack's Glacial Takeover Heats Up
An article recently appeared in the Huffington Post about our wonderful neighbor Danny Meyer's ever expanding Shake Shack empire.
Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Neighborhood News #102
National Arts Club Apartments Spark Debate
They are Manhattan apartments to die for, complete with hardwood floors, fireplaces, skylights, an historic location - and a key to Gramercy Park. The slew of apartments ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Neighorhood News #101
Movie Starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock Filming Outside Gramercy Park
Warner Bros. Pictures is currently in production for a feature film titled Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and is filming on Wednesday, July 13 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Neighborhood News #99
Stephen Wilkes Photo Shoot Outside Gramercy Park
This Saturday, July 9th, weather permitting, renowned photographer Stephen Wilkes will be doing a photo shoot for a project titled "Day to Night" ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #98
Become a Partner and Friend to the Gramercy Park Neighborhood
This is our final call for membership in The Gramercy Park Block Association for 2011. Please join us now and become a partner and friend to the Gramercy Park neighborhood ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Neighborhood News #97
Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day!
From The Gramercy Park Block Association

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Friday, July 1, 2011
Neighborhood News #96
Gramercy Park Neighbor Amanda Foreman
in Vogue Magazine

Our friend and neighbor, author Amanda Foreman, was recently featured in the June issue of Vogue magazine in an article titled "Foreman on Fire"
...Click here to read the full story.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Neighborhood News #95
Coveted National Arts Club apartments coming to rental market
Some of the most coveted apartments on Gramercy Park are about to come to the rental market for the first time ever. Dianne Bernhard, the new president of the beleaguered ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #94
Gramercy Park Nymph Statue Has Vanished from National Arts Club
Gramercy Park Trustees wanted to rescue the statue from the club, but now they believe they'll never see it again ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #93
Our Neighbor Jimmy Fallon Purchases Sagaponack Farmhouse
According to the New York Daily News, our wonderful neighbor Jimmy Fallon recently closed on a $5.7 million farmhouse in Sagaponack
...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Neighborhood News #92
Some Gramercy Park Summer Projects
The Trustees of Gramercy Park are in the process of restoring 72 Park benches which have been ravaged by extreme winter weather and the squirrels. Ten benches ...Click here to reach the full story.
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Neighborhood News #91
Gramercy Park Neighbor Anne Richardson featured in play 'Orange Flower Water'
Our dear friend and neighbor Anne Richard (Hansen), mother of toddler Lucas Hansen, is currently featured in a Craig Wright played called Orange Flower Water ...Click here for the full story.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Neighborhood News #90
Town & Village
Aldon James officially gone from Arts Club


Business Insider
HIGH SOCIETY SCANDAL: Eccentric Bird Lover Trashes The Venerable National Arts Club
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #89
Ex-President Accused of Using National Arts Club as Personal Piggy Bank
An internal report commissioned by the NAC board substaniated many of the allegations about Aldon James ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #88
Happy Summer!
From The Gramercy Park Block Association
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NY Post; Sunday, June 19, 2011
Neighborhood News #87
Rocking the arts club's vote
National Arts Club members suspect their ex-president Aldon James sneakily called the State Liquor Authority to crash their election on Thursday. There were whispers that James, who was club president for 23 years and is being investigated by the ...Click here to read the full story.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Neighborhood News #86
Happy Fathers Day!
From the Gramercy Park Block Association
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NY Times; Friday, June 17, 2011
Neighborhood News #85
Big Deal | All Units are Unique, Some Uniquely So
Real estate brokers often describe the properties they market as "unique." (Roughly 99.9 percent of the time.) But Tim Cass of the Corcoran Group, who is listing a ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Friday, June 17, 2011
Neighborhood News #84
Embattled National Arts Club President Aldon James Ousted

Aldon James became the focus of two law enforcement probes for fincancial mismanagement of the National Arts Club, first reported by DNAinfo ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #82
HBO's 'Bored to Death' Filming on Gramercy Park
HBO and Into the Fray, Inc. are currently in production of the third season of the comedy series Bored to Death starring Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling Limited, Funny People), Ted Danson ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Neighborhood News #81
Gramercy Park Mayor Thanks Community for Support

Since so many of you have been calling and e-mailing me, and asking our Park caretaker Amando where I have been, I am writing now to tell you. I have always ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Neighborhood News #80
Gramercy Park's Kamel Boutros in Hello Lonesome
We have some exciting news about our beloved neighbor Kamel Boutros, who is Music Director of Calvary-St. George's Church and has a close association ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Neighborhood News #79
Gramercy Park Neighbor Jimmy Fallon Discusses New Book at Barnes & Noble in Union Square

Not only does our wonderful Gramercy Park neighbor Jimmy Fallon have his own late night talk show on NBC, but he is also releasing a work of comeding in the ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Neighborhood News #78
Gramercy Park Neighbor Restaurateur Phil Suarez's ABC Kitchen Wins James Beard Award
Last week, our neighbor Phil Suarez's ABC Kitchen was named Best New Restaurant of 2011 by the James Beard Foundation. ABC Kitchen, located at 35 E 18th St. ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Neighborhood News #77
We want to let you know that this Sunday, May 22nd at 9:30am at The Chapel of St. George's, a Service of Holy Baptism for the son-in-law of our neighbor Rev. Nancy Hanna (former Associate Rector of Calvary-St. George's) is being led by our beloved neighbor Rev. Jacob Smith, Curate of Calvary-St. George's
...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Neighborhood News #75
The Fish & The Cow Organic Bake Shop Debuts on Gramercy Park North

On Saturday, May 14, my cousin Hallie Meyer and I debuted our sidewalk bakery, The Fish & The Cow. We set up shop on Gramercy Park and welcomed dozens of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Neighborhood News #74
Apartment at 50 Gramercy Park North Featured on Curbed NY
The apartment of Gramercy Park neighbor Thomas Marsico was recently featured in Curbed NY. The 3BR, 3.5BA at 50 Gramercy Park North #9B, is "the only apartment ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Neighborhood News #73
Our Gramercy Park Neighbors Danny Meyer
and Phil Suarez Win James Beard Awards

The restaurants of Gramercy Park neighbors Danny Meyer and Phil Suarez recently received honors at the 2011 James Beard Awards held at Lincoln Center ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Concerned Artists of The National Arts Club
A group dedicated to the reform of The National Arts Club. Their site includes Latest Club News, NAC Constitution, NAC bylaws, IRS Filings, etc.
...Click here to visit the site.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Neighborhood News #72
Stephen Wilkes' Photoshoot
Outside Gramercy Park
On Saturday, May 14th, 9:00am until sunset (approx. 8:30pm), weather permitting, renowned photographer Stephen Wilkes will be doing a photoshoot
...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Neighborhood News #71
Gramercy's Besu Salon featured
on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Besu Salon, owned by Rebecca Lieberman, is now located at 234 Third Avenue between 20th and 19th streets, where they relocated to eight months ago from ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Neighborhood News #70
Gramercy Park Neighbor Lauren Santo Domingo
Our Gramercy Park neighbor Lauren Santo Domingo has been a model, editor at Vogue, and now "considers her most challenging and exciting [project] is ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, May 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #68
National Arts Club holds elections

The National Arts Club held an election for its board of governors on Tuesday night, amidst an ongoing investigation by the district attorney and the attorney general ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #67
Gramercy Park Artist Will Barnet
Turns 100 on May 25th

Our Gramercy Park neighbor Will Barnet will be turning 100 on May 25th. A celebrated artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #66
Our Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip Howard Appears on The Daily News with Jon Stewart
Gramercy Park neighbor Philip Howard appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday May 2nd, where he spoke about his book The Death of Common Sense ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #65
National Arts Club Board Faces Tough Questions at Annual Meeting

National Arts Club members will have their first chance to question the board since it became embroiled in controversy.
... Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Neighborhood News #63
Latest tax filings from Arts Club show large, mysterious expenses
For most people, tax day has come and gone, with most eagerly anticipating their returns for 2010, if they haven't gotten them already. However, the National Arts Club ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Neighborhood News #62
Truffle on Third Avenue Closed For Violations
In recent months, our Gramercy Park Block Association, working with our neighbors on Gramercy Park and with the 13th Precinct, has been involved in addressing ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Neighborhood News #61 - Condo Conversion at 36 Gramercy Park East Half-sold
Sales of Maurice Mann's condo conversion at 36 Gramercy Park East have exceeded 50 percent. According to Nest Seekers International, 19 of the 30 units ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #60 - Man who robbed Gramercy Chase Bank finally caught
According to a report by DNAinfo, Djamil Azizi, 51, who robbed the Chase Bank on Third Avenue between 19th and 20th streets earlier this month, was finally caught ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Neighborhood News #59
Third Avenue Building to be demolished
Community Board 6 District Manager Toni Carlina has advised us that the building at 266 Third Avenue (between 21st and 22nd streets) will soon be demolished ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Neighborhood News #58
Regime Change on Gramercy Park
On March 6, dozens of zebra finches were found dead outside the National Arts Club, at 15 Gramercy Park South. They belonged to the club president, O. Aldon James ...Click here to read the full story.
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Nearsay; Monday, April 18, 2011
Neighborhood News #57
Gramercy Park apartment featured on
HGTV's Selling New York

Recently, a $2.75 million, 1,880-square-foot, 3BA/2.5BA apartment at 39 Gramercy Park North was featured on HGTV's Selling New York. Gramercy Park neighbor ...Click here to read the full story.
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Introspective Magazine; Thursday, April 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #56
Gramercy Park Neighbor Pieter Estersohn
Pieter Estersohn is an accomplished photographer that has been published in every major fasion and shelter magazine and has been the principal photographer in many major design book. He and his seven-year-old son Elio divide their time between Gramercy Park and Dutches County, New York.
Click here for an interview with Estersohn that recently appear in Introspective Magazine.
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Nearsay; Thursday, April 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #55
An interview with our Neighbor Danny Meyer
From ballpark burger joints to highly acclaimed fine dining restaurants, the empire of Danny Meyer continues to dominate New York's crowded culinary scene ...Click here to read the interview.
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New York Post; Sunday, April 17, 2011

Neighborhood News #54
It's highway 'snobbery' - Longtime leader of city's National Arts Club in $$-fraud

It's a storied New York institution for the arts - but its current drama is more TV soap opera than Masterpiece Theater. Since it was founded in 1898, the National ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #53
Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon filming Arbitrage on Gramercy Park
From Monday, April 18th through Wednesday, April 20th from approximately 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. the movie Arbitrage will be filming in the Gramercy Park area ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Post, Page Six; Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Club makes members cranky
National Arts Club members are up in arms over a letter from their board of governors threatening to publicly post the names of deadbeats at the front desk ...Click here to read the full story.
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Curbed NY; Friday, April 8, 2011
Neighborhood News #52
Gramercy Park Neighbor Uma Thurman Sells Village Townhouse
Uma Thurman, who owns an apartment on Gramercy Park at 1 Lexington Avenue, recently sold her 5,000 sq ft seven bed-room townhouse at 18 West 9th Street for ...Click here to read the full story.
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Berkshire Fine Arts; Thursday, March 31, 2011
Neighorhood News #51
Regime Change at National Arts Club

A personal account of a recent visit to The National Arts Club by Charles Giuliano, Publisher/Editor of Berkshire Fine Arts ...Click here to read the full story.
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Gothamist; Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #50
Curb Alert: Pick Up This Pair Of Randy Rabbit Outside of National Arts Club!
After being publicly outed as a hoarder, amongst other things, president of the National Arts Club O. Aldon James has temporarily stepped down for a "vacation" ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Neighborhood News #49
National Arts Club Undergoes Massive Spring Cleaning
With long-time NAC prez Aldon James on "vacation," board members are carting junk out from rooms and assessing its art. The esteemed National Arts Club is undergoing ...Click here to read the full story.
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Daily News; Sunday, April 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #48
Aldon James caught in controversy over at NAC, where org may have bookkeping issues
Aldon James has resurfaced at the National Arts Club, but it's the new security guards that have members talking. A source close to the situation says the ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 31, 2011
Neighborhood News #47
Visit from Aldon James scares pet shop worker
Many people who are new in the neighborhood have recently asked about Aldon James and his history at The National Arts Club and in the Gramercy Park community ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Observer; Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Neighborhood News #46
Our Gramercy Park Neigbor Danny Meyer's
Last Wednesday, Danny Meyer, maybe the city's most successful restaurateur, quietly opened a new 40-seat eatery, Untitled, in the Whitney Museum's basement ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Neighborhood News #45
22 Gramercy Park South Penthouse Triplex Featured on "Open House"

For several years people had been asking me about the construction going on at 22 Gramercy Park South, a Greek Revival-style building built in 1865. The 8-room 3,621 square-foot penthouse triplex, designed by Michael ...Click here to read the full article.
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Crains NY; Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Neighborhood News #44
Grooming a next-generation Union Square Cafe
Our friend Sam Lipp, formerly of neighbor Danny Meyer's Maialino Restaurant in the Gramercy Park Hotel ...Click here to read the full article.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 17, 2011
Neighborhood News #43
James takes a 'vacation' from NAC
Insiders say he used scare tactics to stay in power and keep members quiet - Following the sudden leave taken by O. Aldon James, the scandal-plagued president of the National Arts Club, and reports of investigations into the club books, members, former members and residents of Gramercy Park are now wondering ... Click here to read the full story.
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Gawker; Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Neighborhood News #42
The National Arts Club's Racist, Crazy, Bird-Murdering Hoarder President Takes a 'Vacation'
Aldon James Jr. has been the president of the National Arts Club, a tony and pretentious group of New York City "arts" lovers, for 20 years. Lately he's turned crazy ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo, New York Post, Gothamist; Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #41
National Arts Club Investigated by Law Enforcement Agencies
The District Attorney and the Attorney General's offices are looking into the National Arts Club, sources said ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo, The Daily News, The Real Deal, ARTINFO, CurbedNY, Nearsay; Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #40
NAC President Aldon James Steps Aside
Aldon James' tenure has been rife with battles, including fights with tenants in the club's apartment over rent stabilization, rifts with Gramercy Park locals over access to the gates green space and challenges from members ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Times, DNAinfo; Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #39
Hiatus Is Set for Leader of Arts Club
The venerable National Arts Club said on Monday that its longtime president would take a vacation, a time-off that the club's first vice president, who will serve as the acting president, called a leave of absence ...Click here to read the full story.
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Crains NY, Curbed NY; Friday, March 11, 2011
Neighborhood News #38
Prices raised at Gramercy condo conversion
Apartments in a rental-to-condo conversion at a landmarked building on Manhattan's Gramercy Park just got pricier-as much as 23% pricier for the larger units ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 10, 2011
Neighborhood News #37
Gramercy Park's dead bird mystery
The mysterious release of dozens of birds and the deaths of the some of them has shocked and angered the Gramercy Park community, where the birds, all zebra finches ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #36
National Arts Club President Suspected of Dumping Dead Birds

National Arts Club President Suspected Of Dumping Dead Birds - WPIX-TV Channel 11 News

State Investigating Dead Birds Found Near National Arts Club - DNAinfo

Dozens of dead finches found in Gramercy Park
WABC-TV Channel 7 News


Murder Mystery Grows as Dead Birds Found in Rich New York City Neighborhood - The Village Voice

Manhattan Now Has Its Own Dead-Bird Mystery
New York Magazine
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Neighborhood News #35
Exotic Finches Found Dead Near National Arts Club
'Bird Man of Gramercy Park' in middle of flap as dozens of baby finches found dead or dazed
The Daily News


Exotic Finches Found Dead Near National Arts Club
DNAinfo


Birds found dazed or dead in private NYC park
The Wall Street Journal/Associated Press

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Town & Village & DNAinfo; Thursday, March 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #34
John James a Screamer, Say Women
$100K Cabbie Not Invited to National Arts Club Ceremony in His Honor
John James, 64, the twin brother of the O. Aldon James, president of the National Arts Club, frightened two women by screaming at them inside the club at 15 Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, March 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #33
Questions remain on condition of landmarked National Arts Club
O. Aldon James, the president of the National Arts Club, snubbed the Community Board Six's Landmarks subcommittee by declining to attend a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the condition of the club's ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Observer & Curbed NY; Monday, February 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #32
Icelandic Anti; Embattled Viking Sells Gramercy Penthouse for $22M.
In Europe, Icelander Jon Asgeir Johannesson is best known for invading London and buying up some of its poshest store before his Baugur empire collapsed amidst ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Monday, February 21, 2011
Neighborhood News #31
National Arts Club President Talks Trash, Threatens Boards
Aldon James sent a letter to the National Arts Club board threatening members who questioned him ...Click here to read the full story.
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The Real Deal; Friday, February 18, 2011
Neighborhood News #30
Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer talks Shake Shack, Miami dining and NYC
New York restaurant titan Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group have 21 James Beard awards for their work in restaurants such as the Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern and Eleven ...Click here to read the full story.
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DNAinfo; Friday, February 18, 2011
Neighborhood News #29
Three Suspects Wanted for Violently Mugging an 84-Year-Old Woman at 18th St. and Irving Place

Three people are wanted in the brutal Gramercy mugging of an 84-year-old woman. The suspects, two men and one woman, recently attacked their elderly victim on ...Click here to read the full story.
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Real Estate Weekly; Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Neighborhood News #28
Black eye for propietors in Gramercy bar fight
Victorious neighbors think landlords should take a more active role in investigating proposed tenants for commercial spaces ...Click here to read the full story.
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Curbed NY; Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #27
On Second Thought, Karl Lagerfeld Not Selling Gramercy Apartment
We were surprised by two thing surrounding the reported imminent listing of The Kaiser's 3BR/3.5BA apartment in ultra-posh 50 Gramercy Park North: 1) He never ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #26 - The National Arts Club
At Arts Club, an Honest Cabby is Rewarded
The New York Times; Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Brother of National Arts Club President Gives Cabbie $1000 Reward
DNAinfo; Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Neighborhood News #25
ESU Truck #1 Detectives Capture Killer
The officer immediately to the right of killer Gelman is Detective Pete Quinn of Emergency Service Truck #1. ESU #1 is housed in the 13th Precinct, a half a block from Gramercy Park. Also assisting with the capture of Gelman was ESU Detective Todd Sessa.
Click here to read the Daily News story.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Neighborhood News #24 - TV Series Filming Here
CBS Productions has contacted us and we will be working with them on minimizing their impact on the neighborhood during their production of the premiere season ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Post; Thursday, February 10, 2011
Neighborhood News #23 - Karl Lagerfeld
Here's a serious Fashion Week discount. Karl Lagerfeld, the man behind Chanel and Fendi, is putting his stunning, never-lived-in home at 50 Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Neighborhood News #22
Trustees of Gramercy Park
Accident at Gramercy Park North
On Sunday, February 6th at 7:30pm, a Toyota Camry crashed into the trees and potted planters on the curb in front of the Gramercy Park North Gate at Lexington Avenue ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Neighborhood News #21
Pregnant exec's attacker jailed
Last summer, many of you contacted me concerned about the assault of a pregnant woman, who was beaten and robbed in broad daylight on 15th Street and Irving ...Click here to read the full story.
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NY Daily News; Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Neighborhood News #20
Best Places to live in New York for singles
With a median age in the mid 30s, you know there's fun to be had here. Any night of the week, and we mean any night of the week, walk down Park Avenue South in the ...Click to read the full story.
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amNY; Friday, February 4, 2011
Neighborhood News #19
Beyond Gramercy Park
Gramercy is no walk in the park. The, of course, refers to the gated oasis - the only private park in Manhattan - accessible by no one but the key-holding residents who ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, February 3, 2011
Neighborhood News #18
The National Arts Club - More Coverage
The National Arts Club has been in trouble before, but the difference this time is that it's crumbling from the inside out. Former and current club and board members are ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Neighborhood News #17
The National Arts Club
People from all over the country and beyond have been sending me the following news.
...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Neighbhorhood News #16
Victory for Gramercy Park!
Despite the fact that the Board of 38 Gramercy Park North fought for it, and a different Gramercy Park neighborhood group supported it, and the Community Board voted...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Neighborhood News #15
Washington Irving High School
A knowledgeable source informed me about a major disturbance that occured in Washington Irving High School last week. It began with a fistfight in the school auditorium ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Neighborhood News #14
DA Cyrus Vance Comes to Gramercy Park
As part of their Fall Speaker Series, Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership is joining with TD Bank to invite area business and property owners, managers and residents to meet ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Neighborhood News #13
Student Mugged in Front of 24 Gramercy Park S
Last Wednesday, October 27th at 10:30 PM, a gang of four girls, who were around high school age, mugged a 19-year-old NYU student. They surrounded her ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Neighborhood News #12
New 13th Precinct Commanding Officer
We have a new Commanding Officer at the 13th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Ted Berntsen. This twenty-year veteran Police Officer made his first patrols in Greenwich Village for the 6th Precinct, earned his stripes serving the East Village-based 9th Precinct and ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Neighborhood News #11
Borough Pres. Scott Stringer Bike Lane Study
Borough President Scott Stringer, in response to complaints, conducted a bike lane study with his staff. The verdict was that although bike lanes have some benefits, including ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Neighborhood News #10
Gramercy Park Flower Shop Moving
The Gramercy Park Flower Shop, located at 260 Third Avenue (at 21st Street), will be moving shortly to another location, which will be very close to its current location ...Click here to read the full story.
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Neighborhood News #9
Double Homicide in Gramercy Park
According to our sources, Police are investigating a double fatal shooting in Gramercy this morning. The NYPD says two men in their twenties were killed inside an SUV ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Neighborhood News #8
Methadone clinic moving uptown
The Gramercy Park Medical Group, a methadone clinic located on Third Avenue between 20th and 21st streets (above Subway Restaurant), is about to close and move ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Neighborhood News #7
More Traffic for Gramercy Park
We thought you might find the proposed traffic plan by the City's Department of Transportation (DOT) for Union Square and the Park Avenue South corridor of interest. The part ...Click here to read the full story.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
Neighborhood News #6
Taxi Crashes into TD Bank
at 21st Street and Park Avenue South
On Sunday morning, around 3:00 AM, a taxi cab driver lost control of his vehicle, and crashed into the TD Bank at the southwest corner of 21st Street and Park Avenue South ...Click here to read the full story.
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The Observer; Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Neighborhood News #5
Details! 'Miss Gramercy' Sparks Bidding War;
Stone Phillips Wins With $4.9M.
With less than half a dozen penthouses around insular Gramercy Park, high-end buyers are likely to turn carnivorous when one becomes available. Penthouse A at ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Neighborhood News #4
Annual Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program
We would like to thank all of you whose support of our Annual Holiday Benefit at The Players has made this Annual Neighborhood Preservation, Environmental and Greening Program possible.
...Click here to read full story.
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Crain's New York; Friday, July 9, 2010
Neighborhood News #3
Gramercy Park Hotel owners default on loan
The Gramercy Park Hotel's website boasts the establishment as "original, romantic, surprising, poetic and whimsical." It neglects to mention the hotel is also in financial ...Click here to read full story.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Neighborhood News #2
Irving Place Gang Activity
Many of you have contacted me about an article that appeared in the media last week concerning the assault of a pregant woman, who was beaten and robbed in broad daylight...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Neighborhood News #1
Gramercy Park Block Association
Tree Garden Restoration
The Gramercy Park Block Association has undertaken a project to restore and beautify the 41 tree gardens surrounding the four sides of Gramercy Park.  Many of the wrought iron fences surrounding the gardens are in disrepair and many of the cobblestones ...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
Neighborhood News
Movie Hotel Gramercy Park
on the Sundance Channel
FYI! From our good friend and neighbor Wendy Ettinger! Movie Hotel Gramercy Park on the Sunday Channel Tonight! ...Click here to read full story.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Great News About Our Neighbor
Danny Meyer - Maialino at Gramercy Park Hotel
We have some very exciting news to report from the home front about our wonderful friend and neighbor Danny Meyer! First of all ...Click here to read full story.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Neighborhood News
Danny Meyer Restaurant
Construction Update
I continue to work closely with the wonderful Danny Meyer team, and it is our intention to keep you informed whenever there is ...Click here to read full story.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Neighborhood News
Annual Summer
Neighborhood Clean-up
During July and August we will be removing graffiti and stickers, and painting: fire hydrants, Muni-meters, traffic sign poles, trash receptacles, tree garden fences, yellow parking lines, Bishop Crook lamposts...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Neighborhood News
Danny Meyer Restaurant at the
Gramercy Park Hotel
Many buildings presidents and neighborhood residents have recently reached out to me with concerns that Danny...Click here to read full story.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Neighborhood News
Update- Upgrading Electric
on Gramercy Park North
Many of you have continued to contact me about the construction that has been going on the past several weeks on Gramercy ...Click here to read full story.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Neighborhood News
GPBA apple seeds Summer Special
Many of you have told me how much you love the programs and classes at apple seeds, the all-in-one indoor play space for ...Click here to read full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 23, 2009
Neighborhood News
Danny Meyer: Gramercy Park Hotel Restaurant
should feel 'very accessible'
Despite some murmurings throughout the city that the next restaurant to be opened by Danny Meyer will be in Union Square Park ...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Upgrading Electric on Gramercy Park North
Many of you have contacted me inquiring about the work that has been going on the past few weeks on Gramercy Park North ...Click here to read full story.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
We thought you might be interested in a memo sent to us by our wonderful friends at Community Board 6. It details a potential new rule that may change the way the ...Click here to read full story.
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Attempted Sexual Assault
at Third Avenue and 20th Street
Many people have contacted me concerning an alleged neighborhood attack that was reported recently on Channel 7 Eyewitness News. The attempted attack occurred ...Cick to read full story.
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Friday, February 6, 2009
Suspect Preying on Young Boys
Many of you have contacted me upon learning about the sexual assault of young boys in the Gramercy Park area. I am staying in close contact with Deputy Inspector Tim ... Click here to read full story.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Gramercy Park Community and His Friends Remember Antonio Pagan
Many of you may remember when, in 1994, we discovered that a federally-funded state agency was about to house mentalling ill, homeless and former substance abusepopulation in 117 East 18th Street, between Park Ave South and Irving Place. It was doing so without informing the Community Board, elected officials, or ...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Attemped Robbery at 20th Street
and Gramercy Park South
I am writing in response to your many inquiries about an attempted robbery a week ago at 20th Street and Gramercy Park South. Two of our Gramercy Park children, ages 12 and ...Click here to read full story.
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The Real Deal; Monday, January 5, 2009
Sole Gramercy Park Rental Building to go Condo
The only rental building situated on one of Manhattan's most sought-after plots of land is going condo.  On December 26, proposed condominium offering plans were issued to residents of 36 Gramercy Park East, a landmarked rental building abutting the ...Click here to read full story.
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Electronic Waste Recycling Event
You are invited to bring your outdated, broken or otherwise unwanted electronics to the electronic recycling drive on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 at Union Square Park - North Plaza. The Lower East Side Ecology ...Click here to read full story.
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Community Board 6 Notice - Water Discoloration

Our friend Toni Carlina, District Manager of Manhattan Community Board Six, notified us of the following important information: Due to the activation of shaft 33 of the ...Click here to read the full story.

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Friday, October 3, 2008

Madison Park Pedestrian Project

As part of the city's efforts to become more pedestrian friendly, west of Madison Square Park between 22nd and 24th Streets, there is ...Click here to read the full story.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Gramercy Park Update - Fallen Tree

On Saturday, August 30th, at approximately 8:00 am, I received a call from the NYPD Emergency Truck #1 that a tree had fallen ...Click here to read full story.

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Monday, August 11, 2008
Gramercy Park Traffic Update

Gramercy Park traffic changes are about to take place. I am happy to tell you that I had a very productive meeting with the Department ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, July 28, 2008
Gramercy Park Update - Tree Garden's Surrounding the Park

About two months ago, as part of the GPBA's Annual Neighborhood Clean-up, we planted red, white, and orange impatiens in the 41 tree ...Click here to read full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, June 12, 2008
Push for 'No Honking' Signs in Gramercy Park

The traffic on 21st Street, between Third Avenue and Park Avenue South, is unbearable, not just to communters but to the ...Click here to read the full story.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Gramercy Park Block Association - Recent Auto Accident

Many of you have inquired about the automobile accident that occurred on April 6th, at 5:00 am when a car crashed into the South Gate ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, March 31, 2008
Gramercy Park Block Association - Neighborhood Safety Concern

We've received hundreds of emails and phone calls in response to the letter we sent out written by the mother of a neighborhood boy ...Click here to read the full story.

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Thursday, March 20, 2008
NYU and Gramercy Green

Many of you have been inquiring about the building under construction on the corner of Third Avenue and 23rd Street. NYU recently ...Click here to read the full story.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Cabrini Medical Center Closes

Many of you have been asking if we heard anything about the future of Cabrini Medical Center. We found out that this historic Gramercy ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, January 28, 2008
Muni-meters on Sidewalks Around Gramercy Park

Many of you inquired about the Muni-meters that are appearing on our sidewalks. I have spoken with Community Board 6 District Manager ...Click here to read the full story.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Building on 22nd and Gramercy

Many of you have been asking me about the new development proposed for the corner of 22nd Street and Third Avenue. This development ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 14, 2006
Gramercy Park Residence for Women Up for Sale

The closing of the Salvation Army's women's residence in Gramercy Park is a sad chapter in the history of an institution that has long provided affordable housing for young women, but clearly ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 10, 2006
Gramercy Park Hotel Re-Opens

The Newly Renovated Gramercy Park Hotel at Lexington Avenue and Gramercy Park North officially opened on Tuesday, August 8th ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, July 27, 2006
Borough President, GPBA President Meet on Gramercy Park Issues - Gramercy Park Hotel

Manhattan Borough Pres Scott Stringer and Arlene Harrison, President of the Gramercy Park Block Association and Trustee of Gramercy Park, met last week to discuss issues affecting the Gramercy Park community ...Click here to read the full story.

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The Cooperator; 2006
GPBA President Harrison meets with Con Edison Steam Manager

Arlene Harrison, President of Gramercy Park Block Association met with Con Edison Steam manager in a meeting about steam for ....Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, October 20, 2005
Men's Shelter Will Not Move to 25th - Residents Concerned Over Sex Offenders
The New York Department of Homeless Services on Monday withdrew its plan to open a shelter for adult men at the Lexington Armory ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 1, 2005
Traffic Changes Aim to Stop Park Crashes into Park Fence
Traffic light modification took effect last week at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 22nd Street to prevent drivers from speeding ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 25, 2005
Gramercy Park Trash Receptacle
Project Completion
The Gramercy Park Block Association has announced the completion of the installation of new trash receptacles in the Gramercy Park community. The new units, a major upgrade from the city's standard beat-up wire baskets, are a result of ...Click here to read the full story.
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The New York Times; Sunday, August 14, 2005
Gramercy Park Featured in Sunday
New York Times
Robert Cohn's move to Gramercy Park in 1978 left his friends bewildered. He was in his late 20's and they thought Gramercy Park "was where all the old ladies lived," recalled Mr. Cohn ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 11, 2005
Local Leaders Break Bread with Bloomberg
Three local community leaders, Arlene S. Harrison, President of Gramercy Park Block Association and a Trustee of Gramercy Park ...Click here to read the full story.
...Click here to read letter written to Mayor Bloomberg from Arlene Harrison about traffic problems on Gramercy Park North
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Gramercy Park Hotel Construction Site Update
The Gramercy Park Block Association President, Arlene Harrison continues to have daily meetings with the Hotel management, the Bovis construction field supervisor and with their ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2005
The GPBA Worked to Solve A Sewer Problem
The Gramercy Park Block Association worked to solve the sewer problem at the southeast corner of Gramercy Park.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Gramercy Park Hotel
Update on Neighborhood Concerns
I continue to have daily meetings with the Gramercy Park Hotel management, the Bovis Construction field supervisor, and the Con Ed site supervisor to discuss quality-of-life concerns...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, May 5, 2005
Gramercy Park Hotel
Update on Neighborhood Concerns
Many of you have contacted me in the last few weeks on a variety of topics of concern. Among the issues most mentioned are the Con Edison/Gramercy Park Hotel steam pipe excavation, the fumes and noise coming from a diesel ...Click here to read the full story.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Gramercy Park Hotel
Update on Neighborhood Concerns

Many of you have contacted me in the last few weeks on a variety of topics of concern. Among the issues most mentioned are the Con Edison/Gramercy Park Hotel steam pipe excavation, the fumes and noise coming from a diesel ...Click here to read the full story.

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Spring 2005
Gramercy Park Block Association Provides Tree Garden Plantings
The GPBA provided plantings for the tree gardens on the sidewalk adjacent to the Park.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 28, 2005
Traffic Changes Approved for Accident Zone, Gramercy Park
Community Board 6 overwhelmingly approved pedestrian safety measures recommended by the Gramercy Park Block Association and the Trustees of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Security Measures at the Gramercy Park Hotel Construction Site
Over the past several weeks, many of you have expressed your concerns about the dangers present in the walkways surrounding the Gramercy Park Hotel construction site both on Gramercy Park North and on Lexington Avenue ...Click here to read the full story.
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Spring 2005
The GPBA Meets with
the Department of Sanitation
The Gramercy Park Block Association President Arlene Harrison holds regular meetings with the Department of Sanitation to improve area sanitation.
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Town & Village; Thursday, April 7, 2005
GPBA President Presents Recommendations for Traffic Safety
Members of Community Board Six held a meeting to address the emergency traffic safety issues at Lexington Avenue and Gramercy Park North last Friday. The meeting ...Click here to read the full story.
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New York Magazine; April 4, 2005
Gramercy Park Demolition Derby
Cars keep crashing through the wrought-iron fence surrounding Gramercy Park - three in one week ...Click here to read the full story.
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Spring 2005
GPBA Initiates Effort To Remove Graffiti From Area
The Gramercy Park Block Association initiated the effort to remove graffiti from the neighborhood ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; March 31, 2005
Gramercy Park Neighborhood Tackles Traffic Problems

The Gramercy Park Block Association, the Trustees of Gramercy Park, and the 13th Precinct have held a series of emergency meetings organized by the Block Association in response to ...Click here for the full story.

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Town & Village; March 24, 2005
Third Accident at Gramercy Park North Fence

For a third time in less than a week, Gramercy Park North was the scene of a traffic accident ...Click here for the full story.

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Town & Village; March 17, 2005
Gramercy Park Gates Get Smashed In -- Again

The Gramercy Park fence was the scene of two motor vehicle accidents in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 12th forcing ...Click here for the full story.

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Friday, February 11, 2005
GPBA Meeting with Gramercy Park Hotel
Project Team

Once again, the Gramercy Park community has demonstrated what a close-knit group we are, and how we work together on issues of common concern. As you know, your many phone calls, letters and e-mail messages, led ...Click here to read the full story.

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Monday, January 24, 2005
The Gramercy Park Hotel
As you may know, during the past two weeks the Gramercy Park Hotel has raised the ire of much of the Gramercy Park community. The Hotel, now owned by Ian Schrager, began construction ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; February 12, 2004
Car Crashes into Gramercy Park South Gate
The tranquility of Gramercy Park was once again upset when a speeding car rammed its South gate early Saturday morning. According to police ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; January 29, 2004
New Signs for Gramercy Park Should Ease Traffic
The Gramercy Park Block Association has announced that it has managed to secure traffic signs for Gramercy Park North that ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, September 4, 2003
Gramercy Residents Welcome New Traffic Signs
Gramercy Park residents this week welcomed the installation of several new traffic signs they hope will ease congestion in the neighborhood ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; August 7, 2003
Gramercy North Gate Hit-and-Run Infuriates Residents
Not again. A wayward motorist crashed into the planters protecting the north gate entrance to Gramercy Park early Monday morning ...Click here for the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 26, 2003
Gramercy Community, Gramercy Park Hotel Club and City Together on Traffic Plan
Fears that another new nighclub in the area dubbed "Disco Alley" could make a bad traffic situation worse have led to what is believed may well be a light at the end of the tunnel ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Addresses Noise Issue
The GPBA addressed issues of horn-honking, car alarms and loud radios in the Gramercy neighborhood.
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GPBA Newsletter; Autumn 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Trash Receptacle Initiative
The GPBA is pleased to announce a quality-of-life initiative undertaken with the cooperation of the New York City Department of Sanitation. We are grateful to our neighbors Eric Ellenbogen and Christopher Mooney for all the work ...Click here to read the full story.
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GPBA Newsletter; Autumn 2003
Gramercy Park Block Association Reports Newsrack Violations
A new city law went into effect last spring that should bring some order to the sidewalk chaos caused by the haphazard proliferation of newsracks that have cluttered our streetscapes for far too long, espechially at corners...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2003
The GPBA Worked to Keep X-Rated Businesses Out of Neighborhood
The Gramercy Park Block Association worked to successfully keep x-rated businesses from the neighborhood.
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The New York Times; Sunday, July 20, 2003
Gramercy Park Hotel
Dust Settles at a Noisy Crossroads
For a better part of four decades, Gramercy Park has been beset by gridlock and honking ...Click here to read the full story.
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May 2, 2003
Gramercy Park Hotel - Meeting Regarding
Quality of Life Issues and the Cobalt Club

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at the request of Steven Greenberg, the new lessee of the Gramercy Park Hotel, a meeting took place at the 34 Gramercy Park East home of Arlene Harrison, President of the Gramercy Park Block ...Click here to read the full story.

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Spring 2002
GPBA Supports Drive To Keep Steel Phone Booths From Neighborhood
The Gramercy Park Block Association supported the drive to keep additional steel telephone booths from being placed on Irving Place.
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The New York Times; Sunday, October 8, 2000
Idling Buses Leave a Stain of Pollution on a Jewel of a Park

People talk about Madison Square Park as though it were an elegant lady with awful taste in jewelry ...Click here to read the full story.

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Fall 2000
The GPBA Worked to Maintain M1 Bus Service in the Area

The GPBA worked to ensure continued service of the M1 Bus to the area.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 14, 2000
The GPBA Distributes Preventive Measures About West Nile Virus
In a week that saw four dead crows discovered in Gramercy Park, health officials have made no decision on whether to add Lower Manhattan to its pesticide spraying schedule. To date, the city has restricted spraying of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 2000
Gramercy Park Block Association Works to Get Homeless off the Streets
A unique partnership is set to breathe new life into the neighborhood's streets while offering a helping hand to some of the area's less fortunate residents. At an official launch a Who's Who of business and community leaders will ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, November 25, 1999

Housing and Services Inc., the non-profit group that successfully rehabilitated the drug and crime-ridden Kenmore Hotel on East 23rd, held its first annual benefit luncheon last week ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, August 19, 1999
GPBA Works to Reopen Eden Farms Grocery Store
Eden Farms in Gramercy Park finally reopened after being closed for two months because a building next door was teetering on collapse. But adding insult to injury, two alleged thieves broke the front door of the store and in ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, August 5, 1999
Gramercy Park Building Owners Plead for Work Completion
The owners of a Gramercy Park building where a local grocery store has been shut down because of the treat of a falling cornice from a ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, June 3, 1999
Concerned Citizens Speak Honors Henderson and Harrison

A large crowd attended the Concerned Citizens Speak 18th annissaversary awards dinner at the 24th Fifth Avenue Ballroom last week ...Click here to read the full story.

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Daily News; Tuesday March 2, 1999
GPBA Works to Eliminate Oversized Illegal Trucks from Local Streets
Big, noisy trucks are rumbling through the city in record numbers - choking streets, shaking buildings, rattling nerves and driving residents crazy. The influx of trucks has gotten so bad that officials have begun planning the first city-wide truck ...Click here to read the full story.
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Summer 1997
GPBA 20th Street "Disco" Update

In response to the many inquiries from our members, we have been closely monitoring the proposed restaurant establishment to be located at 250 Park Avenue (at 20th Street) ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, December 19, 1996
23rd Street Group Honors Crime-Fighting Trio

The 23rd Street Association, in a ceremony on December 9, presented community service awards to several local leaders and residents ...Click here to read the full story.

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Town & Village; Thursday, November 21,1996
Kenmore Hotel Partnership was Celebrated in Gramercy Park
More than 100 business leaders, elected officials and local activists attended a reception in Gramercy Park last Wednesday night to celebrate the partnership of community and a non-profit group in the rebuilding and renovation of ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, October 3, 1996
GPBA Addresses Issue of Police Vehicles Parking on Gramercy Park
It would be easy to mistake the block of 21st Street that is home to the 13th Precinct as a police parking lot. It is continually lined with police vehicles and officers' private cars, which are sometimes double-parked and blocking fire ...Click here to read the full story.
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Town & Village; Thursday, May 11, 1995
Dem Leader Gephardt, Rep. Maloney in Gramercy Town Hall

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt joined Rep. Carolyn Maloney in denouncing Republican tax cuts as being in favor of the rich and at the expence of vital programs ...Click here to read the full story.

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Winter 1994

The GPBA Addresses Neighborhood Lighting Issue

The Gramercy Park Block Association increased the wattage of area lampposts and suggested additional building lights for the area ...Click here to read the full story.
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National and World Affiars; September 19, 1994
Activists Attract HUD Thought Police

The Fair Housing Act, most people assume, exists to protect members of various minorities from the discriminatory whims of landlords ...Click here to read the full story.

Read more in a four-part booklet made up of articles: [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

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