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A Gilded Age Tour Up the Island of Manhattan

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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The History of Gramercy Park

Gramercy Park was a very deliberately planned neighborhood. The character of it today in the 21st century is almost entirely thanks to landowner Samuel Ruggles. He wanted to do more to prevent Gramercy from being subsumed or consumed by industry. Everyone who owned a piece of property facing Gramercy Park owned a share in the park itself.

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