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Gramercy Park North & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

13 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Gramercy Park Club House. No. 36 Gramercy Park, East., 1910-03

    Gramercy Park Club House. No. 36 Gramercy Park, East.

    1910-03

  • No. 1 Lexington Avenue. Gramercy Park., 1910-03

    No. 1 Lexington Avenue. Gramercy Park.

    1910-03

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East), 1925

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East)

    1925

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East), 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East)

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East), 1927–1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Gramercy Park (East)

    1927; 1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1928

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

    1928

  • Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - Lexington, 1928

    Manhattan: 21st Street (East) - Lexington

    1928

  • Manhattan: 21st Street - Lexington Avenue, 1929

    Manhattan: 21st Street - Lexington Avenue

    1929

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1932

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

    1932

  • Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1937

    Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

    1937

  • Gramercy Park North #45

    Gramercy Park North #45

    Unknown

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Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue, 1932

Photo 11 of 13 at Gramercy Park North & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

Manhattan: Gramercy Park North - Lexington Avenue

1932

52 to 61 Gramercy Park North (where tall building are facing), at, adjoining and west of the N.W. corner of Lexington Ave., showing the three units (16, 6, and 16-stories) of the Gramercy Park Hotel (No. 52); a 16-story apartment house (No. 60), and the 9-story Calvary Parish House (No. 61), as seen across Gramercy Park from Irving Place. In the foreground appears Gramercy Park South; on the left, low buildings on Gramercy Park West, and in the right background, a view north of Lexington Ave. from its starting point at Gramercy Park North. Note also (left background) the tower of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building. The name of Gramercy Park is said to be derived from Krom Moerasje (Crooked Little Swamp) formed by Cedar Creek, which formerly flowed from Madison Square to the East River. The present park once formed part of a large farm acquired in 1761 by James Duane, once Mayor of New York City and by him christened "Gramercy Seat". It is an exclusive park, not open to the public; in the center of which appears a statue of Edwin Booth in the role of Prince Hamlet. About 1932. Ewing Galloway.

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