(‘fenced-in private park’ in the ‘borough’ of ‘manhattan’ in ‘new york city’)
“BORDERS” –>
(‘gramercy park’ itself is located between…)
‘east 20th street’ (called ‘gramercy park south’ at the park)
‘east 21st street (aka ‘gramercy park north’)
(and between…)
(‘gramercy park west’ + ‘gramercy park east’)
(2 ‘mid-block streets’ which lie between ‘park avenue south’ and ‘3rd avenue’)
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(‘irving place’ commences at the ‘southern end’ of ‘gramercy park’, running to ’14th street’…)
(….and ‘lexington avenue’, a major ‘north-south thoroughfare’ on the ‘east side’ of ‘manhattan’, terminates at the ‘northern end’)
(the neighborhood’s boundaries are roughly…)
’14th street’ (south)
“1st avenue’ (east)
’23rd street’ (north)
‘park avenue south’ (west)
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“NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS” –>
to the ‘west’ –>
(‘flatiron district’ + ‘union square’)
to the ‘south’ –>
(‘greenwich village’ + ‘east village’)
to the ‘east’ –>
(‘stuyvesant town’ + ‘peter cooper village’)
to the ‘north’ –>
(‘rose hill’ (on the ‘northwest’) + ‘kips bay’ (on the ‘northeast’)
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(the boundaries of the ‘historic district’ (set in ‘1966’ and extended in ‘1988’), are ‘irregular’, lying within the ‘neighborhood’)
*reference ‘wikimap’ for further clarification*
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(a ‘proposed extension’ to the ‘district’ would include more than ’40 additional buildings’ on…)
‘gramercy park east’
‘gramercy park north’
‘lexington avenue’
‘park avenue south’
‘east 22nd street’
‘east 19th street’
‘irving place’
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“ETYMOLOGY” –>
(“gramercy” is an ‘anglicization’ of ‘crommessie’, which is derived from the dutch krom moerasje (meaning “little crooked swamp”) or krom mesje (meaning “little crooked knife”), describing the ‘shape’ of the swamp, brook’, and ‘hill’ on the ‘site’)
(the brook (which later become known as crommessie vly), flowed in a ’40-foot gully’ along what is now ”21st street’ into the ‘east river at ’18th street’)
(“krom moerasje”/”krom mesje” became corrupted to “crommessie” or “crommashie” which itself was further corrupted to “gramercy”)
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(the park is at the ‘core’ of both the ‘neighborhood’ referred to as either gramercy or gramercy park and the ‘gramercy park historic district’)
(the approximately ‘2 acre’ (or ‘0.8 hectare’) park is 1 of only 2 private parks in ‘new york city’; only people residing around the park who pay an ‘annual fee’ have a ‘key’, and ‘the public’ is not generally allowed in – although the ‘sidewalks’ of the ‘streets’ around the park are a popular ‘jogging’, ‘strolling’, and ‘dog-walking’ route)
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(when the ‘new york city landmarks preservation commission’ created the ‘gramercy park historic district’ in ‘1966’, they quoted from john b pine’s 1921 book the story of gramercy park) –>
the ‘laying out’ of ‘gramercy park’ represents one of the earliest attempts in this country at ‘city planning’…as a ‘park’ given to the ‘prospective owners’ of the ‘land’ surrounding it and ‘held in trust’ for those who made their homes around it, ‘gramercy park’ is unique in this ‘city’ (and perhaps in this ‘country’), and represents the only ‘neighborhood’ (with possibly 1 exception) which has remained comparatively unchanged for ’80 years’…the park is one of the city’s landmarks…
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(calling it a “‘victorian gentleman’ who has refused to die”, ‘charlotte devree’ in the new york times said that “there is nothing else quite like ‘gramercy park’ in the country”)
(the neighborhood around ‘gramercy park’ (which is divided between NYC’s ‘manhattan community board 5’ and ‘manhattan community board 6’), is generally perceived to be a ‘quiet’ and ‘safe’ area)
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