An island of serenity, a unique private enclave, Gramercy Park echoes the New York of a quieter, gentler time. Here, at the turn of a key, is peace and quiet, a place to muse and reflect, read a newspaper or merely catch some sun. It’s the legacy of one Samuel Ruggles, the visionary developer who bought the plot with the idea of recreating the delights of a London square—a refuge sorely lacking in the bustle of New York’s relentless grid.

The park is surrounded by some of New York’s most delightful architectural treasures: Stanford White’s The Players (a club founded by the great actor Edwin Booth whose statue stands in the park), the Gothic Revival jewel that is the National Arts Club (former home of Governor Samuel Tilden), the Stuyvesant Fish House where John Barrymore lived, and 36 Gramercy Park East, a neo-Gothic fantasy of terracotta where gargoyles stand guard high over the greenery.

In this park Cyrus Field conceived the Trans-Atlantic Cable, Mark Twain played pool, and an eight-year old John F. Kennedy chased the squirrels, which somehow look fatter and happier than any squirrels in the city.

By night the gas lamps of The Players and newly revived National Arts Club still burn with the charm of old New York. And beneath a canopy of mature trees, some rising eight stories, is a beautiful green lawn that every owner of 50 Gramercy Park can call “my back yard.”

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