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New York real estate: Gramercy

Greenwich Village has Washington Square Park, Flatiron has Madison Square Park, and Gramercy has its own eponymous center in Gramercy Park. Samuel B. Ruggles bought the farmland that would become the park in 1831 with the goal of creating a London-style square at the heart of the community. Posh townhouses quickly cropped up around the exclusive park, lending the neighborhood the air of quiet sophistication...

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