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Gramercy Park, New York’s only private park, was planned in 1831 on the model of London’s squares and was restricted to the use of neighborhood residents. It is surrounded by buildings created by some of the city’s most eminent architects, including Stanford White, Calvert Vaux, Alexander Jackson Davis, and James Renwick, Jr. At 16 Gramercy Park South, the famous actor Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, created the Players Club for people in the theater, and at 15 Gramercy Park South, the National Arts Club was originally the residence of Samuel J. Tilden, opponent of Boss Tweed and presidential candidate against Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876.
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