Behind the iron fence of the Meeting house, time seemed to have stood still in 1915 -- photo from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York
A look back in Gramercy Park history...

The 1859 Friends Meeting House - now The Brotherhood Synagogue at 28 Gramercy Park South

Frederick and George finishing the AIDS walk on Sunday May 17th.

Aspiring performers 9-year-old Gramercy Park Twins George and Frederick Buford 

George will appear in 3 productions at the Metropolitan Opera House in the next few weeks: Othello, Giselle, and Sleeping Beauty.

He will dance in American Ballet Theater's Sleeping Beauty, and makes an  appearance in the new PBS documentary about ABT by Ric Burns.

Frederick appears in the forthcoming feature film FAN GIRL starring Meg Ryan and Kiernan Shipka (of MAD MEN)


Emergency workers look through the remains of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files

Gramercy Park Neighbor Philip K. Howard's op-ed in the Washington Post: The high cost of delaying infrastructure repairs




The deadly Amtrak derailment on Tuesday is just another symptom of Congress's refusal to address the United States' decrepit infrastructure. 
 
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David M. Rubenstein, Brian Moynihan, Gilbert A. Garcia, William A. Goodloe, Henry R. Kravis, Michael R. Bloomberg, and SEO Founder Michael Osheowitz.
Gramercy Park Neighbor Michael Osheowitz, Founder of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity

SEO  raised $3.97M to support SEO Scholars - an 8yr program that gets low-income public high school students in NYC and San Francisco to and through college - with a 95% graduation rate.

Gramercy Park Neighbor Danny Meyer's Shake Shack in Madison Square Park to Reopen May 20th at 11am After Months-Long Renovation


Contact:
The Gramercy Park Block Association
34 Gramercy Park East, NY, NY 10003
212.260.3875