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Gramercy Park Hotel
Gramercy Park Hotel is a luxury hotel located at 2 Lexington Avenue, in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, adjacent to the park of the same name. It is known for its rich history.
History.
Gramercy Park Hotel was designed by Robert T. Lyons and built by the developer brothers Bing & Bing from 1924–1925, with a westward extension along Gramercy Park North – a continuation of East 21st Street – designed by the firm of Thompson & Churchill and built in 1929–1930.
for the seated figure of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- #36 – Alfred Ringling – founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus
- #38 – John Steinbeck – American author
- #44 – Hart Crane – poet
- Where the Gramercy Park Hotel and the connected 50 Gramercy Park North co-op are now located:
- Stanford White – architect
- Robert G. Ingersoll – orator
- Elsewhere around the park:
- John Bigelow – lawyer and statesman, who lived at