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It’s a public park that is also the gateway to the Mayor’s mansion.

Gracie Mansion was built by a rich merchant eons ago. Archibald Gracie did not hold onto his wealth. The property fell into the public domain as it were.

In 1942, after much repurposing of the house, Fiorello LaGuardia became the first mayor to take occupancy.

Word is that he did not come into his new home with a whole heart. On the other hand, it does my heart good to find myself anywhere in the vicinity of the mayoral residence and its pastoral surrounds.