50 Gramercy Park North
Ian Schrager Company
New York
Phased completion 2006/7
In
the heart of New York’s mighty urban canyons lies the quiet enclave of
Gramercy Park, its streets of red brick and brownstone houses fretted
with intricate ironwork virtually untouched by the city’s relentless
cycles of construction and demolition. Pass through the ornate gates of
Manhattan’s only surviving private park and the sounds of urban life
recede. People read the morning paper; children play. Sunshine filters
through the leaf canopy of mature trees which stretch up eight storeys
and more.