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9) Gracie Mansion is a stately classical white-frame colonial house built in 1799 by Archibald Gracie. The estate and its eleven acres were appropriated by the City in 1896 to be included into the new Carl Shurz Park and for many years the house had served as nothing more than the concession stand and restrooms for the park. In the early 40s Big Bad Bob Moses trained his visionary eye on the building and oversaw its transformation into the mayor's official residence. The first mayor to reside there, Fiorello LaGuardia, moved in in 1942. Allegedly, he complained about the drafts.
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