They lived in a duplex apartment on Gracie Square surrounded by their purchases.

A small arcade across the east wall of the court suggests the interior walkway at 10 Gracie Square, built in 1930.

As newlyweds, they moved into a tiny house on Gracie Square that her family had given them.

Gracie Square bought 423 in the mid-1980's and renovated the Old Slovakia bar on the ground floor to provide a meeting space.

Describing a $1,100-a-month studio near Gracie Square, she said that security was good in the area because the mayor's residence is there.

Conceived, but never realized, as a co-op, 7 Gracie Square went into foreclosure in 1935 and finally became a co-op in 1945.

The facade of 7 Gracie Square faces north toward Hell Gate.

A particularly unusual feature is the driveway, running from Gracie Square down to 83d Street inside the building.

The brick section on Gracie Square, it is true, is a bedroom wing, with floors of lesser height than those in the limestone portion.

The relationship, which began as a mentoring one, eventually became romantic, and included co-habitating at 10 Gracie Square, in Manhattan, beginning in 1943.