Sharon Otterman has a lively article in Tuesday's NYTimes about the Gracie Mansion attic and its recent occupants. In the mid 1960s Mayor John Lindsay's wife created a playroom for their four children. Later, an apartment was created there for Ed Koch's chef who considered it much nicer than earlier quarters in the basement. During the Giuliani years his then wife used it for a workout area the noise of which awakened him at 5AM. The area was lightly used during Bloomberg's twelve years. The new mayor's wife has been quoted as saying - "There will not be a "servant" living there." This caused Ed Koch's former chef to wince. Ouch.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/nyregion/in-gracie-mansions-attic-mayors-and-their-children-find-a-flexible-space.html?ref=nyregion
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