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Gracie Mansion, then and now: Inside the historic NYC mayor’s residence now home to Zohran Mamdani

Par :Sarah Paynter

13 janvier 2026 à 18:19

The East Side residence has most recently been Eric Adams' home -- but Mayor Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, moved in on Monday.

Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City mayors, is getting a new tenant next year.

The yellow door has a wooden door frame carved like seed pearls.

Inside, the foyer a faux-marble painted floor, a style called Trompe-L’oeil which was popular in the 1800s.

The foyer has a tan-and-white striped wallpaper, crown moldings and Federal-style furniture.

In the O'Dwyer administration, this room was tan. Recently, the Conservancy has been calling the room "peach-colored," so it's possible it could have been repainted since the most recent pictures were taken.

At least one of the maquettes of George Washington in the library were carved by John Quincy Adams Ward.

The carpets are teal, the sofas are teal, the walls are teal — you get the idea.

Even the curtains, installed by mayor John Lindsay in the 1960’s, are a floral chintz pattern with a blue background.

The french wallpaper with a landscape garden scene was manufactured in the 1800's.

Gracie traveled to France often in his shipping business.

Superstitiously-minded Gracie Mansion gossips say that Gracie’s daughter Elizabeth Walcott-Gracie still haunts the house.

Mayor Robert F. Wagner, who served from 1954 to 1965, installed an entire new wing to the house for entertaining.

Even as Susan Wagner selected silks and decor for the addition, she secretly battled lung cancer. She died at Gracie Mansion in 1964, and the renovation was completed in her name.

An ornate chandelier and crown molding overlooks the room, and another golden convex mirror.

The "blue room" is pictured. The Susan E. Wagner wing cost $800,000 when it was built in 1966.

In 1929, the city installed the property’s first steel chain-link fence, costing $2,000.

Mayor Dinkins installed willows, poplars, daffodils and other flowers, which actually created a bee problem, according to reports.

LaGuardia filled the home with marigolds and cabbages, and the Wagners had flowering dogwood trees and bright azalea bushes.

This photo of Gracie Mansion is from the early 1900's.

This photo of the mansion's north front was published in 1933, just before mayor LaGuardia moved in.

A second-floor bedroom fireplace is pictured. Every room in Gracie Mansion has a fireplace.

Former mayor Edward I. Koch gestures towards newsmen as he escorts Republican presidential nominee Roland Reagan into Gracie Mansion in 1980.

David Dinkins speaks to reporters at Gracie Mansion with singer James Brown, second from left, his wife Adrienne, and the Rev. Al Sharpton in 1992.

*Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, center, his daughter Caroline and son Andrew pose for photographers as they arrive at Gracie Mansion for Giuliani's wedding to Judith Nathan in this May 24, 2003, file photo.

Mayor Bloomberg was responsible for the pale yellow hue of the building, which used to be black and white.

A far cry from NYCHA housing: the de Blasio family's new living room in Gracie Mansion, decked out in West Elm furnishings.

Eric Adams opened Gracie Mansion to New Yorkers, as opposed to keeping it an exclusive mayoral residence.