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Private Squares: Areas like **Gramercy Park** remain private to this day, with access restricted to local residents who pay a fee. These spaces reinforced social boundaries.
Cemeteries: Rural cemeteries, such as **Green-Wood in Brooklyn**, often doubled as *de facto* public parks, offering beautiful landscapes for strolling. However, they carried strict rules of propriety and decorum, limiting the lively, boisterous public interaction Olmsted envisioned.

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