Madison Square Garden
Madison Ave & 26th St
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Stanford White (character)society set
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About This Location
The first Madison Square Garden hosted Gilded Age horse shows and society spectacles. Stanford White later designed the legendary second MSG on this same site (1890–1925), one of the most celebrated buildings in New York.
The current Madison Square Garden (4th iteration, 1968) is at 34th St & 7th Ave — no longer on this site. One Penn Plaza and office buildings occupy the original block.
Historical address precisely known. First MSG (repurposed train shed 1874–1890) stood here. Stanford White's second MSG occupied same site 1890–1925.