Madison Square Garden
390 7th Avenue | also 400 7th Avenue, 408 7th Avenue, 2 Penn Plaza | Midtown South
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- 1910
The original Pennsylvania Station opens on this site
The Pennsylvania Railroad opened Pennsylvania Station on this block in 1910, a Beaux-Arts gateway designed by McKim, Mead & White spanning eight acres between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Its main waiting room, modeled on Roman bathhouses and St. Peter's Basilica, rose 150 feet and was faced throughout in pink granite, with sculpted eagles and allegorical figures decorating the exterior.
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- 1963
Demolition of the original Penn Station begins
Wreckers began demolishing McKim, Mead & White's Pennsylvania Station on October 28, 1963, after the Pennsylvania Railroad optioned the site's air rights to developer William Zeckendorf and opted to replace the station with a new arena and office tower. Critic Ada Louise Huxtable's editorials against the demolition drew international attention, and the loss helped push New York City to pass its landmarks preservation law in 1965.
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- 1968
The current Madison Square Garden opens above a rebuilt Penn Station
Charles Luckman Associates designed the new Madison Square Garden, which opened February 11, 1968, atop a rebuilt underground Pennsylvania Station at a cost of $123 million. The New York Knicks and Rangers both moved in as the arena's anchor tenants, a role they still hold.
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- 2013
A three-phase, $1 billion renovation modernizes Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden completed a three-phase renovation in 2013 costing about $1 billion, adding new LED display systems, wider concourses with city views, suspended pedestrian walkways and upgraded locker rooms. It followed an earlier $200 million renovation in 1991 that introduced luxury boxes and new seating.
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Further reading
- “FORWARD” MARCH. Straus Square to Penn StationForgotten New York
- D’AIUTO, Penn Station areaForgotten New York
- FARLEY MARKETING STUDIO, Penn StationForgotten New York
- WEBSTER APARTMENTS, Penn StationForgotten New York
- TRACK 16 SIGN, Penn StationForgotten New York
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