#99 Madison Square Garden

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2010

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Madison Square Garden is certainly the recognizable name in arena entertaining, hosting sports, concerts, even political conventions. But it adopted that reputation from three other buildings which also called themselves 'Madison Square Garden'. The first, inspired by P.T Barnum and a popular bandleader, staked its claim in the hottest area of New York in the 1870s. The second, a classic designed by the city's most famous architect, featured both trendy new sports and high society events. The third Garden, moving up town, stripped off the glamour and helped make the Garden's sporting reputation. We'll also tell you about the most famous event to ever happen in any Madison Square Garden -- a shocking and brutal murder which led to the 'trial of the century'. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The Bowry Boys Episode 99, Madison Square Garden.
0:04.4	Hey, it's The Bowry Boys.
0:06.0	Hey.
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0:20.2	Hi there, welcome to The Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:23.0	And I'm Tom Myers.
0:24.4	Today's topic is one of the most recognizable names in New York landmarks.
0:30.0	Maybe its architecture doesn't stand out, but the name Madison Square Garden says premier entertainment.
0:36.6	You know Greg, it actually builds itself as the world's most famous arena.
0:40.8	It's the home of several New York sports teams.
0:43.8	It's basically where you go to see the biggest names in music or nominate a president.
0:48.8	This Madison Square Garden, which believe it or not, is the fourth one,
0:53.2	is I think the least interesting Madison Square Garden.
0:56.8	In fact, there were three before it that basically shaped New York culture.
1:01.4	We can answer the question immediate in everybody's mind when they first hear about the history of Madison Square Garden.
1:07.2	Why is Madison Square Garden not in Madison Square?
1:11.6	This story has some wild personalities.
1:13.6	This story has lots of competition.
1:16.2	This story has nudity and smack dab in the middle of the story.
1:20.8	There's a murder.
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