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Madison Square Garden II sold...
Madison Square Garden II sold...
Item # 652118
April 07, 1911
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 7, 1911 The front page has a one column head: "Dispose of Madison Square Garden for Big Skyscraper Site". The article begins: "Madison Square Garden, the largest assembly building in New York city, was sold Thursday which already has laid plans for tearing down the structure and erecting on the site five modern skyscrapers from 16 to 20 stories high. Madison Square Garden has never been a financial success. Some time ago it was announced that J. Pierpont Morgan, who controls the property, had placed it on the market with brokers for $3,000,000..." Also a ftpg. photo of the interior of the building. Today the New York Life Insurance building stands on this land.
Fourteen pages and is in very good condition.
Category: The 20th Century