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Address 4 Pennsylvania Plaza Location New York, New York Coordinates 40°45′2″N 73°59′37″W / +61404532026°N +61404532026°W Coordinates: 40°45′2″N 73°59′37″W / +61404532026°N +61404532026°W Public transit
Amtrak: Penn Station
LIRR: Penn Station
NJ Transit: Penn Station
New York City Subway:
34th Street–Penn Station (7th Ave)
34th Street–Penn Station (8th Ave)
34th Street–Herald Square
PATH: 33rd Street New York City Bus: M4, M7, M20, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, Q32 buses
Owner Madison Square Garden Entertainment Capacity Basketball: 19,812[1]
Ice hockey: 18,006[1]
Pro wrestling: 18,500
Concerts: 20,000
Boxing: 20,789
Hulu Theater: 5,600 Field size 820,000 sq ft (76,000 m2) Broke ground October 29, 1964[2] Opened Former locations: 1879, 1890, 1925
Current location: February 11, 1968 Renovated 1989–1991
2011–2013 Construction cost $123 million
Renovation:
1991: $200 million
Total cost:
$1.19 billion in 2020 Architect Charles Luckman Associates
Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects Structural engineer Severud Associates[3] Services engineer Syska & Hennessy, Inc.[4] General contractor Turner/Del E. Webb[4] New York Rangers (NHL) (1968–present)
New York Knicks (NBA) (1968–present)
St. John’s Red Storm (NCAA) (1969–present)
New York Raiders/Golden Blades (WHA) (1972–1973)
New York Apples (WTT) (1977–1978)
New York Stars (WBL) (1979–1980)
New York Cosmos (NASL) (1983–1984)
New York Knights (AFL) (1988)
New York CityHawks (AFL) (1997–1998)
New York Liberty (WNBA) (1997–2010, 2014–2017)
New York Titans (NLL) (2007–2009) www.msg.com/madison-square-garden/
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station. It is the fourth venue to bear the name “Madison Square Garden”; the first two (1879 and 1890) were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden (1925) further uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street.
The Garden is used for professional ice hockey and basketball, as well as boxing, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports and entertainment. It is close to other midtown Manhattan landmarks, including the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and Macy’s at Herald Square. It is home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and was home to the New York Liberty (WNBA) from 1997 to 2017.
Originally called Madison Square Garden Center, the Garden opened on February 11, 1968, and is the oldest major sporting facility in the New York metropolitan area. It is the oldest arena in the National Basketball Association, and the second-oldest in the National Hockey League, with Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle being six years older than the Garden. In 2016, MSG was the second-busiest music arena in the world in terms of ticket sales, behind The O2 Arena in London.[5] Including two major renovations, its total construction cost is approximately $1.1 billion, and it has been ranked as one of the 10 most expensive stadium venues ever built.[6] It is part of the Pennsylvania Plaza office and retail complex, named for the railway station. Several other operating entities related to the Garden share its name.
History[edit]
Previous Gardens[edit]
Madison Square is formed by the intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in Manhattan. It was named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States.[7]
Two venues called Madison Square Garden were located just northeast of the square, the original Garden from 1879 to 1890, and the second Garden from 1890 to 1925. The first, leased to P. T. Barnum,[8] had no roof and was inconvenient to use during inclement weather, so it was demolished after 11 years. The second was designed by noted architect Stanford White. The new building was built by a syndicate which included J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, P. T. Barnum,[9] Darius Mills, James Stillman and W. W. Astor. White gave them a Beaux-Arts structure with a Moorish feel, including a minaret-like tower modeled after Giralda, the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville[9] – soaring 32 stories – the city’s second-tallest building at the time – dominating Madison Square Park. It was 200 feet (61 m) by 485 feet (148 m), and the main hall, which was the largest in the world, measured 200 feet (61 m) by 350 feet (110 m), with permanent seating for 8,000 people and floor space for thousands more. It had a 1,200-seat theatre, a concert hall with a capacity of 1,500, the largest restaurant in the city, and a roof garden cabaret.[8] The building cost $3 million.[8] Madison Square Garden II was unsuccessful like the first Garden,[10] and the New York Life Insurance Company, which held the mortgage on it, decided to tear it down in 1925 to make way for a new headquarters building, which would become the landmark Cass Gilbert-designed New York Life Building.
A third Madison Square Garden opened in a new location, on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, from 1925 to 1968. Groundbreaking on the third Madison Square Garden took place on January 9, 1925.[11] Designed by the noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, it was built at the cost of $4.75 million in 249 days by boxing promoter Tex Rickard;[8] the arena was dubbed “The House That Tex Built.”[12] The arena was 200 feet (61 m) by 375 feet (114 m), with seating on three levels, and a maximum capacity of 18,496 spectators for boxing.[8]
Demolition commenced in 1968 after the opening of the current Garden,[13] and was completed in early 1969. The site is now the location of One Worldwide Plaza.
Current Garden[edit]
A basketball game at Madison Square Garden circa 1968
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In February 1959, former automobile manufacturer Graham-Paige purchased a 40% interest in the Madison Square Garden for $4 million[14] and later gained control.[15] In November 1960, Graham-Paige president Irving Mitchell Felt purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad the rights to build at Penn Station.[16] To build the new facility, the above-ground portions of the original Pennsylvania Station were torn down.[17]
The new structure was one of the first of its kind to be built above the platforms of an active railroad station. It was an engineering feat constructed by Robert E. McKee of El Paso, Texas. Public outcry over the demolition of the Pennsylvania Station structure—an outstanding example of Beaux-Arts architecture—led to the creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The venue opened on February 11, 1968. Comparing the new and the old Penn Station, Yale architectural historian Vincent Scully wrote, “One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat.”[18]
In 1972, Felt proposed moving the Knicks and Rangers to a then incomplete venue in the New Jersey Meadowlands, the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The Garden was also the home arena for the NY Raiders/NY Golden Blades of the World Hockey Association. The Meadowlands would eventually host its own NBA and NHL teams, the New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils, respectively. The New York Giants and Jets of the National Football League (NFL) also relocated there. In 1977, the arena was sold to Gulf and Western Industries. Felt’s efforts fueled controversy between the Garden and New York City over real estate taxes. The disagreement again flared in 1980 when the Garden again challenged its tax bill. The arena, since the 1980s, has since enjoyed tax-free status, under the condition that all Knicks and Rangers home games must be hosted at MSG, lest it lose this exemption. As such, when the Rangers have played neutral-site games—even those in New York City, such as the 2018 NHL Winter Classic, they have always been designated as the visiting team.[19]
Garden owners spent $200 million in 1991 to renovate facilities and add 89 suites in place of hundreds of upper-tier seats. The project was designed by Ellerbe Becket. In 2004–2005, Cablevision battled with the City of New York over the proposed West Side Stadium, which was cancelled. Cablevision then announced plans to raze the Garden, replace it with high-rise commercial buildings, and build a new Garden one block away at the site of the James Farley Post Office. Meanwhile, a new project to renovate and modernize the Garden completed phase one in time for the Rangers and Knicks’ 2011–12 seasons,[20] though the vice president of the Garden says he remains committed to the installation of an extension of Penn Station at the Farley Post Office site. While the Knicks and Rangers were not displaced, the New York Liberty played at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey during the renovation.
Madison Square Garden is the last of the NBA and NHL arenas to not be named after a corporate sponsor.[21]
Joe Louis Plaza[edit]
In 1984, the four streets immediately surrounding the Garden were designated as Joe Louis Plaza, in honor of boxer Joe Louis, who had made eight successful title defenses in the previous Madison Square Garden.[22][23]
2011–2013 renovation[edit]
Madison Square Garden’s $1 billion second renovation took place mainly over three offseasons. It was set to begin after the 2009–10 hockey/basketball seasons, but was delayed until after the 2010–11 seasons. Renovation was done in phases with the majority of the work done in the summer months to minimize disruptions to the NHL and NBA seasons. While the Rangers and Knicks were not displaced,[24][25] the Liberty played their home games through the 2013 season at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, during the renovation.[26][27]
New features include a larger entrance with interactive kiosks, retail, climate-controlled space, and broadcast studio; larger concourses; new lighting and LED video systems with HDTV; new seating; two new pedestrian walkways suspended from the ceiling to allow fans to look directly down onto the games being played below; more dining options; and improved dressing rooms, locker rooms, green rooms, upgraded roof, and production offices. The lower bowl concourse, called the Madison Concourse, remains on the 6th floor. The upper bowl concourse was relocated to the 8th floor and it is known as the Garden Concourse. The 7th floor houses the new Madison Suites and the Madison Club. The upper bowl was built on top of these suites. The rebuilt concourses are wider than their predecessors, and include large windows that offer views of the city streets around the Garden.[28]
Construction of the lower bowl (Phase 1) was completed for the 2011–12 NHL season and the 2011–12 NBA lockout-shortened season. An extended off-season for the Garden permitted some advanced work to begin on the new upper bowl, which was completed in time for the 2012–13 NBA season and the 2012–13 NHL lockout-shortened NHL season. This advance work included the West Balcony on the 10th floor, taking the place of sky-boxes, and new end-ice 300 level seating. The construction of the upper bowl along with the Madison Suites and the Madison Club (Phase 2) were completed for the 2012–13 NHL and NBA seasons. The construction of the new lobby known as Chase Square, along with the Chase Bridges and the new scoreboard (Phase 3) were completed for the 2013–14 NHL and NBA seasons.
Penn Station renovation controversy[edit]
Madison Square Garden is seen as an obstacle in the renovation and future expansion of Penn Station,[29] which expanded in 2021 with the opening of Moynihan Train Hall at the James Farley Post Office,[30] and some have proposed moving MSG to other sites in western Manhattan. On February 15, 2013, Manhattan Community Board 5 voted 36–0 against granting a renewal to MSG’s operating permit in perpetuity and proposed a 10-year limit instead in order to build a new Penn Station where the arena is currently standing. Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer said, “Moving the arena is an important first step to improving Penn Station.” The Madison Square Garden Company responded by saying that “[i]t is incongruous to think that M.S.G. would be considering moving.”[31]
In May 2013, four architecture firms – SHoP Architects, SOM, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro – submitted proposals for a new Penn Station. SHoP Architects recommended moving Madison Square Garden to the Morgan Postal Facility a few blocks southwest, as well as removing 2 Penn Plaza and redeveloping other towers, and an extension of the High Line to Penn Station.[29] Meanwhile, SOM proposed moving Madison Square Garden to the area just south of the James Farley Post Office, and redeveloping the area above Penn Station as a mixed-use development with commercial, residential, and recreational space.[29] H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture wanted to move the arena to a new pier west of Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, four blocks west of the current station and arena. Then, according to H3’s plan, four skyscrapers would be built, one at each of the four corners of the new Penn Station superblock, with a roof garden on top of the station; the Farley Post Office would become an education center.[29] Finally, Diller Scofidio + Renfro proposed a mixed-use development on the site, with spas, theaters, a cascading park, a pool, and restaurants; Madison Square Garden would be moved two blocks west, next to the post office. DS+F also proposed high-tech features in the station, such as train arrival and departure boards on the floor, and apps that would inform waiting passengers of ways to occupy their time until they board their trains.[29] Madison Square Garden rejected the notion that it would be relocated, and called the plans “pie-in-the-sky”.[29]
In June 2013, the New York City Council Committee on Land Use voted unanimously to give the Garden a ten-year permit, at the end of which period the owners will either have to relocate or go back through the permission process.[32] On July 24, the City Council voted to give the Garden a 10-year operating permit by a vote of 47–1. “This is the first step in finding a new home for Madison Square Garden and building a new Penn Station that is as great as New York and suitable for the 21st century,” said City Council speaker Christine Quinn. “This is an opportunity to reimagine and redevelop Penn Station as a world-class transportation destination.”[33]
In October 2014, the Morgan facility was selected as the ideal area for Madison Square Garden to be moved, following the 2014 MAS Summit in New York City. More plans for the station were discussed.[34][35] Then, in January 2016, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a redevelopment plan for Penn Station that would involve the removal of The Theater at Madison Square Garden, but would otherwise leave the arena intact.[36][37]
Events[edit]
Regular events[edit]
Sports[edit]
Madison Square Garden hosts approximately 320 events a year. It is the home to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, and the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association. Before 2020, the New York Rangers, New York Knicks, and the Madison Square Garden arena itself were all owned by the Madison Square Garden Company. The MSG Company split into two entities in 2020, with the Garden arena and other non-sports assets spun off into Madison Square Garden Entertainment and the Rangers and Knicks remaining with the original company, renamed Madison Square Garden Sports. Both entities remain under the voting control of James Dolan and his family. The arena is also host to the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament and the finals of the National Invitation Tournament. It also hosts select home games for the St. John’s Red Storm, representing St. John’s University in men’s (college basketball), and almost any other kind of indoor activity that draws large audiences, such as the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and the 2004 Republican National Convention.
The Garden was home of the NBA Draft and NIT Season Tip-Off, as well as the former New York City home of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice; all four events are now held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It served the New York Cosmos for half of their home games during the 1983–84 NASL Indoor season.[38]
Many of boxing’s biggest fights were held at Madison Square Garden, including the Roberto Durán–Ken Buchanan affair, the first Muhammad Ali – Joe Frazier bout and the US debut of Anthony Joshua that ended in a huge upset. Before promoters such as Don King and Bob Arum moved boxing to Las Vegas, Nevada, Madison Square Garden was considered the mecca of boxing. The original 18+1⁄2 ft × 18+1⁄2 ft (5.6 m × 5.6 m) ring, which was brought from the second and third generation of the Garden, was officially retired on September 19, 2007, and donated to the International Boxing Hall of Fame after 82 years of service.[39] A 20 ft × 20 ft (6.1 m × 6.1 m) ring replaced it beginning on October 6 of that same year.[40]
Pro wrestling[edit]
Madison Square Garden has been considered the mecca for professional wrestling and the home of WWE (formerly WWF and WWWF).[41] The Garden has hosted three WrestleMania events, more than any other arena, including the first edition of the annual marquee event for WWE, as well as the 10th and 20th editions. It also hosted the Royal Rumble in 2000 and 2008; SummerSlam in 1988, 1991 and 1998; as well as Survivor Series in 1996, 2002 and 2011.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor hosted their G1 Supercard supershow at the venue on April 6, 2019, which sold out in 19 minutes after the tickets went on sale.[42] A year later it was announced that New Japan Pro-Wrestling would return to Madison Square Garden alone on August 22, 2020 for NJPW Wrestle Dynasty.[43] In May 2020, NJPW announced that the Wrestle Dynasty show would be postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[44][45]
Concerts[edit]
Madison Square Garden hosts more high-profile concert events than any other venue in New York City. It has been the venue for Michael Jackson’s Bad World Tour, George Harrison’s The Concert for Bangladesh, The Concert for New York City following the September 11 attacks, John Lennon’s final concert appearance (during an Elton John concert on Thanksgiving Night, 1974) before his murder in 1980, and Elvis Presley, who gave four sold-out performances in 1972, his first and last ever in New York City. Parliament-Funkadelic headlined numerous sold-out shows in 1977 and 1978. Kiss, who were formed in the arena’s city and three of whose members were city-born, did six shows during their second half of the 1970’s main attraction peak or “heyday”: four winter shows at the arena in 1977 (February 18 and December 14-16), and another two shows only this time in summer for a decade-ender in 1979 (July 24-25). Billy Joel, another city-born and fellow 1970’s pop star, played his first Garden show on December 14, 1978. Led Zeppelin’s three-night stand in July 1973 was recorded and released as both a film and album titled The Song Remains The Same. The Police played their final show of their reunion tour at the Garden in 2008.
In the summer of 2017, Phish performed 13 consecutive concerts at the venue, which the Garden commemorated by adding a Phish themed banner to the rafters.[46] With their first MSG show taking place on December 30, 1994, the “Bakers’ Dozen” brought the total number of Phish shows there to 52. An additional 12 shows since (4 for each of Phish’s annual New Year’s Eve runs) brings their total MSG performances to 64.[47][48]
Eric Clapton (pictured at the Garden in 2015) has played 45 concerts at the venue since 1968.[49]
At one point, Elton John held the all-time record for the greatest number of appearances at the Garden with 64 shows. In a 2009 press release, John was quoted as saying “Madison Square Garden is my favorite venue in the whole world. I chose to have my 60th birthday concert there, because of all the incredible memories I’ve had playing the venue.”[50] A DVD recording was released as Elton 60—Live at Madison Square Garden.[51] Billy Joel, who broke the record, stated “Madison Square Garden is the center of the universe as far as I’m concerned. It has the best acoustics, the best audiences, the best reputation, and the best history of great artists who have played there. It is the iconic, holy temple of rock and roll for most touring acts and, being a New Yorker, it holds a special significance to me.”[50] Queen played their first concerts at the venue in February 1977. Bob Marley and The Wailers performed in the venue in 1978, 1979 and 1980 as part of Kaya Tour, Survival Tour and Uprising Tour respectively.
The Grateful Dead performed in the venue 53 times from 1979 to 1994, with the first show being held on September 7, 1979, and the last being on October 19, 1994. Their longest run being done in September 1991.[52] Madonna performed at this venue a total of 31 concerts, the first two being during her 1985 Virgin Tour, on June 10 and 11, and the most recent being the two-nights stay during her Rebel Heart Tour on September 16 and 17, 2015. Bruce Springsteen has performed 47 concerts at this venue, many with the E Street Band, including a 10-night string of sold-out concerts out between June 12 and July 1, 2000, at the end of the E Street Reunion tour.
U2 performed at the arena 28 times: the first one was on April 1, 1985, during their Unforgettable Fire Tour, in front of a crowd of 19,000 people. The second and the third were on September 28 and 29, 1987, during their Joshua Tree Tour, in front of 39,510 people. The fourth was on March 20, 1992, during their Zoo TV Tour, in front of a crowd of 18,179 people. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth were on June 17 and 19 and October 24, 25, and 27, 2001, during their Elevation Tour, in front of 91,787 people. The 10th through 17th took place between May 21 and November 22, 2005, during their Vertigo Tour, in front of a total sold-out crowd of 149,004 people. The band performed eight performances at the arena in July 2015 as part of their Innocence + Experience Tour, and three performances in 2018 as part of their Experience + Innocence Tour.
The Who have headlined at the venue 32 times, including a four-night stand in 1974, a five-night stand in 1979, a six-night stand in 1996, and four-night stands in 2000 and 2002. They also performed at The Concert for New York City in 2001.[53]
On March 10, 2020, a 50th-anniversary celebration of The Allman Brothers Band entitled ‘The Brothers’ took place featuring the five surviving members of the final Allman Brothers lineup and Chuck Leavell. Dickey Betts was invited to participate but his health precluded him from traveling.[54] This was the final concert at the venue before the Covid-19 Pandemic. Live shows returned to The Garden when the Foo Fighters headlined a show there on June 20, 2021. The show was for a vaccinated audience only and was the first 100 percent capacity concert in a New York arena since the start of the pandemic.[55]
Other events[edit]
It has previously hosted the 1976 Democratic National Convention,[56] 1980 Democratic National Convention,[56] 1992 Democratic National Convention,[57] and the 2004 Republican National Convention,[58] and hosted the NFL Draft for many years (later held at Garden-leased Radio City Music Hall, now shared between cities of NFL franchises).[59][60] Jeopardy Teen Tournament/Celebrity Jeopardy filmed at MSG in 1999 [61] and Wheel of Fortune in 1999 and 2013.[62][63]
The New York Police Academy,[64] Baruch College/CUNY and Yeshiva University also hold their annual graduation ceremonies at Madison Square Garden. It hosted the Grammy Awards in 1972, 1997, 2003, and 2018 (which are normally held in Los Angeles) as well as the Latin Grammy Awards of 2006.
The group, and Best in Show competitions of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show have been held at MSG every February from 1877 to 2020, which was MSG’s longest continuous tenant although this was broken in 2021 as the Westminster Kennel Club announced that the event will be held outdoors for the first time.[65][66]
Notable firsts and significant events[edit]
The Garden hosted the Stanley Cup Finals and NBA Finals simultaneously on two occasions: in 1972 and 1994.
The Knicks clinched the 1970 NBA Finals at the arena in the seventh game, remembered best for Willis Reed’s unexpected appearance after an injury. The Rangers would later end their 54-year championship drought by winning the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals on home ice. Finally, the 1999 NBA Finals was decided in the Garden, with the San Antonio Spurs defeating the Knicks in five games.
MSG has hosted the following All-Star Games:
NHL All-Star Game: 1973, 1994
NBA All-Star Game: 1998, 2015
WNBA All-Star Game: 1999, 2003, 2006
All American Karate Championships held in 1968 & 1969 won by Chuck Norris 1970 was won by Mitchell Bobrow.
UFC held its first event in New York City, UFC 205, at Madison Square Garden on November 12, 2016. This was the first event the organization held after New York State lifted the ban on mixed martial arts.
Recognition given by Madison Square Garden[edit]
Madison Square Garden Gold Ticket Award[edit]
In 1977 Madison Square Garden announced Gold Ticket Awards would be given to performers who had brought in more than 100,000 unit ticket sales to the venue. Since the arena’s seating capacity is about 20,000, this would require a minimum of five sold-out shows. Performers who were eligible for the award at the time of its inauguration included Chicago, John Denver, Peter Frampton, the Rolling Stones, the Jackson 5, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Sly Stone, Jethro Tull, The Who, and Yes.[67][68] Graeme Edge, who received his award in 1981 as a member of The Moody Blues, said he found his gold ticket to be an interesting piece of memorabilia because he could use it to attend any event at the Garden.[69] Many other performers have received a Gold Ticket Award since 1977.
Madison Square Garden Platinum Ticket Award[edit]
Madison Square Garden also gave Platinum Ticket Awards to performers who sold over 250,000 tickets to their shows throughout the years. Winners of the Platinum Ticket Awards include: the Rolling Stones (1981),[70] Elton John (1982),[71] Yes (1984),[72] Billy Joel (1984),[73] and The Grateful Dead (1987).[74]
Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame[edit]
The Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame honors those who have demonstrated excellence in their fields at the Garden. Most of the inductees have been sports figures, however, some performers have been inducted as well. Elton John was reported to be the first non-sports figure inducted into the MSG Hall of Fame in 1977 for “record attendance of 140,000” in June of that year.[75] For their accomplishment of “13 sell-out concerts” at the venue, the Rolling Stones were inducted into the MSG Hall of Fame in 1984, along with nine sports figures, bringing the hall’s membership to 107.[76]
Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame[edit]
The walkway leading to the arena of Madison Square Garden was designated as the “Walk of Fame” in 1992.[77] It was established “to recognize athletes, artists, announcers and coaches for their extraordinary achievements and memorable performances at the venue.”[78] Each inductee is commemorated with a plaque that lists the performance category in which his or her contributions have been made.[77] Twenty-five athletes were inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame at its inaugural ceremony in 1992, a black-tie dinner to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis.[79] Elton John was the first entertainer to be inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame in 1992.[80][81] Billy Joel was inducted at a date after Elton John,[82] and the Rolling Stones were inducted in 1998.[83] In 2015, the Grateful Dead were inducted into the MSG Walk of Fame along with at least three sports-related figures.[82][78]
Seating[edit]
Seating in Madison Square Garden was initially arranged in six ascending levels, each with its own color. The first level, which was available only for basketball games, boxing and concerts, and not for hockey games and ice shows, was known as the “Rotunda” (“ringside” for boxing and “courtside” for basketball), had beige seats, and bore section numbers of 29 and lower (the lowest number varying with the different venues, in some cases with the very lowest sections denoted by letters rather than numbers). Next above this was the “Orchestra” (red) seating, sections 31 through 97, followed by the 100-level “First Promenade” (orange) and 200-level “Second Promenade”(yellow), the 300-level (green) “First Balcony”, and the 400-level (blue) “Second Balcony.” The rainbow-colored seats were replaced with fuchsia and teal seats[84] during the 1990s renovation (in part because the blue seats had acquired an unsavory reputation, especially during games in which the New York Rangers hosted their cross-town rivals, the New York Islanders) which installed the 10th-floor sky-boxes around the entire arena and the 9th-floor sky-boxes on the 7th avenue end of the arena, taking out 400-level seating on the 7th Avenue end in the process.
Getting the arena ready for a basketball game in 2005
Because all of the seats, except the 400 level, were in one monolithic grandstand, horizontal distance from the arena floor was significant from the ends of the arena. Also, the rows rose much more gradually than other North American arenas, which caused impaired sightlines, especially when sitting behind tall spectators or one of the concourses. This arrangement, however, created an advantage over newer arenas in that seats had a significantly lower vertical distance from the arena floor.
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As part of the 2011–2013 renovation, the club sections, 100-level and 200-level have been combined to make a new 100-level lower bowl. The 300-level and 400-level were combined and raised 17 feet (5.2 m) closer, forming a new 200-level upper bowl. All skyboxes but those on the 7th Avenue end were removed and replaced with balcony seating (8th Avenue) and Chase Bridge Seating (31st Street and 33rd Street). The sky-boxes on the 9th floor were remodeled and are now called the Signature Suites. The sky-boxes on the 7th Avenue end of the 10th Floor are now known as the Lounges. One small section of the 400-level remains near the west end of the arena and features blue seats. The media booths have been relocated to the 31st Street Chase Bridge.
Capacity[edit]
Basketball[85] Years Capacity 1968–1971 19,500 1971–1972 19,588 1972–1978 19,693 1978–1989 19,591 1989–1990 18,212 1990–1991 19,081 1991–2012 19,763 2012–2013 19,033 2013–present 19,812[1]
Ice hockey[86] Years Capacity 1968–1972 17,250 1972–1990 17,500 1990–1991 16,792 1991–2012 18,200 2012–2013 17,200 2013–present 18,006[1]
Hulu Theater[edit]
The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden seats between 2,000 and 5,600 for concerts and can also be used for meetings, stage shows, and graduation ceremonies. It was the home of the NFL Draft until 2005, when it moved to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center after MSG management opposed a new stadium for the New York Jets. It also hosted the NBA Draft from 2001 to 2010. The theater also occasionally hosts boxing matches.
The fall 1999 Jeopardy! Teen Tournament as well as a Celebrity Jeopardy! competitions were held at the theater. Wheel of Fortune taped at the theater twice in 1999 and 2013. In 2004, it was the venue of the Survivor: All-Stars finale. No seat is more than 177 feet (54 m) from the 30′ × 64′ stage. The theatre has a relatively low 20-foot (6.1 m) ceiling at stage level[87] and all of its seating except for boxes on the two side walls is on one level slanted back from the stage. There is an 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) lobby at the theater.
Accessibility and transportation[edit]
The 7th Avenue entrance to Madison Square Garden and Penn Station in 2013
Madison Square Garden sits directly atop a major transportation hub in Pennsylvania Station, featuring access to commuter rail service from the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit, as well as Amtrak. The Garden is also accessible via the New York City Subway. The A, C, and E trains stop at 8th Avenue and the 1, 2, and 3 trains at 7th Avenue in Penn Station. The Garden can also be reached from nearby Herald Square with the B, D, F, <F>, M, N, Q, R, and W trains at the 34th Street – Herald Square station as well as PATH train service from the 33rd Street station.
See also[edit]
Madison Square Garden Bowl, a former outdoor boxing venue in Queens operated by the Garden company
List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas
References[edit]
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The Bronx
Draddy Gymnasium
Gaelic Park
Ohio Field
Rose Hill Gymnasium
Van Cortlandt Park
Yankee Stadium
Brooklyn
Aviator Sports and Events Center
Barclays Center
Maimonides Park
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex
Steinberg Wellness Center
Manhattan
Chelsea Piers
Commisso Soccer Stadium
Icahn Stadium
John McEnroe Tennis Academy
Levien Gymnasium
Madison Square Garden
Wien Stadium
Rucker Park
Sportime Stadium
Fort Washington Avenue Armory
Queens
Aqueduct Racetrack
Belson Stadium
Carnesecca Arena
Citi Field
Jack Kaiser Stadium
Metropolitan Oval
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Louis Armstrong Stadium
West Side Tennis Club
Staten Island
Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Spiro Sports Center
Staten Island Cricket Club
Long Island
Belmont Park
Baseball Heaven
Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
Eisenhower Park
Fairfield Properties Ballpark
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
Hofstra Arena
Island Federal Credit Union Arena
Island Garden
James M. Shuart Stadium
Joe Nathan Field
Mitchel Athletic Complex
Nassau County Aquatic Center
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Pritchard Gymnasium
Riverhead Raceway
UBS Arena (under construction)
New Jersey
Arm & Hammer Park
Asbury Park Convention Hall
CURE Insurance Arena
FirstEnergy Park
Freehold Raceway
Hinchliffe Stadium
Jadwin Gymnasium
Jersey City Armory
Mennen Arena
Meadowlands Sports Complex
Meadowlands Racetrack
MetLife Stadium
Monmouth Park Racetrack
MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Princeton Stadium
Prudential Center
Red Bull Arena
Richard J. Codey Arena
Roberts Stadium
Rothman Center
Rutgers Athletic Center
SHI Stadium
TD Bank Ballpark
Wall Township Speedway
Wellness and Events Center
Yanitelli Center
Yogi Berra Stadium
Yurcak Field
Hudson Valley
Fleming Field
Joseph F. Fosina Stadium
Palisades Credit Union Park
Rockland Lake State Park
Westchester County Center
Yonkers Raceway
Defunct
69th Regiment Armory
Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium
Bloomingdale Park
Boyle’s Thirty Acres
Brighton Beach Race Course
Bronx Coliseum
Capitoline Grounds
Commercial Field
Coney Island Velodrome
Eastern Park
Ebbets Field
Elysian Fields
Freeport Municipal Stadium
Dexter Park
Downing Stadium
Giants Stadium
Gravesend Race Track
Harrison Park
Hilltop Park
Island Garden (Original)
Islip Speedway
Meadowlands Arena
Jamaica Racetrack
Jerome Park Racetrack
Lewisohn Stadium
Long Island Arena
Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016)
Madison Square Garden (1879)
Madison Square Garden (1890)
Madison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Metropolitan Park
Morris Park Racecourse
New York Velodrome
Newark Schools Stadium
Newark Velodrome
Palmer Stadium
Polo Grounds
Ridgewood Park
Roosevelt Raceway
Roosevelt Stadium
Ruppert Stadium
Rutgers Stadium (1938)
St. George Cricket Grounds
Shea Stadium
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Singer Bowl
Suffolk Meadows
Sunnyside Garden Arena
Thompson Stadium
Union Grounds
Washington Park
Yankee Stadium (1923)
Proposed
Kingsbridge National Ice Center
New York City FC stadium
Never built
Proposed domed Brooklyn Dodgers stadium
West Side Stadium
Bergen Ballpark
The Lighthouse Project
New York Cosmos Stadium
Port Imperial Street Circuit
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NCAA Division I college basketball venues in New York
A-10
Rose Hill Gymnasium (Fordham)
Reilly Center (St. Bonaventure)
ACC
Carrier Dome (Syracuse)
AmEast
SEFCU Arena (Albany)
Binghamton University Events Center (Binghamton)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (Stony Brook)
Big East
Madison Square Garden (St. John’s men)
Carnesecca Arena (St. John’s women, and men’s alternate)
CAA
Hofstra Arena (Hofstra)
Ivy
Levien Gymnasium (Columbia)
Newman Arena (Cornell)
MAAC
Koessler Athletic Center (Canisius)
Hynes Athletic Center (Iona)
Draddy Gymnasium (Manhattan)
McCann Field House (Marist)
Gallagher Center (Niagara)
Times Union Center (Siena men)
Alumni Recreation Center (Siena women)
MAC
Alumni Arena (Buffalo)
NEC
Steinberg Wellness Center (LIU)
Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (St. Francis Brooklyn)
Spiro Sports Center (Wagner)
Patriot
Christl Arena (Army)
Cotterell Court (Colgate)
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Venues of the Democratic National Convention
The Athenaeum and Warfield’s Church (1832)
Fourth Presbyterian Church (Baltimore) (1835)
The Assembly Rooms (1840)
Odd Fellows Hall (1844)
Universalist Church (Baltimore) (1848)
Maryland Institute (1852)
Smith and Nixon’s Hall (1856)
South Carolina Institute Hall / Front Street Theater (1860)
The Amphitheatre (Chicago) (1864)
Tammany Hall (1868)
Ford’s Grand Opera House (1872)
Merchants Exchange Building (1876)
Cincinnati Music Hall (1880)
Interstate Exposition Building (1884)
Exposition Building (1888)
Wigwam (1892)
Chicago Coliseum (1896)
Convention Hall (1900)
St. Louis Coliseum (1904)
Denver Auditorium Arena (1908)
Fifth Regiment Armory (1912)
Convention Hall (1916)
San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1920)
Madison Square Garden (II) (1924)
Sam Houston Hall (1928)
Chicago Stadium (1932)
Philadelphia Convention Hall/Franklin Field (1936)
Chicago Stadium (1940)
Chicago Stadium (1944)
Philadelphia Convention Hall (1948)
International Amphitheatre (1952)
International Amphitheatre (1956)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena / Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1960)
Atlantic City Convention Hall (1964)
International Amphitheatre (1968)
Miami Beach Convention Center (1972)
Madison Square Garden (IV) (1976)
Madison Square Garden (IV) (1980)
Moscone Center (1984)
Omni Coliseum (1988)
Madison Square Garden (IV) (1992)
United Center (1996)
Staples Center (2000)
FleetCenter (2004)
Pepsi Center / Invesco Field (2008)
Time Warner Cable Arena (2012)
Wells Fargo Center (2016)
Wisconsin Center (2020)
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Venues of the Grammy Award ceremonies
The Beverly Hilton (1959; 1965)
Hollywood Palladium (1971, 1974, +61404532026)
Felt Forum (1972)
Madison Square Garden (1972, 1997, 2003, 2018)
Tennessee Theatre (1973)
Uris Theatre (1975)
Shrine Auditorium (1978–1980, 1982–1987, +61404532026, 1993, +61404532026, 1999)
Radio City Music Hall (1981, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998)
Staples Center (2000–2002, 2004–2017, 2019–present)
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Venues of the Latin Grammy Award ceremonies
Staples Center (2000)
Conga Room (2001)
Kodak Theatre (2002)
FTX Arena (2003)
Shrine Auditorium (2004–2005)
Madison Square Garden (2006)
Mandalay Bay Events Center (2007)
Toyota Center (2008)
Mandalay Bay Events Center (2009–2013)
MGM Grand Garden Arena (+61404532026, 2017-present)
T-Mobile Arena (2016)
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Venues of the Republican National Convention
Musical Fund Hall (1856)
Wigwam (1860)
Front Street Theater (1864)
Crosby’s Opera House (1868)
Academy of Music (1872)
Exposition Hall (Cincinnati) (1876)
Interstate Exposition Building (1880)
Exposition Hall (Chicago) (1884)
Auditorium (1888)
Industrial Exposition Building (1892)
St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall (1896)
Convention Hall (1900)
Chicago Coliseum (1904)
Chicago Coliseum (1908)
Chicago Coliseum (1912)
Chicago Coliseum (1916)
Chicago Coliseum (1920)
Public Auditorium (1924)
Convention Hall (1928)
Chicago Stadium (1932)
Public Auditorium (1936)
Convention Hall (1940)
Chicago Stadium (1944)
Convention Hall (1948)
International Amphitheatre (1952)
Cow Palace (1956)
International Amphitheatre (1960)
Cow Palace (1964)
Miami Beach Convention Center (1968)
Miami Beach Convention Center (1972)
Kemper Arena (1976)
Joe Louis Arena (1980)
Dallas Convention Center (1984)
Louisiana Superdome (1988)
Houston Astrodome (1992)
San Diego Convention Center (1996)
First Union Center (2000)
Madison Square Garden (2004)
Xcel Energy Center (2008)
Tampa Bay Times Forum (2012)
Quicken Loans Arena (2016)
Charlotte Convention Center (2020)
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The Militant's Epic Militant CicLAvia Tour XXI!!
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The 21st iteration of CicLAvia (and the second one of 2017) brings us the first all-new alignment since the Southeast Cities route from May, 2016. Which means...it's time for another Militant Angeleno Epic CicLAvia Tour guide!
[cue fanfare music]
This time around, we're on the second route not served by Metro Rail (though it is Metrolink-accessible), and visit the Los Angeles community of Atwater Village and the Jewel City of Glendale. Even though this route is a mini-CicLAvia route of just a little over three miles, there's tons of historical and notable points of interest along this route, and in fact, The Militant had to pare down the list just so he doesn't stay up until 5 a.m. like he usually does when he does these posts (ya, really)! So, without any delay...let's get it started!
1. Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct
1928
Hyperion Avenue, Silver Lake/Atwater Village
This 400 foot-long concrete arch bridge links the community of Silver Lake in the south with Atwater Village in the north, traversing the Los Angeles River below. Designed by Merrill Butler, who also designed another iconic Los Angeles River bridge downstream, the Sixth Street Viaduct (R.I.P.), the bridge replaced an old 1910 wooden crossing that was severely damaged during a 1927 flood. The current bridge was built later that year and opened in September 1928, which was also dedicated to World War I veterans and honorarily dubbed "Victory Memorial." In 1988, the bridge appeared in the movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (and thus a smaller replica of the bridge was later built at Disney's California Adventure theme park in Anaheim, paying homage to the original Walt Disney Studios' neighborhood (located where the Gelson's supermarket stands today)). Recently, the bridge was Ground Zero in a 2013-2015 controversy over whether the eventual renovation of the bridge should be designed in a more bicycle/pedestrian-friendly manner vs. a more automobile-centric design.
The Militant visited this bridge in July of 2007 in a very early MA blog post.
2. Pacific Electric Bridge Abutments and Red Car Mural
1929 (dismantled 1955); 2004
Los Angeles River at Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village
If you follow The Militant, you should know by now that his legendary epic Pacific Electric Archaeology Map from 2015 features a set of seven concrete bridge abutments across the Los Angeles River as one of the remnant traces of Red Car infrastructure. A bridge once rested on these abutments from 1929 to 1955 that carried the beloved trolleys between Downtown Los Angeles to Burbank. In 2004, local Atwater Village muralist Rafael Escamilla painted a mural on one of the abutments, which faces Red Car River Park, which was part of the old trolley's right-of-way. The line continued up Glendale Blvd and on to Brand Blvd in Glendale, before veering west on Glenoaks Blvd to Burbank.
3. Black Eyed Peas Recording Studio
Opened 1996
3101 Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village
This nondescript brown two-story building on the corner of Glendale Blvd and Glenfeliz Ave features a recording studio (on the 2nd floor) owned by Los Angeles hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas. Their first few albums were recorded here, including this '90s-era jam. Though the group uses more high-end recording facilities around the world, and will.i.am now has his own home studio in his Los Feliz residence, the facility is still used by members of the band and their extended musical family.
4. G-Son Studios/Beastie Boys Recording Studio
Opened 1991
3208 1/2 Glendale Blvd, Atwater Village
The Peas aren't the only hip-hop influence on da AWV. Groundbreaking NY rap trio the Beastie Boys transplanted themselves to this part of Los Angeles during the 1990s (influenced by their producer and musical collaborator, the Los Angeles-raised Mario Caldato, Jr.) and recorded the albums, Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty here in this loft space, known as G-Son Studios, located above today's State Farm insurance office. The facility was also the headquarters of the Beasties' record label and magazine, Grand Royal. The studio was sold in 2006.
Oh yeah, R.I.P. MCA.
5. Atwater Village Redwood Tree
1964
Glendale Blvd median at Larga Ave., Atwater Village
You don't have to travel 203 miles to a national park in the Sierra Nevadas to see a redwood tree -- you can see one right here in Atwater Village during CicLAvia! This lone redwood was planted in the Glendale Blvd median by community members in 1964 and today stands at nearly 90 feet tall. Each December, the redwood is lighted by the Atwater Village Chamber of Commerce as a Christmas tree and the lighting ceremony has been an annual holiday community event for over 20 years.
6. Seeley's Furniture Building
1925/1946
1800 S. Brand Blvd, Glendale
Built in 1925 as a Spanish Baroque bank building by local architect Alfred Priest, the George Seeley Furniture Company took over the building in 1931, expanded it in 1939, and in 1946 got the Streamline Moderne make-over that remains today. The furniture store with the iconic large red neon sign was in operation until 1994, when the company closed for good. The building underwent an $8 million restoration and re-opened in 2012 as a collection of leased offices and artists' studios now known as Seeley Studios.
7. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale
1906
1712 S. Glendale Ave, Glendale
Past the world's largest wrought iron gates at the entrance is the original location of the Southern California cemetery chain and the final resting place of over 250,000 people, including the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Walt Disney (no, he was not frozen), Michael Jackson and someone you know. Forest Lawn was founded in 1906 by businessman Hubert Eaton, who wanted to re-invent the cemetery by doing away with large tombstones and emphasizing landscaping and art. He also innovated the industry with an on-site mortuary. The large white building at the top of the hill with the cross on top of it (changed to a star during the Christmas holiday season) houses a free museum with rotating exhibitions, as well as the world's largest framed canvas painting, the 195-foot long The Crucifixion, completed in 1896 by Polish artist Jan Styka, who brought it to the U.S. to be displayed at the St. Louis 1904 World's Fair. Too large to be transported back to Poland, it remained in the U.S. and was lost for years until Eaton bought it in 1944 and constructed the building to display it. The Militant once rode his bike here to pay his respects to a departed operative, but was told by security that bikes weren't allowed. He asked the security where in the Forest Lawn's policies were bikes not allowed (it does not appear in any signs in the park) and the security staff couldn't find it. So there.
8. Glendale Train Station
1924
400 W. Cerritos Ave, Glendale
Originally known as the Tropico depot (more on this later), this Spanish Colonial Revival station, designed by MacDonald & Cuchot and opened in 1924, was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, eventually serving Bay Area-bound trains such as the Daylight and the Lark. Amtrak took over train service in 1971. In 1982-1983, the Glendale station was a stop for the short-lived proto-commuter rail experiment known as CalTrain which ran from Los Angeles to Oxnard for all but 6 months. In 1989, the City of Glendale purchased the station from the Southern Pacific and in 1992, the station found real commuter service in the form of Metrolink, which serves Ventura County and the Antelope Valley. The station was renovated in 1999 and expanded to a multi-modal transportation center.
9. Tropico
1887
Glendale south of Chevy Chase Drive
The southwestern section of Glendale was once an independent town named Tropico. With fertile soil formed by the floodplains of the nearby Los Angeles River, the area was famous for its strawberry farms. It also grew a business district centered at San Fernando Road and Central Avenue (pictured left), and Forest Lawn Memorial Park was born as part of Tropico in 1906. The town became incorporated in 1911, but in 1917 its residents voted to be annexed to Glendale. Not much remains of any reference of Tropico, except for the Tropico Motel (401 W. Chevy Chase Dr) and the Tropico U.S. Post Office (120 E. Chevy Chase Dr).
10. Dinah's Fried Chicken
1967
4106 San Fernando Rd, Glendale
Just a couple blocks west of the CicLAvia route is Glendale's iconic Dinah's Fried Chicken, serving its popular boxes of fried chicken and gizzards since 1967. Established by a group of golfers, the Dinah's soft-of-chain operated a handful of restaurants around Southern California that were independently owned and operated but shared common recipes and branding (the Dinah's Family Restaurant in Culver City is the other remaining establishment). The 2006 motion picture, Little Miss Sunshine made Dinah's world-famous as their brightly-colored fried chicken buckets were featured in the film.
11. Chevy Chase Drive
c. 1920s
Chevy Chase Drive, Glendale
When The Militant was much younger (known as Lil'Mil), he used to wonder, when the family car drove through Glendale, why that guy from Saturday Night Live had a street named after him. It turns out the street was not named after the comedian born Cornelius Chase of Fletch and Clark Griswold fame (the name was apparently a nickname given to him by his grandmother), but after Scottish folklore, namely a story entitled The Ballad of Chevy Chase. The story refers to an apocryphal battle (the "chase") in the Cheviot Hills (no, not that Cheviot Hills) of Scotland (a.k.a. "Chevy") that thwarted off an invasion of the country. Why the Scottish reference? The Jewel City was developed in the 1880s by Leslie Coombs "L.C." Brand, a Scottish American businessman and real estate dude, whose name adorns the city's main street. And also, if it's noot Scottish, it's crap!
12. Riverdale Roundabout
2008
Riverdale Dr and Columbus Ave, Glendale
Since the last CicLAvia (Culver City meets Venice) in March featured a traffic circle, it's only fitting that you visit Glendale's only traffic circle, where Riverdale Drive intersects with Columbus Avenue, just a few short blocks west of the CicLAvia route. In 2008, Riverdale became Glendale's bike-friendly guinea pig, with the street re-configured with bike lanes to form an east-west corridor linking various parks within Glendale. So yes, you can visit this traffic circle via Glendale's existing bike infrastructure.
13. St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church
1926/1975
500 S. Central Ave, Glendale
Los Angeles might have Little Armenia, but Glendale has Big Armenia, with a population of 40% of all Glendalians being of Armenian descent. Though Glendale has had an Armenian community dating back to the 1920s, the majority of them arrived in the late 1970s, when the diasporic Armenian community in Lebanon fled that country during its civil war, and when Armenians in Iran likewise left when the Shah fell from power and the current Islamic fundamentalist regime took over. They settled in Glendale as it was close to the existing Armenian community in East Hollywood (now Little Armenia), yet more affordable to live. In the 1990s, another wave of Armenians arrived in Glendale, this time from the former Soviet republic of Armenia, after the dissolution of the USSR. The community established its first house of worship in a small building on Carlton Drive in 1975, and in 1988, the growing congregation took over the 1926 Colonial-style former First Church of Christ Scientist on Central Avenue. Although the St. Mary's wanted to build a dome on the structure in the 1990s to match the traditional church architecture of the motherland, the building's historic preservation status prevented them from doing it.
14. Glendale Galleria
1976
100 W. Broadway, Glendale
Built as a means to invigorate the Glendale economy and to fill a regional void for The Broadway department store between Panorama City and Pasadena (the local chain was one of the mall's development partners and the anchor tenant), the Glendale Galleria opened on October 14, 1976. And while its sister shopping center in Sherman Oaks laid claim as the, like, total epicenter of 1980s Valley Girl culture, the more alliterate Glendale Galleria went on to become the fourth largest shopping mall in Southern California and the first location for chains such as Panda Express, The Disney Store and The Apple Store. Designed by architect Jon Jerde, its layout and style became an archetype for indoor shopping malls across the country during the 1970s and 1980s. The mall was expanded with a new eastern wing across Central Ave in 1983 and underwent a 21st century facelift in 2012 in the wake of the opening of its next-door neighbor, The Americana at Brand.
The Militant may or many not have had his first date at this mall. In November 1992, during his first visit to California after winning the presidential election, then-president-elect Bill Clinton did some Holiday shopping at the Galleria with a crowd of over 30,000 to greet him (The Militant may or may not have been there, and may or may not have caught a glimpse of him in his limo as he left).
15. Max's Of Manila Restaurant/Cattleman's Ranch
1980
313 W. Broadway, Glendale
In addition to a large Armenian community, Glendale is also home to a notable Filipino immigrant population. This rustic-looking building is the first American location (opened 1980) of a major Philippine restaurant chain, specializing in Filipino-style fried chicken (sounds like a culinary theme for this CicLAvia...). If this building looks familiar, the facade is used as the setting for Louis Huang's Orlando restaurant Cattleman's Ranch in the hit ABC TV series, Fresh Off The Boat.
16. Security Trust and Savings Bank/Site of Glendale Pacific Electric Depot
1923
100 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale
The first "high-rise" (as in over two stories) building in Glendale was this Classical style six-story building on the northeast corner of Brand Blvd and Broadway, designed by Alfred Priest (who also designed the Seeley's Furniture building down the street). This was the home of the Security Trust and Savings Bank, which was a popular local bank chain in Southern California at the time. The bank took over the former First National Bank of Glendale (founded by L.C. Brand) in 1921 and eventually became Security Pacific Bank, and is now part of the Bank of America borg. Before the bank building was built, this was the site of the Glendale Pacific Electric depot, built in 1906 to serve the electric railway line that ran up and down Brand Boulevard. L.C. Brand sought the help of his friend and fellow real estate guy Henry Huntington to build his electric trolley line through Glendale to help sell property tracts and to spur development. The rest is history. You can say the place has Brand's brand all over it. This building has a historical marker placed by the city recognizing the bank building's history and the PE station that stood here prior to it.
17. The Alex Theatre
1925
216 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale
Designed by the architectural firm of Meyer & Holler (who also designed Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian theatres in Hollywood), The Alexander Theatre (named after Alexander Langley, of the Langley family that operated theatres around Southern California at the time) opened in 1925 as a venue for vaudeville entertainment, silent movies and staged plays. In 1939 the iconic facade and spire was built, designed by Lindley & Selkirk. The theatre also features a Wurlizer pipe organ, which was played by a live organist, which was the typical soundtrack for silent movies. The design of The Alex made it a popular location for world premieres of motion pictures, and from the 1940s to the 1980s, it existed as Glendale's premier movie palace. It was renovated in 1993 and is now owned by the City of Glendale for arts programming (The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra makes its seasonal home here) and special events.
18. Porto's Bakery
1982
315 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale
Three things are absolutely guaranteed at Sunday's CicLAvia: 1) Sunny skies; 2) Smiling faces; and 3) A seriously long-ass line in front of Porto's.
The legendary bakery was founded by the Porto family, who fled Fidel Castro's Cuba in the 1960s. The original location was actually in Silver Lake, on Sunset Boulevard and Silver Lake Drive (Los Angeles' Cuban community was once concentrated in the Echo Park-Silver Lake vicinity). In 1982, the family moved the bakery to Glendale where they actually did it and became legends. After over 45 years in business, Porto's sells 1.5 million cheese rolls and about 600,000 potato balls each month, and a little Yelp hype last year didn't hurt either. Porto's now boasts locations in Burbank, Downey, Buena Park and soon in West Covfeve Covina. Soon, places outside of Southern California will be clamoring to have a Porto's in their town, and numerous Porto's imitators will open up, each with lookalike beige, brown and yellow boxes, boasting that they're better than the original. It's good that this CicLAvia route is only three miles, so you can enjoy the route in its entirety while spending most of your day in the Porto's line.
19. Glendale Federal Savings Building
1959
401 N. Brand Blvd, Glendale
All you Mid-Century Modern fetishists, prepare to have an archigasm at CicLAvia! This quirky 10-story building, originally the home of Glendale Federal Savings, was designed by Peruvian-born architect W.A. Sarmiento, who made some bank out of drawing up bank buildings. But this was his most well-known structure, recognized by the Los Angeles Conservancy, which features an external elevator bank. Glendale Federal merged with California Federal in 1998, and today it's part of Citi Bank. The building is now home to the Hollywood Production Center (despite not actually being in Hollywood).
20. Vierendeel Truss Bridges
1937-1938
Verdugo Wash at Geneva Street, Glendale
Verdugo Wash at Glenoaks Blvd, Glendale
Verdugo Wash at Kenilworth Ave, Glendale
We began our Epic CicLAvia Tour with a bridge, so it's appropo that we end it with a bridge. Verdugo Wash, a 9 1/2-mile tributary of the Los Angeles River, runs south from La Crescenta paralleling the 2 Freeway, and west paralleling the 134 Freeway, where it flows in to the river near the Los Angeles Zoo area. As a part of President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration program, the War Department's U.S. Engineers (the predecessor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) built a series of eight steel bridges (using local steel manufactured by Consolidated Steel Corp. of Los Angeles) traversing Verdugo Wash, all in the Vierendeel Truss design, which was invented in 1896 by Belgian engineer Arthur Vierendeel. Unlike standard truss bridges, there are no diagonal members. Glendale is the home of the only Vierendeel Truss Bridges in the United States, the first of which was built at the Verdugo Wash's Central Avenue crossing. Brand Boulevard had a twin bridge, which had a separate girder bridge for the Pacific Electric in the middle. In the mid-1980s, all but three of the bridges (at Geneva Street, Glenoaks Avenue and Kenilworth Avenue) were torn down by the City of Glendale and replaced with boring concrete bridges (You can say that Glendale had some truss issues). Today you can admire the last remaining Vierendeel Truss bridges in America.
The Militant wants to raise a fist and give massive props to the Tropico Station Glendale blog, which provided an additional source of research info for this post! Happy CicLAvia on Sunday, and see you or not see you on the streets!
Source: http://militantangeleno.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-militants-epic-militant-ciclavia.html
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