Madison Square Garden

A short walk from the hotel is the Madison Square Garden the temple of entertainment. The first one opened in 1879 at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 26th street. This was were most of the famous fights of boxing legend Jack Dempsey took place. The second Madison Square Garden, replacing the first one in 1889 was designed by Stanford White. It featured a concert hall, theater, concert hall and roof garden. The building had a prominent tower built after the Giralda tower in Sevilla, topped by a nude statue of of the goddess Diana. In 1925 the building was demolished and the Madison Square garden moved to 8th Avenue and 49th streets. The current Madison Square garden is located at Penn Station. (between 31st and 33rd streets, 7th and 8th avenues) just three city blocks from the Wyndham Garden Midtown.