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“I can’t quite understand why we call it ‘Square.’ Maybe we should rename it ‘Madison Round Garden.’”
Eric L. Adams
110th Mayor of New York City
February 7, 2023
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New York Post The fourth and current Madison Square Garden under construction. Saturday is the fifty-fifth anniversary of its opening. |
Hizzoner’s comment yesterday about MSG is real, sadly. It sounds like something out of a Seinfeld script, but the chief executive of our city, allegedly a lifelong resident too, is unaware of the World’s Most Famous Arena’s commonly known history. For those not from the area, the original MSG (circa 1880) was situated at Madison Square Park, itself a block from Masonic Hall. The second one was there too until about a hundred years ago. The current venue is the fourth landmark to have the name, despite its location about a mile from the park.
Anyway, his remark reminds me of the obvious line from the Fellow Craft Degree.
1 comment:
And most of f the “squares” are created by 2 streets crossing at non 90 degree angles. Besides Madison Square, you get things like the Flatiron building, and also next to Madison Square, Worth Square named for William J Worth a Mason from Hudson, NY who is entombed in the monument on the square.,
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