Comments on: All Aboard For an Excursion to Madison Square Garden, and the National Horse Show!

By: Lee Winson

Lee Winson — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:30:22 +0000

In reply to Emily.

The archives of the New York Times for that period of time should be accessible by anyone.

“THAW MURDERS STANFORD WHITE — shoots him on the Madison Square Garden Roof”. –NYT 6/26/1906

for full article see:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D0DE7DA1E3EE733A25755C2A9609C946797D6CF

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:58:57 +0000

It was funny. When they talked about Penn Station during the PBS documentary, someone described its replacement as “really a disgusting rabbit warren.” While I agree that the loss of Penn Station was lamentable, I was struck that they didn’t interview Marv Albert or Sam Rosen or someone else who could’ve said, “It’s not all bad.” When a beloved building is destroyed, the best thing that we can do is to make new memories in the building that replaces it.

By: Al Cyone

Al Cyone — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:47:57 +0000

In reply to Michael Napolitano. I, too, remember going to the third incarnation of MSG to see the circus and the rodeo.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:16:48 +0000

In reply to Jeffrey Morris. Haha, I had heard about his murder, but I didn't know it actually happened there!

By: Jeffrey Morris

Jeffrey Morris — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:57:31 +0000

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention the second MSG’s greatest claim to infamy: the murder of Stanford White on its rooftop in 1906 by millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw over White’s affair with his wife, actress Evelyn Nesbit. Doesn’t quite match the infamy of the present MSG for its destruction of Penn Station, but it’s a juicy bit of history.

By: Michael Napolitano

Michael Napolitano — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:54:21 +0000

The third Madison Square Garden is the one I was most familiar with. Saw many Knicks and Rangers games there between, say, 1955 -1965, as well as circuses, rodeos, and even a six-day bicycle race!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:32:17 +0000

In reply to hfree520. That is pretty awesome! Thanks!

By: hfree520

hfree520 — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:23:23 +0000

For some added information, the painting depicted on the Excursion flyer is “The Horse Fair” by Rosa Bonheur. The painting was first exhibited in Paris in 1853 and is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a gift to the museum from Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1887.