Madison Square Park
- Address: 5th Ave
- Vicinity: E 23rd, E26th and Madison Ave
- Neighborhood of Flatiron District in Manhattan NYC
- Nabe of Madison Square in Flatiron District
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Work | Type | Creator | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral David Farragut (statue) | Sculpture |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1881/05/30 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | Sculptor | Saint-Gaudens' statue of Admiral David Farragut is unveiled on Memorial Day 1881 in New York's Madison Square. It wins Saint-Gaudens instant fame for its naturalistic depiction of the admiral standing as if on deck. | Admiral David Farragut (statue) | ||
| 1882/00/00 | The arm and torch of "Liberty Enlightening the World" are exhibited as a fundraising effort in Madison Square from 1876 to 1882. | Liberty Enlightening the World (sculpture) | ||||
| 1893/11/18 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens | Sculptor | Commissioned by architect Stanford White as a weather vane, a second version of "Diana" by Saint-Gaudens is installed at the top of the tower at Madison Square Garden (lost). | Diana (Madison Square Garden) | ||
| 1899/12/31 | Stanford White | White decorates Madison Square Park with 3,000 Japanese paper lanterns. White's apt was in Madison Square Garden's 300-foot tower (26th St). Based on the Giralda of Seville, it was topped by a 18-ft gilded statue of a nude Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. | Diana (Madison Square Garden) | |||
| 2004/06/12 | Shake Shack opens as a permanent food kiosk in the Madison Square Park. Topped with a tangy, secret-recipe ShackSauce, Danny Meyer grinds prime cuts of whole muscle, rather than scraps in making his ShackBurger. | Hamburger |
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