Madison Square Garden Towers

Madison Square Garden
Towers I & II
General information
Status	vision
Type	Residential
Location	Madison Square Garden New York City, New York United States
Coordinates	40.752°N 73.993°W / 40.752; -73.993
Height
Roof	Tower I 1,400 ft (426.7 m) Tower II 1,400 ft (426.7 m)
Technical details
Floor count	112
Floor area	1,400,000 square feet (130,100 m^2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Main contractor	Vornado Realty Trust

The Madison Square Garden Towers were the name of proposed twin 1,400 ft-tall (427 m) residential skyscrapers that were to be constructed north of Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The project featured a complex of seven buildings, including a stadium and a new Penn Station. The cost of the project was US$14 billion. The architects Norman Foster and David Childs, and the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill were designing the project.^[1] The owners were Stephen Ross of Related Cos. and Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust. The towers would have risen to be two of the tallest structures in the Midtown Manhattan skyline, with one rising higher than the Empire State Building, currently one of New York's tallest buildings at 1,250 feet (381 m) and would also have been higher than the roof, though not the spire, of One World Trade Center. The towers are essentially canceled as Madison Square Garden went ahead with renovations of the current arena, rather than a relocation that would have made the towers possible.^[2][3]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in New York City

References

1. Frangos, Alex; Forsyth, Jennifer S. (July 19, 2007). "Madison Square Garden Gets Architects for New Arena Design". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
2. "Madison Square Garden Towers I". Skyscraperpage.
3. Cacciola, Scott (June 17, 2010). "Three-Year, $775 Million Project is Designed to Give an Old and Iconic Building a Brand New Look". The Wall Street Journal.