Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ebe abụọ a na-akpọ Madison Square Garden dị n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ogige ahụ, Ogige mbụ site na 1879 ruo 1890, na
Ogige nke abụọ site na 1890 ruo 1925. Nke mbụ, bụ́ nke P. T. Barnum gbazitere, enweghị ụlọ, ọ dịghịkwa mma iji ya eme ihe n'oge ihu igwe na-adịghị mma, n'ihi ya, e bibiri ya mgbe afọ 11 gasịrị. Ọ bụ onye a ma ama na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ bụ́ Stanford White mere nke abụọ. Ụlọ ọhụrụ ahụ bụ ụlọ ọrụ nke gụnyere J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, P. T. Barnum, Darius Mills, James Stillman na WW Astor. White nyere ha ihe owuwu nke Beaux-Arts nwere mmetụta Moorish, gụnyere ụlọ elu yiri ụlọ elu nke Giralda, ụlọ elu mgbịrịgba nke Katidral nke Seville <unk> na-arị elu 32 akụkọ <unk> ụlọ nke abụọ kachasị elu n'obodo ahụ n'oge ahụ <unk> na-achịkwa Madison Square Park. Ọ bụ site na, na nnukwu ụlọ nzukọ, nke bụ nke kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa, tụrụ site na, nwere oche na-adịgide adịgide maka mmadụ 8,000 na ala maka ọtụtụ puku ndị ọzọ. O nwere ebe ihe nkiri nwere ike ịba otu puku mmadụ na narị mmadụ abụọ, ụlọ mgbakọ nwere ike ịba otu puku mmadụ na narị mmadụ ise, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ kasị ukwuu n'obodo ahụ, na ebe a na-eme oriri na nkwari n'elu ụlọ. Ụlọ ahụ ruru nde $3. Madison Square Garden nke Abụọ enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma dị ka Ogige nke mbụ, na New York Life Insurance Company, nke jidere ego mgbazinye ego na ya, kpebiri ịkwatu ya na 1925 iji mee ka ụlọ ọhụrụ nke isi ụlọ ọrụ, nke ga-aghọ akara ngosi Cass Gilbert-e wuru New York Life Building.