MadParkNews.com, covering New York City's Madison Square Park & Flatiron

Apparently Madison Square Park is the site of post -alien devastation in a new video game called Crysis 2, according to GameSpot. “You awaken in a shallow pond in Madison Square Park amidst colossal piles of rubble and destroyed infrastructure.”

Ironically, one piece of New York City debris that finds itself in Madison Square Park is the Statue of Liberty torch, which was first showcased in the park in 1876. (See photo pictured right)

Check out this street scene filmed by the Flatiron building in 1903. What’s interesting is you can get a feel for daily life in the neighborhood, what people wore, the streetcars and horse-drawn carriages, etc. Very cool footage: Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it Tell a friend Related Posts:Graffiti artists spray paint the Flatiron building, [...]

If you ever wanted a closer look at the financials behind a public park, with thorough reference to our own Madison Square Park, check out the article “The High Cost of Free Parks” in the summer issue of Next American City.

If you have ever been curious to see the statues on top of the Flatiron building, here’s your chance.

Click the image to expand it and you will see the two statues at the top of the Flatiron (plus the Gormley, who leaves next week)

[empire state] A tree from Madison Square Park hangs over the top of the Empire State Building on Monday Feb 22nd, 2010.

The blue and green colors tonight are apparently for “International Corporate Philanthropy Day”. Check out http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_lightingschedule.cfm to see the schedule of Empire State Building colors and what they represent.

For the history enthusiasts in the neighborhood , CTmonuments.net has done a thorough job this week covering the history behind all of the monuments in Madison Square Park. You Can read more here.

Every Sunday at 11am, the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership hosts free 90-minute walking tours of the Flatiron District To learn more go to: http://www.flatironbid.org/tour.html

Can’t make the tour? You can download and print a self-guided tour at http://www.flatironbid.org/documents/Walking_Tour_Brochure_small.pdf