Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nzvimbo mbiri dzinonzi Madison Square Garden dzaiva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yacho, Bindu rokutanga kubva muna 1879 kusvika muna 1890, uye Bindu rechipiri
kubva muna 1890 kusvika muna 1925. Yokutanga, yairenda kuna P. T. Barnum, yakanga isina denga uye yakanga isina kukodzera kushandiswa mumamiriro okunze akaipa, naizvozvo yakaputswa pashure pamakore 11. Yechipiri yakagadzirwa nomugadziri wedzimba akakurumbira Stanford White. Chivako chitsva chakavakwa nesangano raibatanidza J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, P. T. Barnum, Darius Mills, James Stillman naW. W. Astor. White akavapa chimiro cheBeaux-Arts chine kunzwa kwechiMoorish, kusanganisira shongwe yakafanana neminari yakaenzaniswa neGiralda, shongwe yekuridza bhero yeCathedral yeSeville <unk> inokwira nhurikidzwa makumi matatu nembiri <unk> chivako chechipiri pakureba muguta panguva iyoyo <unk> chinotonga Madison Square Park. Yakanga iri na, uye horo huru, iyo yakanga iri huru zvikurusa munyika, yakayerwa na, ine zvigaro zvechigarire nokuda kwavanhu 8.000 uye nzvimbo yepasi yezviuru zvevamwe. Yaiva neimba yemitambo ine zvigaro 1 200, imba yemakonzati ine chinzvimbo che 1 500, resitorendi huru zvikurusa muguta, uye cabaret yomumunda uri padenga reimba. Chivako chacho chakatora mari inosvika mamiriyoni matatu emadhora. Madison Square Garden II yakanga isina kubudirira seGarden yokutanga, uye New York Life Insurance Company, iyo yakabata chikwereti pairi, yakasarudza kuiputsa muna 1925 kuti iite nzvimbo yeimba huru itsva, iyo yaizova chiratidzo cheCass Gilbert-yakagadzirwa neNew York Life Building.