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The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau occupied 2 Columbus Circle from 1980 to 1998, when the city government offered up the building for redevelopment. Following a controversy over the building's proposed renovation in the early 2000s, MAD renovated the building from 2005 to 2008.
The new location at 2 Columbus Circle, with more than 54,000 square feet (5,000 m 2), more than tripled the size of the museum's former space.It includes four floors of exhibition galleries for works by established and emerging artists; a 150-seat auditorium in which the museum plans to feature lectures, films, and performances; and a restaurant.
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority's chairman, Robert Moses, first envisioned a convention center for New York City in 1944. [9] Separately, in 1946, the Madison Square Garden Corporation proposed building a large sports arena along the western edge of Columbus Circle between 58th and 60th Streets, supplementing the existing Madison Square Garden (MSG) ten blocks south. [10]
Columbus Circle is the traditional municipal zero-mile point from which all official city distances are measured, [67] although Google Maps uses New York City Hall for this purpose. [136] For decades, Hagstrom sold maps that showed the areas within 25 miles (40 km) [ 137 ] or 75 miles (121 km) from Columbus Circle.
During World War II, an M4 Sherman tank was displayed alongside the plaza's Sherman statue, [156] but NYC Parks commissioner Robert Moses forced the tanks to be relocated to Columbus Circle after he objected to the tanks, which were being used as advertisements. [157]
Reisenweber's Cafe, also known as Reisenweber's Restaurant [1] or simply Reisenweber's, [2] was a restaurant, nightclub, and hotel in Columbus Circle, Manhattan, on the intersection of Eighth Ave and 58th Street, [3] from 1856/7 to 1922.
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The Columbus Monument is a 76-foot (23 m) column in the center of Columbus Circle in New York City honoring the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who first made an expedition to the New World in 1492. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo in 1892. [2]