Madison Square Garden – the quick Sliver

11.14.14 MSG, Wrong By Three

November 14, 2014 Mike Keeler

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This is the odd history of the famous thing with the name that’s wrong, three times over. The story begins pretty dreadfully, in New York City in the 1700’s. At the north end of the city, there is a swamp which is being used as a potter’s field. As the…

9.2.11 Slamming Mohawk Iron

September 2, 2011 Mike Keeler

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As the new World Trade Center rises in lower Manhattan, one group of workers has a special interest in the project. In 1886, a steel bridge was built across St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The site of the bridge happened to be adjacent to a Mohawk reservation. Many natives went…

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