The Madison Square Garden Towers were twin 1400 ft (427 m)-tall residential skyscraper

Skyscraper

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s proposed for construction north of Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...

 in Midtown Manhattan

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, New York City

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. The project features a complex of seven buildings, including a stadium and a new Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (New York City)

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. The cost of the project is USD

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$ 14 billion. The architects Norman Foster, David Childs

David Childs

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, and the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

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 are designing the project. The owners are Stephen Ross of Related Cos. and Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust

Vornado Realty Trust

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. The towers would rise as two of the tallest structures in the Midtown Manhattan skyline, with one rising higher than the Empire State Building, currently New York's tallest building at 1,250 feet (381 m) and would also be higher than the roof, though not the spire, of One World Trade Center. The towers are essentially canceled as Madison Square
Garden is going ahead with renovations of the current arena, rather than a relocation that would have made the towers possible.