Explore Gilded Age New York Around Madison Square

Explore the streets around Madison Square to trace New York’s Gilded Age, from department stores and Fifth Avenue architecture to the Tenderloin district across Broadway. Use historic images to understand how the neighborhood changed in just a few decades.

• Explore Madison Square’s Gilded Age shops, theaters, hotels, and museums
• See department store architecture from a new building type of the era
• Cross Broadway into the Tenderloin, where the Garment District is today
• Learn how saloons, brothels, and gambling halls shaped local culture
• Compare shifts between Fifth Avenue elegance and nearby nightlife streets
• Follow layers of change from farmland to residential to commercial buildings