• The Grounds Of Old Yankee Stadium, April 3, 2011

    Posted by on April 3rd, 2011 · Comments (4)

    If you stand on the southwest corner of River Avenue and 161st Street, at the site of the old Yankee Stadium, there’s a viewing hole in the contruction site fence. And, looking in, today, this is what I saw, below.

    Pretty cool, with the old “bat” in the background.

    Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image.

    Inside Grounds @ Old Yankee Stadium 4-3-11

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    Comments on The Grounds Of Old Yankee Stadium, April 3, 2011

    1. Raf
      April 4th, 2011 | 9:43 am

      I don’t remember the plans, were they supposed to put 2 diamonds there? It’s odd, at least to me, that they wouldn’t or didn’t use the footprint of the original diamond. Would’ve been a nice touch.
    2. MJ Recanati
      April 4th, 2011 | 12:10 pm

      @ Steve Lombardi:
      Awesome photo.

      Raf wrote:

      I don’t remember the plans, were they supposed to put 2 diamonds there? It’s odd, at least to me, that they wouldn’t or didn’t use the footprint of the original diamond. Would’ve been a nice touch.

      I’ve found that a lot of things which would seem to make sense don’t ever occur to either the New York Yankees or City Hall. Both are run by rich nitwits.
    3. Brent
      April 4th, 2011 | 12:28 pm

      Raf wrote:

      I don’t remember the plans, were they supposed to put 2 diamonds there? It’s odd, at least to me, that they wouldn’t or didn’t use the footprint of the original diamond. Would’ve been a nice touch.

      It’s hard to see from the picture, but standing on top of the garage that used to be across from the old Stadium, I saw three diamonds being created with the proper outlines with one more possibly being made (hard to tell). There was also a rectangular patch nearest to the garage. I have no idea what that is being used for.
    4. Steve Lombardi
      April 8th, 2011 | 10:25 am

      There are two fields there:

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkatcher/5600684430/

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