Posts Tagged ‘Yankee Stadium’
Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds – Sightseeing on the Circle Line
A different view from the river of the NY Giants building
Read MoreThe Polo Grounds, Coogan’s Bluff, and the Brush Memorial Stairway
The Polo Grounds was located in Harlem, New York, at 157th Street and 8th Avenue. Various incarnations of ballparks at that location were home to three different major league teams: the National League New York Giants from 1891 to 1957, the New York Yankees from 1913 to 1922, and the New York Mets in 1962…
Read MoreI Still Can’t Believe They Tore Down Old Yankee Stadium
Old Yankee Stadium was the home of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008. It was located at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, across 161st Street from the new Yankee Stadium. The stadium was renovated extensively during the 1970s. For some fans, the true “old Yankee Stadium” is the one that…
Read MoreStill Hard to Fathom
Just about every day I visit demolitionofyankeestadium.com to view the amazing pictures posted there documenting the destruction of an American icon. The latest pictures show only a small portion of the original stadium structure remaining. As a fan of the game I still cannot believe that the City of New York has failed to retain…
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