Friday, April 24, 2009

A Plea To Save Part Of The Old (Renovated) Yankee Stadium



This is something that all NSI readers should check out. The website "Yankee Stadium Memorial At Heritage Park," has been created to help convince the Yankee organization to keep a part of the old, renovated Yankee Stadium as a memorial. We were under the impression this was already in the plans, but apparently it isn't, since a website has been dedicated to the cause.

All they are asking for is part of the frieze and the old Gate 2 to stay. Can anyone think of any reason this is not a great idea? The renderings look great, and it will make "Heritage Field" even more special. More about their plans, and more photos courtesy of the Yankee Stadium Memorial At Heritage Park website if you
In addition to being a dramatic entranceway to the new Heritage Park, the Gate's fortuitous position on 161st Street, directly across from the new Stadium, would serve as a dramatic physical and visual transition from the old Stadium to the new.

The Gate could be lighted from both the front and from "inside" creating a stunning nighttime effect.

Additionally, some of the existing Frieze could be incorporated, as shown, to create an even
more dramatic effect.






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This is a great idea, something like this is planned for old Tiger Stadium in Detroit. That project is a little more extensive, and work is being done to secure funding for it.
The problem might be as simple as this; the community and leadership in the Bronx may just want their fields and parks restored as quickly as possible and without any additional things that could potentially delay or add cost to the process. I won't pretend to have followed the local reaction/politics around the new Stadium and surrounding area extremely closely, but there are probably a decent amount of people that have had enough.
This is a great idea. I really hope there is someone out there with power who will listen.

Not that this will do much, but I will post something about this tomorrow on my site. It would be great if all the Yankee bloggers out there got behind this. It might actually help.
Genius idea. Me and my boys were talking about possibly going up there to play some baseball, so preserving Gate 2 would be a cool touch to Heritage Field. Something about this is definitely going on my blog today.

Unfortunately, the Yankees have become MLB's Knicks by failing to properly recognizing their illustrious past so I wouldn't be surprised if this gets squashed quickly. But I'd definitely support this movement.
There's something wrong with http://www.savetheyankeegate2.com/, it won't load.

Did they give up already?
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Haha. It was working last night.
Great idea
What a truly great idea. I would love to see this happen. Knowing the Yankees' organization, I wouldn't bet money on it, but this is a great plan.
Since Bloomberg is running for re-election and keeps interupting every game with 1,000 commercials on both radio and TV, he should be contacted and he should and could make this happen!

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