Some more Old Yankee Stadium pics

[guspech750]

Well. Its gone. Too bad so sad. Another great ball park has left. At least I had the great opportunity to have seen a game there with my dad who is a Yankees fan and had never been there until I took him there in 2008 to see the White Sox and Yankees. Now I guess I will have to take him to the new Yankee Stadium.

I found these on a baseball forum I visit. The pictures were taken 10-24-10..



And now, so do you... let's begin with a view from the 161st Street subway station...

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Looking down the on-field pedestrian walkway towards home plate and Metro-North... the walkway was closed, so I shot this through the fence...

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From the new Macombs Dam Park, a look down the on-field pedestrian walkway leading from the Ruppert Place Garage towards the walkway that takes you to the present stadium and Metro-North...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1345/5112379873_dd35b16560_z.jpg


Street-level view of the classic South Bronx skyline...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1416/5112989854_82a34c69e4_z.jpg


Here's something you don't see every day... an MTA worker carrying a big flag along the tracks of the #4 line... photo taken at River Avenue and 157th Street, you're looking towards Gate 6...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1062/5112403515_ebd00bc652_z.jpg


The famous mural on the wall of the bowling alley now serves as a backdrop for a playground instead of a valet parking lot...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1333/5112409933_cc2305c551_z.jpg


One of the three flagpoles outside Gate 2 still stands... maybe we can start a campaign to save it...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1163/5113028154_dbfb2a3443_z.jpg


Along the blue construction fences, there are a few diamond-shaped windows, so people can now gaze upon hallowed ground (and view the progress of Heritage Field)... this specific window is at the corner of River Avenue and 161st Street...

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[Blackened300a]

Those diamond shaped concrete pillars are the new light poles, they are using this special type of wind proof pole that requires a precision $10K level to install. I know this because I brought them personally to the site. We were joking that the lights will probably end up in one of the locals backyard for a BBQ. :D

Heres a view from inside the fence.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs416.ash2/69457_446386505674_790625674_5 214343_7892954_n.jpg

[SpartaPerformance]

I'm gonna miss the old stadium. :(

[Vortex]

Yankees :argh:

[Egon Spengler]

I saw a Yankees vs Red Sox game there two days before 9/11/01. I was rooting for the Sox of course. They lost though... DAMN YANKEES!

[CBT]

So at the risk of sounding stupid, they have a new stadium already?

[guspech750]

So at the risk of sounding stupid, they have a new stadium already?
Two years old and won the World Series in the first year of the new stadium last year.


And dont worry. You dont sound stupid beacause you are stupid.......stupid...:)

[CBT]

Two years old and won the World Series in the first year of the new stadium last year.


And dont worry. You dont sound stupid beacause you are stupid.......stupid...:)

Status of spellcheck: Stupid.

[guspech750]

Status of spellcheck: Stupid.
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[yjmud]

just need to get rid of wrigley and fenway to complete

[CBT]

just need to get rid of wrigley and fenway to complete

:mad2:......how dare you, sir......:mad2:

[yjmud]

:mad2:......how dare you, sir......:mad2:
just kidding
the old ballparks have so much more feel to them

[Blackened300a]

just kidding
the old ballparks have so much more feel to them

Yeah I feel it in my back after sitting 3 hours on a plastic seat. :rolleyes: