Here's more Eitan Gavis and Larry Mcshane (hat-tip to Demolition of Yankee Stadium dot com):
Despite the opposition of baseball romantics and some Bronx residents, the city plans to dismantle the classic Gate 2 from the old Yankee Stadium.
"I think saving it is a good idea," Sandra Mullen, 33, of the Bronx, said of the majestic entrance opposite the new Yankee Stadium.
"I like the old stadium from when I was a child. The new one is beautiful, but the old one was a classic."
Boosters of the effort to save Gate 2 want it incorporated as the front door to the new Heritage Park, a 10-acre park slated to fill the footprint of the House That Ruth Built.
They've established a pro-Gate 2 Web site, featuring a 2-1/2-minute video presentation with their vision of the structure as a gateway to the new park.
Critics of the plan say Gate 2 is undeserving of rescue. Stabilizing and restoring the gate would cost $10 million, they say.
The "historic" gate was significantly changed when the Stadium was renovated in the mid-1970s, they note.
The Parks Department said there are plans to use other aspects of the old stadium - at least those pieces not peddled as pricey collectibles.
The famous bat that stands behind the old home plate entrance will stay at the new park, along with sections of Yankee Stadium's historic frieze.
Saving a redone frieze and a rusty old chimney (The Bat) is not enough, not to this Yankees fan.
6 Comments:
A long time ago I proposed using the seats and bleachers from the old stadium at the new baseball and soccer fields and leaving the original infield intact where ever it may be on the new site. I know people want the structure but to me its about the feel.
Thinking about it.. watching your kids grow up, excel in sports on the same field where Ruth, Mantle, Joe D, Lou, Jeter, Mo, Bernie, Tino, Munson, Murcer, Jackson, Pinella, Dent, Arod, Boggs, Mattingly played, looking out beyond the field and seeing the new home of your favorite team, then in comes full circle when you remember you are sitting in the original seats from the original stadium..to me that would just be perfect.
That would be great too. I'm just pissed because it seems like they choosing to do neither.
Its a shame, it was a historic building, you think the city would want to keep something to mark the land, leaving the dugouts intact would have been cool too.
If it’s a $$$ issue, why not the Yankees foot the bill? That is unless they don’t give two s**** about the fans. Its not like they don’t have the money!!!
Its about money for both sides. The Yankees also have to be careful since the used funds for the city to build the new stadium, if they come up with 10 million to preserve the gate, City legislature is going to ask questions about it and it can be a toppling effect from there. There are plenty low cost things that can be done to preserve pieces of the original stadium.
There's a few good idea's in the above posts about seating from the old stadium, leaving the infield where it was, on another site I saw someone propose the idea of using the frieze as OF fences at the part.
The city is just reluctant b/c they don't want or need to spend more money, and they want as much park space as possible.
10 million is a bullshit number designed to scare off any support!
The structure stands and some steel support (taken from the existing stadium) is used to brace the dstructure. How does this cost 10 million dollars? It's pure bullshit.
My number is 1 million, $200,000 for the labor and $800,000 to pay off the ass hole politicians
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