Sunday, March 14, 2010

Anniversary Vigil and Tribute at Old Yankee Stadium - 4/18/2010

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Anniversary Vigil & Tribute
at
Old Yankee Stadium
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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Twelve Noon
at
Old Babe Ruth Plaza
Outside Old Yankee Stadium
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On April 18, 1923, the New York Yankees opened the majestic gates of Old Yankee Stadium for the very first time. In true Ruthian fashion, the Babe, "baptized the stadium with a savage home run", propelling the team to not only a Opening Day victory over the rival Red Sox, but also to the franchise's first World Championship season. The Yankees ultimately became the greatest sports franchise in history, and "The House that Ruth Built" the greatest stadium in American history. Indeed, so stunningly and immediately magnificent and important was the Stadium that it was immediately compared by writers around the world to the Roman Coliseum, and Pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the likes of which had not been built in over two millennia.
In honor of The Stadium's 87th Anniversary, its preeminent place in history, and in tribute to all the greats and great events that have graced its hallowed ground, the Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium & HistoryOfTheYankees.com will be participating in an
Anniversary Vigil & Tribute to Old Yankee Stadium
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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Twelve Noon at old Babe Ruth Plaza
Prior to 1:05 Yankees Game
at New Yankee Stadium
We hope to see you there!
Attendees are Encouraged to Bring Flowers and Other Tributes to Leave at the Stadium Site as a Final Farewell.
Commemorative Speeches & Music are Welcomed.
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For Previous Media Releases, Stories & Related Videos, Please See:
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For Further Information, Please contact:
Brad Turnow
(516) 523-4749
(631) 874-5754
and/or
Tim Reid
Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium
(754) 368-1295
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The Committee to Commemorate to Old Yankee Stadium has the following four (4) urgent missions:
1) To Assure the new park site at "OLD YANKEE STADIOUM PARK" is "world-class", as the City has promised it will be, properly commemorating the history of Old Yankee Stadium. This urgently includes, among other commememorations, preservation of Old Yankee Stadium Gate 2 as a permanent commemorative feature at Old Yankee Stadium Park. To achieve this, we have worked extensively with the City of New York, and proposed the SAVE THE GATE COMMEMORATIVE BRICK DRIVE and VOLUNTEER WORKER PROGRAM.
2) To name the new park site of Old Yankee Stadium "OLD YANKEE STADIUM PARK", a majestically unique and infinitely more appealing, accurate, and appropriate name than "Heritage Field". The currently proposed name has been widely criticized by Baseball, historical and architectural experts (as well as legions of informed fans and concerned citizens) as grossly common, bland, ambiguous, and terribly disconnected from the site's preeminent role in New York history, including its internationally unmatched history in Baseball. (Indeed, there are many dozens of Heritage Parks and Fields across the country, including the Cleveland Indians "Heritage Park" - right in the AL East!!!)
3) To name the baseball field in Old Yankee Stadium Park, "BABE RUTH MEMORIAL FIELD" in tribute to the most renowned player and icon in Baseball history, and to replace the original "BABE RUTH MEMORIAL FIELD" which was destroyed to make room for new Yankee Stadium. (BABE RUTH MEMORIAL FIELD was intended to be a "permanent" tribute to Babe Ruth's immortal and unparalleled contributions to the City of New York. It's destruction, along with the destruction of "The House That Ruth Built", leaves the City devoid of any public tribute to America's greatest and most beloved sports figure.
4) Application to the U.S. Department of Interior for long-overdue National Landmark status for the site of Old Yankee Stadium, which will provide even further (stimulus and historic preservation) funds available to the City of New York for the preservation of Gate 2 and complete commemoration of "Old Yankee Stadium Park."
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Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium - Save Gate 2!

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Saturday, March 6, 2010

NEW Gate 2 Alternate Plan

New Gate 2 Alternate Plan













The Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium, and HistoryOfTheYankees.com would like to present Gate 2 – Alternate Plan to Mayor Bloomberg, the New York Yankees, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the Design Commission of the City of New York, worldwide fans of baseball, fans of American history and culture, residents of New York City, and especially residents of the Borough of the Bronx.


Our Committee and organizations would like to present a plan which will honor the history of the site of old Yankee Stadium at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. The lowest section of Gate 2 (which begins at street level and rises approximately seventeen feet) is the original section of the historic Gate (the width is sixty-six feet). Completed in 1923, it consists of the same five entrances that were in place and at the same location when Yankee Stadium celebrated its first Opening Day on April 18 of that year. The Gate would assume its current height of seventy-five feet when the leftfield grandstand was extended in 1928.


The top of the original Gate can be seen as the line or seam running horizontally a few feet below the bottom of the cathedral windows. It is at this point that we propose the Gate be saved preserved by separating it from the upper section. For cosmetic and aesthetic reasons, we propose that the three balconies, located near the bottom of the cathedral windows be saved as well, and be attached to the lower section (aerial photographs, taken eighty years apart, show Gate 2 as unaltered…three photographs enclosed).


To provide a clearer perspective, it should be noted that the section designated for preservation, is only a few feet taller than the blue plywood construction wall currently in place in front of Gate 2.


Ladies and Gentleman, every World-Class Park deserves a World-Class entrance, and the lowest/street level section of Gate 2 is perfect; and with its smaller dimensions, structural support would be minimal or completely unnecessary; and the Park could continue to be developed while Gate 2 is made ready to once again allow fans and families into this historic piece of world history, American history, baseball history, New York history, and Bronx history.


*Another option would be the preservation of a portion of the exterior wall/facade, which runs from Gate 2 to Gate 6, and dates to the original (1923) Stadium (the left field extension to 1928; the right field extension to 1937)…or even the “replacement” of the original ticket booths.


Thank You,


The Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium

804-441-2112, 804-426-9911, 804-639-9472

http://ultimateyankees.com/CCOYS.htm

www.HistoryOfTheYankees.com
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Monday, March 1, 2010

GATE 2 – ALTERNATE PLAN ANNOUNCED!!!

GATE 2 – ALTERNATE PLAN













The Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium, and HistoryOfTheYankees.com would like to present Gate 2 – Alternate Plan to the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the Design Commission of the City of New York, worldwide fans of baseball, fans of American history and culture, residents of New York City, and especially residents of the Borough of the Bronx.



Our Committee and organizations would like to present a plan which will honor the history of the site of old Yankee Stadium at the intersection of 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. The lowest section of Gate 2 (which begins at street level and rises approximately seventeen feet) is the original section of the historic Gate (the width is sixty-six feet). Completed in 1923, it consists of the same five entrances that were in place and at the same location when Yankee Stadium celebrated its first Opening Day on April 18 of that year. The Gate would assume its current height of seventy-five feet when the leftfield grandstand was extended in 1928.


The top of the original Gate can be seen as the line or seam running horizontally a few feet below the bottom of the cathedral windows. It is at this point that we propose the Gate be saved preserved by separating it from the upper section. For cosmetic and aesthetic reasons, we propose that the three balconies, located near the bottom of the cathedral windows be saved as well, and be attached to the lower section.


To provide a clearer perspective, it should be noted that the section designated for preservation, is only a few feet taller than the blue plywood construction wall currently in place in front of Gate 2.


Ladies and Gentleman, every World-Class Park deserves a World-Class entrance, and the lowest/street level section of Gate 2 is perfect; and with its smaller dimensions, structural support would be minimal or completely unnecessary; and the Park could continue to be developed while Gate 2 is made ready to once again allow fans and families into this historic piece of world history, American history, baseball history, New York history, and Bronx history.


Thank You,


The Committee to Commemorate Old Yankee Stadium

804-441-2112, 804-426-9911, 804-639-9472

http://ultimateyankees.com/CCOYS.htm

www.HistoryOfTheYankees.com


*aerial photographs of the Gate, taken more than eighty years apart, show the Gate unchanged and the proposed preserved section to be 100% original.

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