Demolition of Yankee Stadium

[demoys]

Hey guys, just thought id stop by and let you guys know about a pretty cool site that is closely following the demolition of historic Yankee Stadium.

 

demolitionofyankeestadium.com

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This is a sad, sad sight.

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fsh7GWfK4f0/SvCJmU-mKAI/AAAAAAAAJAM/LS4Emhm8hY0/s1600-h/5431832.jpg

[BigPapiEnFuego]

As much as I hate the Yankees, I hate that stadium being demolished even more. I have a thing for historic buildings, and I think a majority of them should be preserved. And I am really mad I never got to visit that friggin dump, too.

[Emmz]

Damn, that is sad. I'm with BPEF, I think historical sites should be preserved the best they can

[a700hitter]

The Stadium being torn down was built in 1976. Pardon me for not getting nostalgic about a 33 year old building. It would have been cool if they could have done a controlled demolition.

[bsox0407]

Sad to see it go even though im a Sox fan.

[TheKilo]

f*** that blow it up

[RedSoxRooter]

I'm with Kilo on this. Nuke it. I bet when they finally take it down they'll find a Hellmouth underneath it.

[Spudboy]

f*** that blow it up

 

 

I agree.

 

 

It's an inanimate object.

 

I do feel sorry for the Rats that live there. Now they'll have to move over to the new stadium.

[redsoxmaniac19]

Why did they choose to do this? I thought people were happy with the new and improved Yankee Stadium. I guess not.

[yeszir]

Kill the damn building. I'm all about history and old buildings, but not this one.

[CanadianSox]

Why did they choose to do this? I thought people were happy with the new and improved Yankee Stadium. I guess not.

 

This a joke?!

[a700hitter]

Kill the damn building. I'm all about history and old buildings' date=' but not this one.[/quote']A number of our members are older than this building. It's only 33 years old. In Europe, it would be considered to be new. It would have to stand for a couple of hundred years before it would be viewed as an historic landmark.

[Dipre]

Can they blow up the new one along with that one?

[BigPapiEnFuego]

I'm younger than the building, maybe that's why I look at it the way I do. I feel the same way about Giant's Stadium. I been there once, but not for a Giants game and fully regret I won't be able to see it again before it's gone. And honestly I don't care if it is only 33 years old, supposedly. A lot has happened there, it's architecture was special. I don't give a s*** really, it is what I grew up seeing, I was used to seeing it, and in my eyes it was special. It might not look exactly the way it looked in the 1920's, but it was basically the same building, it was not completely razed and rebuilt. It might be where the Yankees played, it might have been dirty and rat filled, you might have been able to get your heart carved out of your chest outside of it for your sneakers, but in the end it was Yankee Stadium. A place that saw some great ball players, some great moments, some history. Maybe I look at things too deeply. Maybe it is just a few slabs of concrete. I don't care.

[a700hitter]

I'm younger than the building' date=' maybe that's why I look at it the way I do. I feel the same way about Giant's Stadium. I been there once, but not for a Giants game and fully regret I won't be able to see it again before it's gone. And honestly I don't care if it is only 33 years old, supposedly. A lot has happened there, it's architecture was special. I don't give a s*** really, it is what I grew up seeing, I was used to seeing it, and in my eyes it was special. It might not look exactly the way it looked in the 1920's, but it was basically the same building, it was not completely razed and rebuilt. It might be where the Yankees played, it might have been dirty and rat filled, you might have been able to get your heart carved out of your chest outside of it for your sneakers, but in the end it was Yankee Stadium. A place that saw some great ball players, some great moments, some history. Maybe I look at things too deeply. Maybe it is just a few slabs of concrete. I don't care.[/quote']I was basically entirely new and different from the old stadium. It did not even closely resemble the original stadium. The second stadium was a piece of garbage that started to fall apart 20 years after it opened.