From 161 Street El Station By The Disappearing Stadium II

From The El Station-A View Inside Of The Now Disappearing Yankee Stadium II from Michael Leggett on Vimeo.

Grand Farewell To Yankee Stadium II

Grand Farewell To Yankee Stadium II from Michael Leggett on Vimeo.

1 Minute Vimeo Video-Bye Bye Yankee Stadium II

1 Minute Bye Bye Yankee Stadium II from Michael Leggett on Vimeo.

From Vimeo-A Film On The Destruction Of Shea & Yankee Stadiums

The Demolition Of Shea & Yankee Stadiums from Michael Leggett on Vimeo.

The Park Behind Yankee Stadium II-Not The Best Shot But A Sign of Parkland For The Area

Gate 2

Yankee Stadium II From 161st Street Station

The 7 Final Videos Of The Demolition Of Yankee Stadium, Red Sox Nation & One Of The Demolition Of Shea Stadium Will Go On This Site

By now, Yankee Stadium II is down to the Right Field Corner of The Area called Tier, before all the stands are gone:

The Video Series begins with Shea Stadium the day before the ramps came down. It's when what is left of the stands were pulled down;

Then it's a Video of The Stadium II disappearing in its' upper reaches, followed by Gate Two, then about an athletic field in the rear of the old Stadium, & the new Stadium III;

Then onto Red Sox Nation-NY's HQ at Professor Thom's & the the Thank You's to various people;

There's a certain amount of Classical Music including Gregorian Chant in the videos, as well as a touch of Celtic Punk Rock & 1 TV Theme at the end;

I think you'll like it;

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The Yankee Stadium Video #2

Yankee Stadium II Disappearing From Sight from Michael Leggett on Vimeo.

Stadium Mini-Documentaries

There is going to be a number of retrieved films, which will be edited before being put up on Vimeo, BlipTV and on iTunes. They have been recovered as part of a farewell retrospective on two of New York's Baseball Stadiums.
Editing software will be iMovie on Mac, as well as another editor to give these films a more professional look to them. Certain Special Effects will be added.
These films, in my opinion, do not belong on YouTube. A woman, whose judgement I trust in all things of an Artistic Nature, Amanda Cole, has inspired this tribute/commentary on the end of both Shea & Yankee Stadiums. Hence there will be no YouTube for these retrospective films.
Mind you, a cell phone video camera was used, but the two stadia tribute/documentary will look better than sheer amateur video. Think of it as disposable video on Vimeo and a Mini Documentary on BlipTV, as well as a podcast on iTunes. It is worth a shot. And it will get that professional look on a Mac with all that good video software, as well as background music from GarageBand.

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The Fallacy Of Yankee Stadium II

This location called Yankee Stadium on the South Side of West 161st Street, between River Avenue and West 157th Street in The Bronx, is NOT the Original Yankee Stadium. It is not even close.

People across the Continent have been duped into believing that Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Joe Di Maggio, all called THIS Stadium their Home. Please let me let loose with a huge belch, as The Original Stadium did NOT have Escalator Towers nor a Video Board. It was not the Actual Home of the "Black Yankees" of the Negro Leagues, as they played in New Jersey, except for a couple of games in Yankee Stadium I.

In fact, the 1st Home of The NY Yankees was where NY Presbyterian Hospital is now. Could it be said that Hilltop Park was the 1st Yankee Stadium?

Perhaps not as Yankee Stadium I and II are associated with Winners, while Hilltop Park played host to the team called The NY Highlanders, forerunners to the Yankees Name.

The Media called the team The Yankees. In Hilltop Park, a one level stadium with a roof, The Yankees weren't all that competetive. One could've heard that earliest rendition of "Yankees Suck." But that cry of Red Sox Nation only came into being in the "Era Of George Steinbrenner."

But Yankee Stadium II actually belongs to the "Era of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera", not Ruth, or Mantle. Their Stadium of 51 Seasons is long gone, replaced by a 1970s Ballpark, no more magnificent than Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. In fact, Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury was architect for Dodger Stadium, the Now Departed Shea Stadium and the Now Departing Yankee Stadium II.

Yankee Stadium I is long gone. That 1970s Iteration will soon be gone as well.

So much for the Baseball Fallacy of Yankee Stadium 1923-2008, as it was only a marketing ploy to deceive the Naive.

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Yankee Stadium II's Stands Are 65% Gone

35% Of Tier Level Yankee Stadium Remains
The outer shell is illuminated on the inside. A section of Tier along the 1st Base Side & the Right Field Tier Section is all thatt remains of Yankee Stadiium Stands.
Was it really necessary to build a new Yankee Stadium?
Could it be that Steinbrenner was following the lead of NY Mets Ownership?
Yes, George followed what Fred and Jeffy Wilpon wanted to do.
The Wilpons had these plans for Citi Field since 1997. Citi Field was pared down to a total capacity of 41,800, considerably less than Shea Stadium, with an Ebbets Field Exterior but Polo Grounds Outfield Dimensions.
George then decided that he wanted a new playpen, hence a New Yankee Stadium with more luxury seating.
But could something have been done with the existing structure.
Possibly NOt, as the now disappearing Stadium had a beam collapse in it. Also, due to the fact that the previous structure was being tested with crowds which didn't exist in the 1980s and 1990s, it was time for a new, airier stadium.
But remember this-what is being torn down was only in use for 33 Seasons, not 86 Seasons. 1923-2008 was all hype.
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