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Yankee
Stadium Model, Circa 1973
A 1/120th scale tribute, in styrene plastic, to
America's most famous sports arena
161st Street and River Avenue Bronx,
New York
Welcome to a most unusual website. Here I will chronicle, from start to finish, the building of an exact scale
model replica of Yankee Stadium as it appeared in mid 1973. Opening on
April 18, 1923, and christened with a 3 run home run by none other than Babe Ruth, this first ever triple decked concrete
and steel stadium was built in only 285 days. My plastic and brass replica is going to take a bit longer... Click on the tabs to the left and follow along as this challenging work of baseball art takes shape.
I positioned "daylight" flourecent lighting from an easterly direction,
creating a sunrise effect over the stadium. I'll take another just like this when the grass is in.
As most everybody knows by now, America's most
famous sports arena, Yankee Stadium, has been replaced with a new structure, also called "Yankee Stadium". As
one of those who were lucky enough to have been in "the old stadium", I'm not going to let this famous building
disappear forever from the face of the earth without a fitting tribute. This model will be built so that those who were not
as fortunate as I will be able to get a realistic look at this magnificent sports palace in all it's glory. No significant
feature will be omitted, allowing for the real feel and ambiance of the old stadium to come through. Flags, windows, monuments,
speakers, bat racks, gates, railings, bullpens etc., etc. will all be here. Can't say when this will be finished, but
hopefully sometime in 2010...Enjoy.
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