Yankee Stadium [I] Demolition

[RichieA13]

I wish Gary had exclusive access inside.

So does GARY!

[JoeDOYS]

So does GARY!

I want exclusive access inside the most .

[RichieA13]

I want exclusive access inside the most .

Well Joe D, maybe Turner is hiring?

[Gary Dunaier]

Here's a shot from Wednesday... as it happened, I had tickets to back-to-back games so once I saw the portal lights lit, I tried to get some shots focusing on that...




Here's a link to my demolition photos from the 16th... don't get too excited, because there's only 10 of 'em...

[YanksRule]

It has been officially one year since Yankee Stadium closed =( Amazing how much difference 1 year makes

[The Korean]

Why is it taking so damn long? It took a year to take down only what, 1/6 of the building.

[YanksRule]

Why is it taking so damn long? It took a year to take down only what, 1/6 of the building.

They are saving everything for memorabilia, there are no implosions allowed in NYC, the building is within feet of a subway station and just a neighborhood so they have to be careful, there was a lot of asbestos and other toxic material to be removed first, plus they don't do any heavy deconstruction when there is a home game.. how miserable would it be to be at the ballgame across the street and to hear the old home being taken apart?

[Bleeding Pinstripes]

Why is it taking so damn long? It took a year to take down only what, 1/6 of the building.

well its more like they are disecting the building rather then demolishing it

[cgcoyne2]

Why is it taking so damn long? It took a year to take down only what, 1/6 of the building.

They're still getting all the old Babe Ruth hotdog wrappers out and all the babes that Joe Pepitone boinked under the stands. It's a long, tedious process my friend .

[voodoochile]

2.5 million dollars and 284 working days to construct it. They've already exceeded at least one of those figures, and the other is not far behind.

Implosion is illegal, and with the "hairnet" wrapped around the place it appears that a wrecking ball is also out of the question, unless, of course, the net goes with it.

I know better, but sometimes I think that they're taking their sweet ass time just to make us squirm. At the rate they're going most of us will be dead before they finish. I also have a strange feeling that there's a surprise in store before it's all over. Not necessarily a good surprise, but a surprise just the same. None of this looks right. I think somethings going on.

[YankeeFanBx]

Maybe they'll rebuild the original stadium and tear the new one down.
That would make a lot of folks very happy.

[JoeDOYS]

I also have a strange feeling that there's a surprise in store before it's all over. Not necessarily a good surprise, but a surprise just the same. None of this looks right. I think somethings going on.

Do you know something we dont?

My big question is this: How exactly are they going to bring down all that upper deck without getting people in the surrounding area killed? I cant even imagine the weight of what is up there with that 100 year old concrete...all supported by thick steel cables.

I know the idea of jacking it up from underneath has been tossed around but has something of this scale been attempted before?

[jnakamura]

Do you know something we dont?

My big question is this: How exactly are they going to bring down all that upper deck without getting people in the surrounding area killed? I cant even imagine the weight of what is up there with that 100 year old concrete...all supported by thick steel cables.

I know the idea of jacking it up from underneath has been tossed around but has something of this scale been attempted before?

It's really not as much of a big deal to disassemble it as it seems for a crew that knows what it's doing. It looks like such a massive solid "thing" to bring down, but the upper deck is really mostly empty space when you think about it.

[NYFan1stYankFan2nd]

It's really not as much of a big deal to disassemble it as it seems for a crew that knows what it's doing. It looks like such a massive solid "thing" to bring down, but the upper deck is really mostly empty space when you think about it.

I think what he's referring to(correct me if I'm wrong) is the complexity with how the upper deck was renovated in the mid-70s.

It was a real balancing act! The rows from K(or L) and above are supported by a spine/frame that weighs = to everything from K down to the front row "NO OBJECTS ON LEDGE" signs. Even the vertical wall behind the top(back) row plus the awning & light arrays above it are figured into the weight of that '70s extension. Just look how thick those spines are compared to everything forward(downward) of them.(blue members = modifications).

The grandstand would remain intact/upright as is in that image. Add a semi-live load(spectators) to that and it will tip forward instantly. The cables(plus the weight of the new upper concourse they connect to) serve the primary role of holding that deck back when loaded with crowds. See bottom slide for aforementioned cables.

Now you all see what a beast disassembling all this will be! (At least compared to Shea, Tiger Stadium, etc). Removing only A - K or only L - U(V? W?) would create a out-of-balance condition that would bring the rest of the granstand down most expeditiously. Crashing either out into surrounding streets or inward toward the playing surface.

In any case the tension cables must remain in place until most of the upper deck(below K-L and above it) are gone. Jackposting - about where the old columns existed - would certainly simplify the process, and allow a top(lights, awning, vertical wall, upper 10 rows)-down disassembly.

Will such common sense pervail? Stay tuned!

[The Monument]

They're still getting all the old Babe Ruth hotdog wrappers out and all the babes that Joe Pepitone boinked under the stands. It's a long, tedious process my friend .

True. Lots of Coney Island Whitefish to clean up, and I don't mean the Babes wrappers.