Yankee Stadium [I] Demolition

[Gary Dunaier]

[The Monument]

Gary is that Stallone in the picture? He's getting old-looking.

[Chevy114]

that's maury povich, its an internet meme making fun of New Yankee stadium but more importantly how Maury does the Lie detector tests to prove if someone in a relationship is cheating on their significant other on his tv show.

[GordonGecko]

Gary is that Stallone in the picture? He's getting old-looking.

Stallone is in that link in his sig. That's one heck of a business model, you get celebrities to pose with people for $400 a pop, and I guess people eat it all up!

[The Monument]

that's maury povich, its an internet meme making fun of New Yankee stadium but more importantly how Maury does the Lie detector tests to prove if someone in a relationship is cheating on their significant other on his tv show.

Maury Povich, huh? I really thought that it was Stallone. Don't give me a lie detector on that one.

[quagmire]

Remember the Save Gate 2 effort, and how the demo crew knocked down the outer wall without trying to save the three balconies? Because it would cost too much money and manpower? Remember how NYC saved sections of the Bronx House of Detention facade and incorporated it into the outer walls of the new shopping mall? Well, heres more. From today's NY Daily News--"Mt Sinai Hospital Queens is set to break ground on a sweeping $125 million expansion on Oct 21, adding a five-story building to bolster it's emergency room and other medical services. To make way for the much-needed developement, a Tudor-style house that was built in 1895 as part of the original Astoria Hospital will need to be taken down.Before that happens, the hospital took an opportunity to look back.CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SPENT TWO HOURS SURGICALLY REMOVING THE BUILDING'S 118-YEAR-OLD SANDSTONE CORNERSTONE TUESDAY.Officials are planning to display the cornerstone in the new building." Once again I say, thank you NYC, Mayor bloomberg,steinbrenner, trost and levine.

Has it ever been determined what happened to the balconies?

Last I heard they were in storage.

[Gooseamania]

Has it ever been determined what happened to the balconies?

Last I heard they were in storage.

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I just spent a few days going through this entire thread. I too was left wondering what came of the balconies? Does anybody know where they currently are?

[The Monument]

I believe it was yankeestadium1923 that told us that the balconies were in storage on Randalls Island.

[jersey_guy99]

I thought these were somehow going to be incorporated into the park after they survived the demo

[GordonGecko]

I thought these were somehow going to be incorporated into the park after they survived the demo

That would require having owners who care about the Yankees

[The Monument]

Yeah, and it would also destroy the illusion that Babe Ruth played in NYS.

[ripsnort]

I spent the last couple of weeks going through this thread. Interesting that the Yankees last World Series appearance was in 2010 while RYS was still standing. Zero World Series appearances since RYS was demolished. Ten years down the road and the curse that some in this thread spoke of seems to be alive and well. Just sayin'.