His criteria have to do primarily with siting and design - the ideal being a baseball park that is part of the urban setting, embedded in the life and movement of its city, offering views over the outfield stands of Pittsburgh or San Francisco or Detroit a park that is comfortable and cozy, open to the sky and the elements, devoid of carnivalesque attractions and other distractions. He’s more interested in the architecture of stadiums, as one would expect of one of America’s foremost architectural critics. Goldberger’s tastes in playing fields are based not on his allegiances or prejudices toward certain clubs indeed, it’s not clear how much he likes or how closely he follows baseball. And my desire to see the Green Monster in person has only been heightened by Paul Goldberger’s highly informed and interesting “Ballpark: Baseball in the American City.”īut Mr. A lifelong Yankees fan, I hanker for a glimpse of the enemy’s home base, older even than the original Yankee Stadium.
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