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Originally posted by Teflon Skies
Henry,
Thanks for the reminder of these great concepts. A couple of years ago, the Twin Cities had put together a citizen's task force to examine stadium solutions. I came across a meeting on public access TV (completely by accident while channel surfing) at which Phillip Bess was speaking. He had written a book about fitting ballparks into communities and used Armour Field quite exstensively to illustrate examples of the "right" way to do this. The great stadium book "Green Cathedrals" also devotes some space to Armour Field describing its details and showing some concept drawings. As the new Comiskey has gotten the reputation of being the worst of the new ballparks built in the most recent phase of ballpark construction, I wonder how Armour Field would have been received in its place.
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I wonder the same. CLassic neighborhood ballparks consistantly are accepted more easily than suburb fields. The only issue remains parking - but this too can be addressed with a good plan.
Bess has some radical ideas for the time - and went against common acceted standards, but after seeing the results of the "mega-park" era, you can't help wonder if he wasn't right. The idea of having restarants, shops, and other entertainment within blocks of a ballpark creates a "neighborhood" feeling that I think we all like - even if we don't realize it.
PS: When you get a chance, check out your PMs... I have an idea you might be interested in.