Lastly in the Jewel Box series is old Griffith Stadium. The actual stadium was built for about 100k and 12 weeks in 1912 after the original stadium burned down. It's awkward shape was due to five house that wouldn't sell to the team, but I figured those people would... eventually give in. The actual park (in this world) is still surrounded by the university and the neighborhood, with a commercial stretch to the east.
Griffith Stadium was built right next to Howard University and was also the one time home of the Homestead Grays, including Negro World Series titles in 1943 and 1944, so I decided to rebrand it in honor of Josh Gibson and use SFGiants58's Washington Grays uniforms.
Since it was a Negro League stadium, I also decided to add a hall of monuments (a la Yankee Stadium) dedicated to the Negro Leagues in center. It has statues for Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron, and the plaques for all forty Hall of Famers that played in the Negro Leagues. The batters eye also has the crest from the logo.
In right I decided to keep the Green Monsteresque high wall and add the seats atop the wall. In left I built a staggered bullpen, as well as adding a set of luxury boxes in the corner.
A final, smaller addition was in the upper deck, where I added steps around the tunnels. It was fun to figure out how to do it, and I think they added a bit to the stadium.
The high walls and deep field mean the park plays pretty hitter friendly, but is a killer on power numbers (as so many of these jewel box stadiums were.)
Zip file can be found here
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And that's it for this series for now! Thanks everyone who followed along and liked these stadiums - it was a lot of fun to dig into the history of baseball and imagine what these stadiums could look like if they had been maintained for the past century. I hope you enjoy