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Old 08-03-2024, 11:45 AM   #161
asrivkin
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Bank Street Grounds Cincinnati

Thanks to dfswans for the new posts, they look great!

Here's the original home of the Cincinnati Reds, back when they were in the American Associaion, as well as home to their NL predecessors (the Cincinnati Stars) and their Union Association competitors (the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds): The Bank Street Grounds

Google Drive Link to Bank Street Grounds

There's really not much out there for this park, though there is an outline map of the park a researcher did and that I used. I assumed the diamond in that map sets the scale, though that makes the RF line (the one dimension I found reported anywhere) about 10% too large. This is a very big park (and would be even if shrunk by 10% in all dimensions), but since the park factors are taken care of elsewhere I suppose that's just a cosmetic feature. It was a few blocks away from the League Park/Crosley site, so I used the same background as I did for the League Park models. There is a contemporary atlas that shows not too many structures around the area, so it's relatively sparse.

I plan to tackle Chicago's 23rd Street Grounds next to finish off the present-day NL franchise history, and then see what remains from Garlon's latest list!
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