tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292209952573237829.post7633632524565195118..comments2024-02-22T08:54:57.455-05:00Comments on Borchert Field: Get Yer Tickets Here!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292209952573237829.post-37025888524602454352011-10-04T11:04:21.765-04:002011-10-04T11:04:21.765-04:00I'm posting a variation on the question of how...I'm posting a variation on the question of how the "tower" or cupola on top of the park was lost, but rephrasing it to ask simply WHEN it came off. I wonder if you know the latest drawing or photo showing the tower. We know it was not there in the colorized photo in that incredible Sumner Matteson post card from 1909, so obviously it came off sometime before then. Would be great to get some people involved in this research project, perhaps on behalf of the Ken Keltner SABR chapter. Let me know what you think of this idea by writing to me at pureout@msn.com. Please visit my website at www.almanacfield.com and learn more about the other American Association baseball parks and teams.Rex Hamannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187881812090120009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292209952573237829.post-55823996848585504962011-06-29T14:31:32.879-04:002011-06-29T14:31:32.879-04:00Thanks to Dennis Pajot for helping confirm that th...Thanks to Dennis Pajot for helping confirm that this is, in fact, Athletic Park at 8th and Chambers. In light of the fact that Lloyd Street Park wasn't built until 1895, the publication date on the image above is the best tip-off, but also the lettering upon the roof of the ticket kiosk indicates this is Athletic Park.<br /><br />Question: How did it come to pass that the cupola and other architectural features of the early Athletic Park were removed? Was storm damage involved?<br /><br />Also, it is very possible that in the 1892 there were two ticket kiosks at this corner, but in the drawing there is a street car obstructing it. There are two visible in the 1909 view, and this is substantiated by the 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map which shows two at this corner, one kiosk at the opposite corner at 7th and Chambers.Rex Hamannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187881812090120009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292209952573237829.post-87293933989541064572011-06-29T00:27:03.772-04:002011-06-29T00:27:03.772-04:00I'm somewhat suspicious of that line drawing. ...I'm somewhat suspicious of that line drawing. It's a great drawing, but is there anything positively indicating this is Athletic Park? Looks more like what Lloyd Street Grounds looked like, where the 1901 AL Milwaukee Brewers played for one season.Rex Hamannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00187881812090120009noreply@blogger.com