That 1924 aerial image seems to come from here: http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=8&p=1000555,239807&c=GIS1924&s=g:NEIGHBORHOOD,242
Either way the Polo Grounds were somewhat more up-river than I expected. I note that we dont have the historic steps which gave access to them on OSM. BTW, see http://sk53-osm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/old-ballparks-and-other-stadia.html Jerry On 27 April 2015 at 23:52, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hilarious - very cool. > > I'm not sure if these help, but they might be a start: > > http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?97584-1923-Yankee-Stadium-3D-Renderings/page176&s=225b76fc00c536e907b34196a8a8074a > http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af252/bucket3nyy/1924aerial.jpg > > That may be taken from this one: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/67827566@N00/4312358659/ > > - Jeff > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Richard Welty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> anyone have a reference that would allow accurate mapping of the location >> of the Polo Grounds? >> >> i'd like to do an NYC location for historic motorsports venues and as it >> happens, people raced on a board track at the Polo Grounds when >> the Giants were on road trips: >> >> https://twitter.com/sportstori/status/481959456712830979 >> >> richard >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting >> OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux >> Java - Web Applications - Search >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Historic mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic >> >> > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > [email protected] > 206-676-2347 > > OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch > osm: Open Historical Map (OHM) > <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM user > page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> > t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> / @OpenHistMap > f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Historic mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/historic > >
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