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Title
Yankee Stadium Facade
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
This image has been purchased 3 times.
One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Yankee Stadium is the "facade", a white frieze that runs along the bleacher billboards and scoreboard.
The facade was an addition made by Osborn Engineering, when the owners of the Yankees asked that the stadium be given "an air of dignity."
So the Osborn Engineering Company erected what was known originally as a frieze. Somewhere along the way it took on the term of facade, and most people know it today as the facade.", according to Yankee Stadium tour guide Tony Morante.
It originally ran around the roof of the grandstand's upper deck. This original facade was made of copper, and over the course of time, developed a patina (just like the Statue of Liberty). It was painted white in the mid-1960s.
When the stadium was renovated in the 1970s, 10 rows were added to the top of upper deck, and the support columns were removed. The original roof had to be removed; the facade was removed and sold as scrap. A smaller, concrete version was erected above the scoreboards and billboards behind the bleachers. In the new stadium, the facade was replicated in its original position along the roof of the upper deck, although now constructed of steel painted white. It does not cantilever out over the upper deck as much as the original did.
The iconic facade is employed in graphics for the YES Network and was incorporated into the logo for the 2008 All-Star Game held at the Stadium.
The term "facade" is actually a misnomer. The scalloped arches are actually a frieze, and it was originally known as such. It is unknown when or where the term "facade" came into use, but it has become the more common name, used by fans, broadcasters, and personnel. With the move to the new stadium, the organization has made a move to return to the term "frieze", exclusively using it in public statements and literature.
However, fans still refer to it as the "The Facade."
This Image is Featured in the following FAA groups:
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August 21st, 2013
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Viewed 3,952 Times - Last Visitor from Romeo, MI on 04/25/2024 at 4:39 AM
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Livingston, NJ - United States
Thank you very much to the buyer from Palm City, FL - USA Military for your purchase of a framed print of Yankee Stadium Facade. Thank you for your service and enjoy !!
Kharkiv - Ukraine
Congratulations, Allen! Your outstanding photograph is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig
Livingston, NJ - United States
Thank you very much to the buyer from Tinton Falls, N.J. for your purchase of a framed print of Yankee Stadium Facade.Enjoy !!
Port Orange, FL - United States
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #18 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Franklin Square, NY - United States
Allen, Excellent capture great details of this iconic image, L/F
Emmett, ID - United States
Very nice eye to spot this wonderful capture!! v/f/t Congrats for having over 1200 views and the nice features!!
Livingston, NJ - United States
Skyline, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in The Weekenders Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Dora, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the New York Sunsets Sunrises Landscapes And Iconic Places Group
Livingston, NJ - United States
Rebecca, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the Pin Me - Daily Group
Yerevan, Ye - Armenia
This wonderful picture is featured on the homepage of the "Pictures for Present" group.
Allen Beatty replied:
Michael, thank you very much for the Home page Feature in the Pictures For Presents Group
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