- NYGPS POLO GROUNDS WALKING TOUR - NEW YORK GIANTS PRESERVATION SOCIETY-3/29/2023

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New York Giants Preservation Society

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MANY OF OUR MEMBERS GATHERED AT THE POLO GROUNDS SITE FOR A MAGICAL HISTORY LED BY TOUR GUIDE/LECTURER/HISTORIAN PETER LASKOWICH. TOUR INCLUDED:
-THE BUSHMAN STEPS
-515 EDGECOMBE AVENUE WHERE BERNARD DOYLE WAS SHOT AND KILLED JULY 4, 1950
-JOHN BRUSH STAIRWAY
-WILLIE MAYS DRIVE SIGN
-WILLIE MAYS PLACE SIGN
-WILLIE MAYS APARTMENT AT 80 ST. NICHOLAS PLACE (NOW RENAMED WILLIE MAYS PLACE, NO ENTRANCE BTW)
-POLO GROUNDS MURAL INSIDE THE MADISON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OPPOSITE THE TOWERS AND BELOW THE ROADWAY OF THE MACOMBS DAM BRIDGE EXIT
-WILLIE MAYS MURAL ON THE BUILDING BASICALLY AT THE CORNER OF 8TH AND 155TH. BUILDING #1
-POLO GROUND TOWERS SIGNAGE INCLUDING “WILLIE MAYS ONCE PLAYED HERE”, THE NEW BLACK AND ORANGE NUMBERS ON THE BUILDINGS, AND THE NEW SIGNAGE AT THE FRONT OF THE COMPLEX, NOTING THE POLO GROUNDS TOWERS.
-POLO GROUNDS HOME PLATE MARKER BUILDING #4
HERE IS PETER’S WEBSITE.
HTTPS://WWW.NEWYORKDYNAMIC.COM/
Here is Peter’s website. www.newyorkdynamic.com/
RECORDED 3/31/2023

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@JoseMorales-lw5nt 2 ай бұрын

Funny how a public school stands at the exact spot where Willie Mays made The Catch. Always wondered if there's a specific floor or wall marker indicating the approximate place?❤

@ZZSmithReal 10 ай бұрын

My grandfather was heads groundskeeper at the Polo Grounds for about 5 years in the early 1950s. My grandmother made him give up the job because he would come home late, make the dog bark and wake her up. LOL My grandfather would put the chalk down for the batters boxes. When Sal Maglie pitched, he would, uh, put them a little off. Every year Maglie would give my grandfather a case of booze for his contributions to the cause. LOL My prized possession - which holds little collectible value but is valuable to me - is a New York Giants Fungo bat (says property of the New York Giants right on it) that Leo Durocher used to hit fly balls to Willie Mays. When I was a kid, my father used the same bat to hit fly balls to me under the NJ Turnpike for practice. If you know anybody who knew folks on the grounds crew at the Polo Grounds in that era I'd love to hear it.

@TheParadisecove 6 ай бұрын

Great memories to have...special time, special place....

@philroche4792 2 ай бұрын

This is too cool--thank you so much for sharing this experience. As a native New Yorker, will definitely take this walk when I make my way back home sometime.

@jamesmonteverde5538 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic Video. We are going to be at the Polo Grounds 9/23/23 @ 12 noon to celebrate 100th anniversary of the Dempsey-Firpo bout at the Polo Grounds. It actually occurred on 9/14/1923.

@TheParadisecove 6 ай бұрын

Nothing like New York City...and all of the events and memories..

@dandooley9185 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing. My wife and I were in Scottsdale for Giants spring training. Also very enjoyable.

@liffjm Жыл бұрын

Wonderful pictures and recap!

@walterpitt1775 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@ezequielbriones6943 2 ай бұрын

I want a Tokyo Giants cap also My mother lived at the Polo Grounds years ago

@baseballandbbq3711 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Tour. Thanks to Gary for arranging.

@TheHobieLandrithSociety 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this tremendous experience.

@kennethsalter9998 26 күн бұрын

Is this Larry Bird? Thank You Mr. Bird !

@Cape-Dweller 3 күн бұрын

Local police refer to the stairway as “the felony steps”

@TheParadisecove 6 ай бұрын

Thank-you for posting...a magical tour of baseball lore...you done good...peace brother...

@guyfaux3978 2 ай бұрын

While you were there, did anybody ask you for an autograph thinking you were Larry Bird? ;-)

@baseballislife6535 Жыл бұрын

Great Tour!!! Thank you for posting!!!

@user-oy3dh1gp5g Жыл бұрын

I am admittedly biased -- but that aside --- this was a terrific tour. Jon Miller and his Spouse, Janine -- were so gracious and very engaging. But with or without the Millers -- it is a fun walk!

@markdelamotte8527 Жыл бұрын

I was able to walk it from Yankee Stadium, came down the Brush Stairway and watched 2 Little League games in progress that day across the street. How was the stadium situated using the Little League fields as a reference point?

@ernestpassaro9663 8 ай бұрын

Get out of that neighborhood by nightfall !😡

@trapezemusic Ай бұрын

Truth be told, that's one under-reported reason why the Giants left New York.

@rstefanie2622 Күн бұрын

@@trapezemusic Same reason why the Dodgers left Brooklyn. Both areas were once thriving communities. It's amazing seeing John Lindsey smiling in these photos. So typical of the slimy NY politicians who celebrate driving businesses OUT of New York (Amazon their 25K jobs most recent).

@trapezemusic Күн бұрын

@@rstefanie2622 Well put and you're bring kind by using the word "slimy".