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Links: The Dismantling Of Shea

by Mike Nichols on October 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Carl MacGowan of Newsday takes a look at the dismantling of Shea Stadium, which began less than 24 hours after the Mets crushing defeat to the Marlins on Sunday.

Included in MacGowan’s detailed report, is an interesting note about the replica skyline that resides above the outfield scoreboard:

“Yesterday workers removed a facsimile of the city skyline from the top of the giant outfield scoreboard. The skyline will be moved to Citi Field, the Mets’ new ballpark being constructed in a Shea parking lot.”

…interesting…the skyline, like the homerun apple, was one of my favorite nuances about shea…i wonder if it will grace a similiar position inside citi field…

Over at Loge 13, Kingman provides part 2 of his update on Shea Stadium’s deconstruction.

Meanwhile, over at WNBC.com, the station has posted video from Chopper4 showing the progress city workers have made at Shea Stadium and various aerial views of Citi Field.

…as MetsBlog’s Regis Courtemanche said to me in an email earlier today, ‘it’s troubling watching this stuff’…couldn’t agree more, regis, couldn’t agree more…even more troubling, is seeing a pitcure like this...