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Goldberger, Paul

Goldberger, Paul

East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
North Regional
Southeast Regional
West Regional

Adult Non-Fiction

East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Remote Storage - Adult Non-Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
West Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

"An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic. From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s (Union Grounds in Brooklyn was a "saloon in the open air"), to the much mourned parks of the early 1900s (Detroit's Tiger Stadium, Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans), to the stadiums we fill today, Paul Goldberger makes clear the inextricable bond between the American city and America's favorite pastime. In the changing locations and architecture of our ballparks, Goldberger reveals the manifestations of a changing society: the earliest ballparks evoked the Victorian age in their accommodations--bleachers for the riffraff, grandstands for the middle-class; the "concrete donuts" of the 1950s and 60s made plain television's grip on the public's attention; and more recent ballparks, like Baltimore's Camden Yards, signal a new way forward for stadium design and for baseball's role in urban development. Throughout, Goldberger shows us the way in which baseball's history is concurrent with our cultural history: the rise of urban parks and public transportation; the development of new building materials and engineering and design skills. And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond, the outfields, the walls, the grandstands--shaped our most beloved ballparks. A fascinating, exuberant ode to the Edens at the heart of our cities--where dreams are as limitless as the outfields"--

Book

Books

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Non Fiction

Non Fiction

796.357 GOLDB

Wake County Public Libraries

East Regional
Eva H. Perry Regional
Fuquay-Varina Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Southeast Regional
West Regional

9780307701541

2019

Alfred A. Knopf

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Baseball -- United States -- History
Baseball fields -- Social aspects -- United States
Baseball fields -- United States -- Design and construction -- History
Baseball fields -- United States -- History

Ballpark : baseball in the American city

Ballpark : baseball in the American city / Paul Goldberger

Ballpark

baseball in the American city

Baseball
Baseball fields
Design and construction
History
Social aspects