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Frank
Posted Nov 25, 2008 11:04 AM
Was in the old neighborhood today and could not believe my eyes. There is massive construction underway at The Tennis Courts and the little park closer to Park Avenue. Crews were working this morning in the rain. I remember reading this summer about the renovation of many Newark Parks.
Went by Boys Park and the same type of work is underway. I looked in and saw regulation outdoor basketball court with GLASS BACKBOARDS already in place right by the Sussex Avenue entrance. .Work is going on all over the park.
Then I swung over to Schools Stadium. Stadium is open and I drove in to see huge mounted sign with an artit's rendering of the new stadium "coming soon". Damn, I wihs I brought a camera with me. Looks like they are going to demolish the crumbling congrete stands and replace with two modern grandstands that will run from goal line to goal line, not the current horse shoe. There will be a clock tower in fron of the stadium on bloomfield avenu. The fence on Bloomfield Avenue will be made of small archways. The filed will be turf and include a running tack. There will even be locker rooms for the teams to change. The football field will no longer include the old baseball field.
There will be new softball/little league baseball field, where the current two are already located. The field will be lighted.
When they tear down the old stadium I wonder how many oldtimers will want souvenirs? Sorry my kids never got to play there. they each played against Weequahic, but the games were at Unterman Field on Chancellor Avenue.
Hope someone can get pictures of Boys Park, The Tennis courts and the new Schools stadium. |
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