![]() ![]() In his new volume, Ballpark: Baseball in the American City, the architecture critic Paul Goldberger points out that, by merging the open greenery of its playing field with the clustered population of its stands, the ballpark aptly symbolizes the tensions that have spanned rural and urban spaces since the industrial revolution. But just why the American ballpark has taken on such singular significance within our society’s imagination is complicated. Stepping into the stands of Baltimore’s Camden Yards at a young age and witnessing the stunning green of the field’s immaculate grass is one of my earliest memories, and it’s one to which many, I’m sure, can relate. Alphonse Mucha, Monaco Monte-Carlo, 1897, Poster House.īallpark: Baseball in the American City, by Paul Goldberger (Knopf): There’s nothing quite like experiencing the grandeur and majesty of an open-air baseball park for the first time. ![]()
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