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

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.NEWYORKDYN...
Here is Peter’s website. www.newyorkdyn...
RECORDED 3/31/2023