Retro Ball Parks: Instant History, Baseball, and the New American City

by Daniel Rosensweig

Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore opened in 1992 as an intentional antidote to the modern multiuse athletic stadium. Home to only one sport and featuring accents of classic parks of previous generations. Oriole Park attempted to reconstitute Baltimore's past while serving as a cornerstone of downtown redevelopment. Since the gates opened at Camden yards, more than a dozen other American cities have constructed "new old" major league parks -...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621908208
• ISBN13: 9781621908203
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"