{"id":2002,"date":"2015-07-09T18:54:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T22:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2015-09-22T01:13:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:13:29","slug":"real-giant-steps-pro-sports-teams-pitch-in-to-restore-the-last-relic-of-the-fabled-polo-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=2002","title":{"rendered":"REAL GIANT STEPS: PRO SPORTS TEAMS PITCH IN TO RESTORE THE LAST RELIC OF THE FABLED POLO GROUNDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-001.jpg\" alt=\"BRUSH INVITATION 001\" width=\"688\" height=\"944\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-001.jpg 688w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-001-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"BRUSH INVITATION 002\" width=\"584\" height=\"429\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002-408x300.jpg 408w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BRUSH-INVITATION-002.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: MICHAEL ARONSON<\/p>\n<p>It was exactly 102 years ago today, July 9, 1913, that the Giants baseball team gave New York City a stairway that fans used to descend from the heights of Coogan\u2019s Bluff to the Polo Grounds ballpark and to climb home again after games.<br \/>\nA newspaper of the time (the Daily News first appeared six years later) wrote that the \u201cstairway had been under consideration by the Park Department for some time, but, owing to the lack of funds, the city could not build it.\u201d<br \/>\nToday, the stadium is, of course, a faded memory \u2014 with the stairs the only remaining relic of the Polo Grounds.<br \/>\nFor decades, the 80-step steel structure rotted and was fenced off. Then, seven years ago this editorial column called for rehabbing the stairs as a way to connect two tiers of Highbridge Park.<br \/>\nRecalling generosity of yesteryear, the Daily News called on the Giants (now of San Francisco) and the four other clubs that once called the Polo Grounds home (the Yankees and the Mets and the NFL\u2019s Giants and Jets) to chip in to a reconstruction fund.<br \/>\nThe quintet came through in high style, donating a total of $500,000, with then-Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer adding $400,000. Major League Baseball gave $50,000.<br \/>\nUsing that $950,000, the Parks Department has rebuilt the stairs and put them to public use. Today, marking the anniversary, the baseball and football Giants, Yanks, Mets, Jets and Major League Baseball will be recognized at a rededication ceremony.<br \/>\nA hearty salute to them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: MICHAEL ARONSON It was exactly 102 years ago today, July 9, 1913, that the Giants baseball team gave New York City a stairway that fans used to descend from the heights of Coogan\u2019s Bluff to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=2002\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2002"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}