List of Jewel Box Parks

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Jewel Box is a term sometimes used in reference to the group of Major League Baseball parks built (or re-built) after the wooden ballpark era and before the modern multipurpose stadium era, during about 1908-1923. The "retro" ballparks constructed in the 1990s were an attempt to capture, to some degree, the perceived intimacy and baseball-focus of these parks.

Here is a list of them, and some indication of remnants, if known:

Boston

Braves Field - Right field pavilion, ticket office survive as part of Nickerson Field on the campus of Boston University.
Fenway Park - Still standing as of 2006.

Brooklyn

Ebbets Field - Plaque marking its location. Apartment building on site.

Chicago

Comiskey Park - Parking lot with outline of the field.
Wrigley Field - Still standing as of 2006.

Cincinnati

Crosley Field - Plaque and some old grandstand chair seats. Office park on site.

Cleveland

League Park - Ticket office, part of grandstand wall, and ballfield. (Remnant of first-base grandstand was razed ca. 2005).

Detroit

Tiger Stadium - Abandoned for MLB but still standing as of 2006. Plans call for demolition late in 2006 while retaining the field.

New York

Polo Grounds - Plaque marking its location, along with parts of old stairway down from Speedway. Apartment building on site.
Yankee Stadium - Still standing as of 2006, though much altered in the early 1970s. Due for demolition after the 2008 baseball season

Philadelphia

Connie Mack Stadium - Plaque marking its location. Church on site.

Pittsburgh

Forbes Field - Parts of outfield walls, and home plate preserved under lucite. University of Pittsburgh academic building called Forbes Quadrangle on site.

St. Louis