The third Polo Grounds, built in 1890, was renovated after a fire in 1911 and became Polo Grounds IV, the one generally indicated when the Polo Grounds is referenced. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth (Lenox) avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. (below) Site of the original Polo Grounds, 1876–1888, between 110th and 112th Street, Manhattanīrotherhood Park (adjacent to Polo Grounds II, 1890)īounded by West 155th Street, Frederick Douglass Blvd. ( New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics) Polo Grounds IV during the 1913 World Series
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