Posted November 19, 200717 yr the columbia university stadium as built in 1984 and is at the very top of manhattan island. these pics are from saturday, mercifully it was the last game of the season. here's some info about the stadium, etc.: http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&KEY=&ATCLID=319174 "In Brief Baker Field Athletics Complex, located at the northern tip of Manhattan at 218th Street and Broadway, is the primary athletics facility for Columbia outdoor sports programs, featuring Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, Columbia Soccer Stadium, Columbia Softball Complex, Andy Coakley Field (baseball), the new Columbia field hockey venue, The Dick Savitt Tennis Center, The Gould-Remmer and 1929 Boathouses, and the Chrystie Field House. History The tract of land on which the Baker Field Athletics Complex stands was purchased for the University on December 30, 1921 by financier George F. Baker. Then a $700,000 gift, the 26-acre area was dedicated in April, 1922 and hosted spring football practice that same year. In the fall, Columbia's football team continued to practice at Baker Field,but played its games at South Field on the Morningside Heights Campus. The first stadium at the site, then known as Baker Field, opened in the fall of 1923 with 15,000 seats in temporary stands. Five years later, the University built the 32,000 wooden-seat stadium that served Columbia fans for 55 years, until the spring of 1983. The first game at Baker took place on September 29, 1923, with Columbia defeating Ursinus, 13-0. The opening game in the official stadium was played on Sept. 29, 1928 as Columbia defeated Vermont, 20-0. Lawrence A. Wien Stadium was opened on Sept. 22, 1984 as the Lions fell to Harvard, 35-21. Columbia won its first game in the Stadium on Oct.8, 1988 when it defeated Princeton, 16-13. Wien Stadium is home to the Lions' football, lacrosse and track & field teams. The track features an eight-lane Rekortan track. " the stadium = early 80's brutalism :whip: on a date? pressbox roar-ee the mascot has only been around since 2005! http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&KEY=&ATCLID=325078 clammy and freezing the old neighborhood on the southside of the stadium infamous columbia band at halftime....so why are they infamous? check out the wiki highlights :-o : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_Marching_Band the brown band is equally as whatever firefighters watch for free some below the pressbox views leaving the stadium broadway time to head back down to civilzation *** i never went before, but the game was fun, if freezing and clammy when the sun went down -- oh yeah, i almost forgot, but if anyone cares - the eternally woeful gridiron losers columbia (1-9) lost this season finale to brown (5-5) :laugh: : http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=171 ***
November 19, 200717 yr Wow, ivy league football talk today that isn't Harvard-Yale, now that's refreshing.
November 19, 200717 yr Looks like a high school football game! ;) Glad somebody said it. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 25, 200717 yr Columbia University is trying to expand their campus into a predominantly black part of West Harlem to make themselves more competative with Yale and Harvard which offer more space. Theres a lot of controvery over it. I would argue that if you're more into the big city atmosphere, the amount of space per person isn't going to matter much to you.
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