This week Thirteen.org takes their City Concealed series to... Paterson, New Jersey! Earlier this year Hinchliffe Stadium was named the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places; it's vacant, dilapitated, and one of only three remaining Negro League stadiums in the country. In 1933, the New York Black Yankees started playing home games there, and continued to for a decade. Paterson voters approved a ballot initiative to renovate the stadium, and currently money is being raised to restore and rebuild it—if that happens, the public school system would use it, as well as the community (for concerts, and other entertainment reasons). Learn more below...
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Video: Visiting Hinchliffe Stadium
Quick Hits: Tour de Brooklyn; Mets Song Blows; Festivities at Shea
- This Sunday is the 2nd annual Tour de Brooklyn, which is part of Bike Month from Transportation Alternatives. Tour de Brooklyn is 18 miles long and starts and ends in Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park after going through several Brooklyn neighborhoods. While pre-registration is over, you can still ride in the race by registering from 8-9 a.m. at the starting point Sunday morning. The race starts at 9:30 a.m.
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