YANKEE STADIUM CONSTRUCTION | More than 950,000 feet of Pacific Coast fir planks were sent through the Panama Canal to be used for the construction of the Yankee Stadium bleachers. This view from the bleacher section on the first-base line gives an idea of the amount of wood used. Before this location was picked, several other sites were proposed. Property in Long Island City was considered but was quickly eliminated as too far away from major transit. An actual contract was drawn up for property for sale by the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, but that also fell through. At one point, Jacob Ruppert even considered building the stadium over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in the downtown Manhatten area, but the government refused the plan.

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