November 8, 1922 – Chicago Cubs President William Veeck announces that the
team will completely renovate its north side ballpark in order to increase its
size to accommodate 32,000 fans. The
work will make it the largest baseball venue in the country. Zachary Taylor Davis, the architect who
designed the original park as well as Comiskey Park on the south side, has
drawn the plans for the upgraded field with work to begin immediately. At a cost of $300,000 bleacher sections will
be added to right and left fields.
According to the Chicago Daily
Tribune the plan will be as follows, “The present stand will be cut into
three parts . . . the right and left field wings will be separated from the
part which circles behind the home plate.
The circular piece will be moved about sixty feet toward the
intersection of Clark and Addison streets.
The right field wing will remain in the same spot, while the left field
wing will be rolled back and out so that the further end touches Waveland Avenue. Then the two gaps will be built in.” The field will be lowered three feet,
allowing several rows of boxes to be added in front of the previous set of
boxes. The renovation does not include
the addition of an upper tier. The
distance from home plate to the front of the seats in right and left fields
will be 354 feet. It will be six years
short of a century before the park welcomes a victorious World Series team. The grainy photo above shows the process of expansion in the winter of 1922.Tuesday, November 8, 2016
November 8, 1922 -- Weeghman Park Expansion Plans Announced
November 8, 1922 – Chicago Cubs President William Veeck announces that the
team will completely renovate its north side ballpark in order to increase its
size to accommodate 32,000 fans. The
work will make it the largest baseball venue in the country. Zachary Taylor Davis, the architect who
designed the original park as well as Comiskey Park on the south side, has
drawn the plans for the upgraded field with work to begin immediately. At a cost of $300,000 bleacher sections will
be added to right and left fields.
According to the Chicago Daily
Tribune the plan will be as follows, “The present stand will be cut into
three parts . . . the right and left field wings will be separated from the
part which circles behind the home plate.
The circular piece will be moved about sixty feet toward the
intersection of Clark and Addison streets.
The right field wing will remain in the same spot, while the left field
wing will be rolled back and out so that the further end touches Waveland Avenue. Then the two gaps will be built in.” The field will be lowered three feet,
allowing several rows of boxes to be added in front of the previous set of
boxes. The renovation does not include
the addition of an upper tier. The
distance from home plate to the front of the seats in right and left fields
will be 354 feet. It will be six years
short of a century before the park welcomes a victorious World Series team. The grainy photo above shows the process of expansion in the winter of 1922.
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