Photo: Associated Press, July 10, 1936.
Randall's Island Municipal Stadium,
originally called Triborough Stadium and later Downing Stadium, was built by
the WPA and opened June 19, 1936. Architect: Aymur Embury II. Read
about it
here and see some highlights
in the next few images.
References:
- Manhattan New Building
Database, Office for Metropolitan History: 1936, DOB 159, Randalls
Island, 1-sty cement stadium 509×641, [architect] Aymar
Embury II, $1,011,000.00.
- Aymar
Embury II Papers, Syracuse University Libraries Special Collections:
"Oversize 5: New York parks buildings - Sunset Park; Municipal
Stadium (Randall's Island); Orchard Beach Bath House (Pelham Bay Park);
Colonial Park Play Center; Arsenal; Central Park Zoo.
- Aymur
Embury II, Hofstra University Archives Collections: "[Embury] was
architect for ... the Central Park Zoo to the Triboro Bridge, a plan for an
improved and expanded Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Lincoln Tunnel and the
stadium on Randall's Island and the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.