Field Of Dreams

24 October 2002 - 11:00am

Baseball players still hit homers in Rhode Island's Cardines Field, one of the oldest ballparks.

In Newport, hundreds of buildings, from 17th-century cottages to Gilded Age mansions, are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. But one of the city’s most venerable places—a baseball park—remains unprotected by any historical designation. Now, with the help of a local architect, a team of university students, and financial backing from the city, Bernardo Cardines Field is on the road to preservation.

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Source: Preservation Online, October 18, 2002
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.