Historic preservation and updating at Camden Yards

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Orioles, so I was happy to see this story about the updates planned for Camden Yards:

Changing Camden Yards, Without Changing Camden Yards – NYTimes.com

This part is particularly nice:

Her view of the stadium has been enhanced, she said, because she remained a season ticket-holder in the years since she left the Orioles, attending about a dozen or so games a year and sitting in a box seat instead of an owner’s suite. Surely to the relief of ballpark purists, Smith will use a chisel, not a jackhammer, to reshape Camden Yards.

Using a chisel rather than a jackhammer.

HT to Jenny Scheutz