Clemson University TigerPrints All Theses Theses 5-2012 Detroit's Field of Dreams: The Grassroots Preservation of Tiger Stadium Rebecca M. Long Clemson University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses Part of the Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation Long, Rebecca M., "Detroit's Field of Dreams: The Grassroots Preservation of Tiger Stadium" (2012). All Theses. 1371. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/1371 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DETROIT’S FIELD OF DREAMS: THE GRASSROOTS PRESERVATION OF TIGER STADIUM A Thesis Presented to The Graduate Schools of Clemson University and the College of Charleston In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science Historic Preservation by Rebecca M. Long May 2012 Accepted by: Robert Russell, Ph.D. Barry Stiefel, Ph.D. James Ward Abstract From 1987 until the time of this writing, several grassroots organizations have fought for the preservation of Detroit’s Tiger Stadium and its historic field. The goal of this thesis is to chronicle those efforts, examine how these organizations fit into the history of preservation movements, and delve into what continues to draw people to this historic site: its ‘power of place.’ In order to accomplish these objectives, this thesis will detail the history of the site from its storied time as the home of Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers from 1896-1999, up to the preservation efforts which have been the site’s predominate topic of discussion for the last twenty-five years.