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-The '''Columbia Oval''' (also known as the '''Williamsbridge Property''') was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property located on both sides of Gun Hill Road east of Bainbridge Avenue in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood) <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>
+The '''Columbia Oval''' (also known as the '''Williamsbridge Property''') was a 17 acre piece of property located on both sides of Gun Hill Road east of Bainbridge Avenue in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood).<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref> Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place" within the footprint of the property.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 Google Maps - King's College Place, Bronx, NY]</ref> The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>
 ==History of the site==
-The Williamsbridge property was originally acquired by the [[Association of the Alumni of Columbia College]] after it was determined that the [[Wheelock property]] was unsuitable for athletics use. The Association planned on using income from the property to pay the mortgage and interest on bonds purchased by alumni, but the income never met expenses. After a few years of getting the [[trustees]] to cover the costs, the Association deeded over to the University in October [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EjkoAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA293&ots=25H6btt9IO&pg=PA293#v=onepage&f=false Columbia University Quarterly, Vol. 7, pgs. 293-294], June 1905; [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false Charters, Acts of the Legislature, Official Documents and Records], Pg. 72, compiled by John B. Pine (1920).</ref> It's not clear when precisely the Alumni Association originally acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
+The Williamsbridge property was originally acquired by the [[Association of the Alumni of Columbia College]] after it was determined that the [[Wheelock property]] was unsuitable for athletics use. The Association planned on using income from the property to pay the mortgage and interest on bonds purchased by alumni, but the income never met expenses. After a few years of getting the [[trustees]] to cover the costs, the Association deeded over to the University in October [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EjkoAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA293&ots=25H6btt9IO&pg=PA293#v=onepage&f=false Columbia University Quarterly, Vol. 7, pgs. 293-294], June 1905; [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false Charters, Acts of the Legislature, Official Documents and Records], Pg. 72, compiled by John B. Pine (1920).</ref> It's not clear when precisely the Alumni Association originally acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref> According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
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 The United States' first marathon ended there, after a run from Stamford, Connecticut, in [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=cSPF71aP0qsC&lpg=PA17&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Pamela Cooper, The American Marathon, 1999]</ref>
-The Williamsbridge Oval, a New York City public park with recreation facilities located immediately to the south of where the Columbia Oval was located, is completely unrelated. The Williamsbridge Oval had previously been a reservoir. When it was drained in the 1930s, it was eventually converted into a park<ref>[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X104/ New York City Department of Parks & Recreation - Williamsbridge Oval][http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6373 Williamsbridge Oval Playground Historical Sign]</ref>
+The Williamsbridge Oval, a New York City public park with recreation facilities located immediately to the south of where the Columbia Oval was located, is completely unrelated. The Williamsbridge Oval had previously been a reservoir. When it was drained in the 1930s, it was eventually converted into a park.<ref>[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X104/ New York City Department of Parks & Recreation - Williamsbridge Oval][http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6373 Williamsbridge Oval Playground Historical Sign]</ref>
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 ==History of the site==
-The property had originally been acquired by the [[Association of the Alumni of Columbia College]], and then deeded over to the University in [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false Charters, Acts of the Legislature, Official Documents and Records], Pg. 72, compiled by John B. Pine (1920).</ref> It's not clear when Alumni originally acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
+The Williamsbridge property was originally acquired by the [[Association of the Alumni of Columbia College]] after it was determined that the [[Wheelock property]] was unsuitable for athletics use. The Association planned on using income from the property to pay the mortgage and interest on bonds purchased by alumni, but the income never met expenses. After a few years of getting the [[trustees]] to cover the costs, the Association deeded over to the University in October [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=EjkoAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA293&ots=25H6btt9IO&pg=PA293#v=onepage&f=false Columbia University Quarterly, Vol. 7, pgs. 293-294], June 1905; [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false Charters, Acts of the Legislature, Official Documents and Records], Pg. 72, compiled by John B. Pine (1920).</ref> It's not clear when precisely the Alumni Association originally acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
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-The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property located on both sides of Gun Hill Road east of Bainbridge Avenue in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood) <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>
+The '''Columbia Oval''' (also known as the '''Williamsbridge Property''') was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property located on both sides of Gun Hill Road east of Bainbridge Avenue in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood) <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>
 ==History of the site==
-It's not clear when Columbia acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
+The property had originally been acquired by the [[Association of the Alumni of Columbia College]], and then deeded over to the University in [[1896]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false Charters, Acts of the Legislature, Official Documents and Records], Pg. 72, compiled by John B. Pine (1920).</ref> It's not clear when Alumni originally acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
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 ==History of the site==
-It's not clear when Columbia acquired the property, but there are no records of it before the mid-1890s. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
+It's not clear when Columbia acquired the property, but the property appears to have opened for athletic use in the fall of [[1891]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uHQAACAAJ "Thirty-ninth field meeting ...: and formal opening of the Columbia Oval, Williamsbridge, Friday, October 23d, 1891"]</ref><ref>[http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18910526.2.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=--------20--1-----all At Percy Field], Cornell Daily Sun, 26 May 1891</ref>. According to a report by the "Director of the Gymnasium," in [[1902]] the Oval was in use by the track, lacrosse, and class baseball teams. A number of outside organizations also leased the grounds, including a "Columbia Oval Cricket Club," a number of local private schools, and the firm baseball team of Columbia campus architects [[McKim, Mead, and White]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=GlEdAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA271#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Annual Report of President and Treasurer, 1902]</ref>
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-Students and alumni generally supported improvements to the oval, though they were rarely carried out. Strangely, one of the reasons they expressed so much interest in the construction of bleachers and other amenities was so that they could lure the [[Princeton]]-[[Yale]] football game.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=w0dNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA166#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Spectator, November 9, 1894]</ref> Opprobrium came from the outside world as well, among the issues complained about was the lack of adequate separation between the running track and the spectator area, causing ''The Illustrated American'' to emote that "there is nothing to hinder the entire audience from roaming all over the field if they are so disposed...This is a difficulty that should be remedied before any more games are held on Columbia Oval."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=e2tNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA764#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Illustrated American, 1897]</ref>
+Students and alumni generally supported improvements to the oval, though they were rarely carried out. Strangely, one of the reasons they expressed so much interest in the construction of bleachers and other amenities was so that they could lure the [[Princeton]]-[[Yale]] football game.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=w0dNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA166#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Spectator, November 9, 1894]</ref> Opprobrium came from the outside world as well; among the issues complained of was the lack of adequate separation between the running track and the spectator area, causing ''The Illustrated American'' to emote that "there is nothing to hinder the entire audience from roaming all over the field if they are so disposed...This is a difficulty that should be remedied before any more games are held on Columbia Oval."<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=e2tNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA764#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Illustrated American, 1897]</ref>
 Its condition notwithstanding, it was considered too far from the university (the trip was called "devious" and said to require "three changes of cars") to serve as an appropriate facility, and, along with South Field being too crowded, forced the university to lease Manhattan Field (the former [[w:Polo Grounds|Polo Grounds]]).<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=HgcpAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA306#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia University Quarterly, 1900]</ref>

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−	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>	+	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property located on both sides of Gun Hill Road east of Bainbridge Avenue in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood) <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>

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−	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> ~~adjacent to~~ the ~~location~~ of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>	+	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> within the footprint of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>

	==History of the site==		==History of the site==

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−	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> ~~a block north~~ of the ~~park~~. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>	+	The '''Columbia Oval''' was a 17 acre<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=H8_mAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22columbia%20oval%22&pg=PA388#v=onepage&q=%22columbia%20oval%22&f=false Columbia Alumni News, 1921]</ref> piece of property in what is now the Norwood section of the [[Bronx]] (and once upon a time the Williamsbridge neighborhood)<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/16/nyregion/16bronx.html As Maps and Memories Fade, So Do Some Bronx Boundary Lines, New York Times, 16 September 2006]</ref>. Columbia's one time presence in the neighborhood is still indicated by the presence of "[[King's College]] Place"<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=King's+College+Place,+Bronx&sll=40.877813,-73.875579&sspn=0.006595,0.010933&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Kings+College+Pl,+Bronx,+New+York+10467&ll=40.880838,-73.875589&spn=0.006595,0.010933&z=17 King's College Place]</ref> adjacent to the location of the property. The property had served at times as Columbia's athletics facility before the adoption of [[South Field]] as an athletic field, and was sold after acquisition of the land that would become the [[Baker Athletic Complex]] in the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of [[Manhattan]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F07E7DB1038E633A25751C0A9619C946496D6CF "COLUMBIA MAY PLAY FOOTBALL IN BRONX; Old Columbia Oval at Williamsbridge Available for an Athletic Field."], New York Times, July 2, 1915, Page 9</ref>

	==History of the site==		==History of the site==