Building / Landmark · 1915
Nickerson Field
BU’s field stands on Braves Field (1915) — the right-field pavilion and gatehouse survive, making it the oldest remaining piece of a major-league ballpark in America.
Photograph · Wikimedia Commons
Why it matters
Babe Ruth pitched here; the 1948 World Series came here. The bleachers are still in use — by undergrads.
Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Living object
Now, then, future
Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.
Now
Thenquiet enough to notice details. Best now: one good detour.
1839: Private research university along Commonwealth Avenue and the Charles River, chartered in 1839; Martin Luther King Jr.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
Current modemidday
Historical echoBoston University
Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026
Pulse
How it feels right now
Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowone good detour
Best timemidday
localwalkableconnected
Rain scoremodest
Indoor escapes within a few blocks.
Laptop friendlinesslow
Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.
Student presencelow
How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.
Tourist pressurelow
Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.
Historic densitylight
Older records and historical edges around this object.
Serendipityquiet
Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.
Turn this into a walk
Routes with a point of view
What should I see next?
Chosen moves from here
The editor's hand
Human recommendations
Civic memory
What this meant before
19151915Nickerson Field enters the civic record here.1903The First World Series (1903)On October 1, 1903, the Boston Americans hosted Pittsburgh at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in the first modern World Series game — and won the Series, five games to three.1839Boston UniversityPrivate research university along Commonwealth Avenue and the Charles River, chartered in 1839; Martin Luther King Jr.
- Established
- 1915
- Online
- Official site ↗
- Graph connections
- 3
Plan your visit
Get there
In the graph 3 relationships — first-class data, not links
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Historical context
An unexpected connection
Nickerson Field is linked, through the graph, to Boston — city, 3.1 mi away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.
Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess
NearbyA few minutes’ walk away
More landmarksOther landmarks in the graph
From the early-modern eraOf the same period
Visitors also exploreReached through the same connections
One record, 2 framings cross-property publishing — never duplicated
How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it
○Source qualityBest source is open reference
✓Independent corroboration5 sources across 2 tiers
✓Human-reviewedEditorially verified
○Institutional backingNo primary source yet
✓Record completeness80% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
BU Athletics Unclassified
SABR Unclassified
wikipedia Open reference
OpenStreetMap way/663514809 Open reference
Wikipedia page 295777 (English) Open reference
The same entity, elsewhere
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density35
3 connections
Record coverage86
metadata completeness
Graph authority30
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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