Crosley Field historic site construction update including a 30-feet high foul pole

The Crosley Field historic site continues to take aim at a plan to be ready by July in advance of this summer's Major League Baseball All-Star Game July 14 at Great American Ball Park.

A new development this week for the site is that Platte Architecture & Design put its design to a 30-feet high left-field foul pole creation, according to City Gospel Mission spokesman Tim Curtis.

The construction and installation will be done by TriVersity, the general contractor for the new City Gospel Mission site in Queensgate.

As Cincinnati.com first reported last week, the mural painting of a 1950s Crosley Field will begin May 1.

New to the project is that there will be right-field pole across Dalton Avenue on the Nehemiah Manufacturing property.

"They're a great partner of our job readiness and training program, having hired many of our graduates," Curtis said.

The City Gospel Mission is also in the process of creating a self-guided tour brochure, which will be similar to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum tour brochure.

Crosley Field, home of the Reds from 1912 to 1970, was at the corner of Findlay Street and Western Avenue. It was torn down in 1972.