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Pompeii In Queens

Forest Hills Stadium Has Been Home to Iconic Moments in Both Tennis and Rock ’n’ Roll. After Falling Into Ruin—and Nearly Being Demolished—the Romanesque Stadium Has Been Resurrected.

By Steven Kurutz and Art by Bill Sullivan

6:22 AM EDT on June 1, 2016

Soundcheck before the show, Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens, New York, Aug. 28, 1965. Photograph by Daniel Kramer, from Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day, courtesy of Taschen Books.
Photo illustrations of Forest Hills Stadium as it looked in 1923 and 2002.
Bill Sullivan 2013