the new park's foul lines were stated to be , " further than the old west side fence." [Chicago Inter Ocean, April 16, 1893, p. 8] That would indicate distances of at West Side Park (I). Gallery 1 The second West Side Park (1893–1915) In May 1893, the club opened the second West Side Park a few blocks west-southwest of the first one, on a larger block bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (now Wolcott) Streets. It was located at . During May and June, they split their 1893 schedule with South Side Park, playing Sunday games on the West Side and weekday games on the South Side. By mid-summer they had abandoned the South Side park and moved into the West Side park full-time. Home plate for this ballpark was in the northwest corner of the property, toward the Polk and Lincoln intersection. The right field fence paralleled Taylor, with flat apartments between the alley behind the right field area, and Taylor itself. There were also flats across Wood Street to the east, behind left field, giving the park (for a few years, at least) a degree of the ambiance that Wrigley Field would later be famous for. Cook County Hospital was across the street to the north, behind third base. Like the first West Side ballpark, the new facility was restricted by the streets around it, creating a rectangular playing area. The field layout was reported in the Inter Ocean on April 16, 1893: "The diamond is from the grand stand, and the right and left field fences are from the home plate, further than the old west side fence. The distance from the home plate to the extreme center field is . The club will play all their Sunday games at the new grounds during the World's Fair, and after the fair is closed will probably play all their games there." An artist's conception of the new field includes a rooftop tier of private seating on the grandstand, and roofed bleachers beyond first and third base. Photographs from the early 1900s suggest those plans were left dormant until starting in 1905, when the team began playing well and expansion of the ballpark seating was begun. Although the 340-560-340 sounds symmetrical, the left field side was much more spacious, and the distance to center was actually very deep left-center, possibly the far corner of the property. The