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Ballplayers House
Building in Central Park, New York City
The Ballplayers House or Ballfields Café is a 450-square-foot (42 m2) building in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, designed by the architecture firm Buttrick White & Burtis. Completed in 1990,[1] it replaced an older building, architect Calvert Vaux's Boys Play House of 1868, which stood on the northern edge of the Heckscher Ballfields until it was demolished in 1969. Vaux's building was a 1-1/2 story (plus basement), 52-foot (16 m) long clubhouse and dispensary for bats and balls,[2][3] whereas Buttrick White & Burtis' building is a 1-story food concession half the length of the original.