Mets Primary Logo
Mr. George Weiss, the former general manager of the Yankees, was hired as the first president of the New York Mets. During his tenure with the Yankees, Mr. Weiss had worked extensively with Spencer Marketing Services (New York) and specifically their artist; Lon Keller. (The creator of the Yankees Logo.)
For publicity purposes, as well as the benefits derived from an extensive pool of ideas, Mr. Weiss publicized in all forms of the media, especially the newspapers, a contest to help design the new logo for the Mets. He picked one entry as his favorite and declared the entrant, Ray Gotto, the winner.
Mr. Weiss had several ideas of his own and asked Lon Keller to take the basic concept idea of the winning entry, and incorporate ideas that he (Weiss) wanted including (the bridges connecting the boroughs, something within the skyline to represent each borough, and the colors of the Giants and the Dodgers,) and use his artistic license and ability to create the new Mets Logo. The skyline has a special meaning: at the left is a church spire; symbolic of Brooklyn; the borough of churches; the second building from the left is the Williamsburgh Savings Bank; the tallest building in Brooklyn; next is the Woolworth Building; after a general skyline view of midtown comes the Empire State Building; at the far right is the United Nations Building.
The Basic concept was from the winner of the contest Ray Gotto and the creator of the logo was Lon Keller.
Information from Mr. Charles Gibbs, President of Spencer Marketing Services, New York, at the time of the creation of the logo.
1999 - Present
The bridge in the center symbolizes the Mets, by bringing National League baseball back to New York, representing all five boroughs. In 1999, the logo received a slight alteration. The “NY” to the left of the team script was removed. No other notable changes were made.
1993 - 1998
In 1993 the Mets logo went through slight color changes to the logo. The orange is now a darker through out the logo.
Todd Radom Design: Reimagining the Mets Logo for the 21st Century
The New York Mets' time-honored skyline logo was created in 1961 and has been utilized by the franchise—with a few tweaks—ever since then. The visual landscape of New York has evolved over the past half century, the result of both development and of tragedy. Most recently, the city's booming economy has given birth to a transformed skyline, happening even as I write this. According to Wikipedia: Since 2003, New York City has seen the completion of 23 buildings that rise at least 600 feet (183 m) in height. Thirteen more are under construction, including One World Trade Center, which will be the tallest building in the country when complete. One World Trade Center is part of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center, which also includes the 975-foot (297 m) 4 World Trade Center, 7 World Trade Center and the two under-construction buildings: the 1,350-foot (411 m) 2 World Trade Center and the 1,171-foot (357 m) 3 World Trade Center. Read More...
1962 - 1992
The original Mets logo featured a wordmark “Mets” in orange with white trim and a orange initials “NY” above the bridge in front of New York skyline.