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"You talk about the magic, the aura, but what really makes a stadium is the fans. Concrete doesn't talk back to you. Chairs don't talk back to you. It's the people who are there, day in, day out, that makes the place magic."

– Bernie Williams

Explore the Site

Here are 50 images chosen randomly from the 3004 found on this site. Click the image to be taken to the original post. A new list is created every 10 minutes.

Open concourses do mean that you can glimpse the field no matter where you are, but not really the game.

That's Fifth Street (and a tattooed arm) in the foreground.

Up there is where I plan to buy a lot of hot dogs. You can see the vending areas developing rather quickly around the completed portion of the upper concourse.

Polo Grounds from the south

The rough outlines of our urban trench. (North is up.)

Photo by Tyler Wycoff

Panels arriving on flatbed trailers in front of the Twins' dugout.

Dome, what have you taken from us?

Upper deck view of the out-of-town scoreboard.

Team pennant. (Click to enlarge.)

Also warming things up are these planters.

Looking up toward Seventh Street.

Detroit got this part right!

Now, why is there horse shit on the street next to Target Field? (I saw it in two places. Mounted police maybe?)

Site plan for the new Nationals ballpark, with the size of the Rapid Park site overlaid

Parking ramp knothole

The view down Sixth Street toward the ballpark site. A pedestrian bridge will extend this street right into the main entrance of the park. The regrettable facade of Target Center is on the left. Butler Square is on the right. Click on the image to see what it looked like on this very spot about 100 years ago.

At the other end of the bridge, the configuration of the tracks has become clear.

Citi Field as viewed from Shea.

Loading dock -- already in use!

This will be a great sight on game nights.

The top of a warehouse visible beyond a parking ramp.

Window area sketched by the limestone

Trees now line Seventh Street

The Pro Shop

Legends Club fireplace (there are two)

Even today, throw a fastball to that guy at your own risk.

Signature elements. (And they wonder why we think the real trees look so small...)

We took refuge for a time in the Twins Pub where you can drink a beer (or just hang out) and listen to some ballpark tunes. The organ is decorated with a TC (of course) and what looked like drawings which Sue has received from kids.

Our conductor in Big Lake

Artist at work

Perched welder on the top of the canopy.

Photo by Jeff Ewer (Click to enlarge.)

Lots of pix waiting to be seen from Bert's memorable night.

Here is the most recent outfield configuration, captured from the animation video. We probably shouldn't make too much of the logos seen on the scoreboard: Best Buy, Dairy Queen, Target, Pepsi, Dodge and Qwest...