Tags
49ers, ballpark art, Baseball Stadium, Candlestick, Candlestick Park, Candlestick Park Photography Art, Candlestick Park Photos, Canon, Demolition of Candlestick Park, Football stadium, Former Baseball Stadium, former football stadium, giants nation, giants nation united, Lost Ballpark, niners, Remembering Candlestick Park, San Francisco, San Francisco 49'ers, San Francisco Giants, sf 49'ers, sf examiner, sf gate, SF Giants, Stadium Art, tell it goodbye, the stick, We are Giants, we are sf
Candlestick Park on 4/15/15 viewed from Gate A which was the southside of the stadium. The double decker escalator was partially dismantled during this demolition time. I really liked the bright red color of the escalator. It was originally just concrete grey, but was painted red later.
I went up and down this escalator many times while going to SF Giants and 49’ers games. When I went to games there, especially night games, Candlestick Park was cool and windy often, and the stadium was old. But I always enjoyed watching games at Candlestick Park because I liked the layout of the stadium. The escalators were a good and fast way to get fans into the stadium from the parking lot.
I’m glad I took the different looks of the Candlestick Park escalators. I never thought Candlestick Park would be demolished. But I am glad I can remember these escalators thru my photographs.
The Saint Francis of Assisi Statue was located on the front of Candlestick Park on the South side of the stadium. During the demolition, the statue could be viewed from the North side of the stadium (Right Center Field) since most of the stands were torn down.
Candlestick Park on May 12, 2015. It is now completely gone and only lives in our memories. The Stick received a lot of bad rap because of the cold windy conditions which accompanied many night baseball games for the SF Giants. Candlestick Park was also one of the oldest stadiums in use before it was torn down, but I have a lot of fond memories going to Giants and 49’er games there and being part of the die hard crowd who did not fear the fierce cold winds and fog that blew in from the Pacific Ocean through the wind tunnel gap on the border of Daly City and San Francisco.
Night Games were always great at Candlestick Park. This photograph was shot on May 20, 1988 from the bleacher seats behind the left field fence. I was focused on the press box under the bright stadium lights.
