Forty five years ago on April 17, 1964 Shea Stadium had its grand opening. Since I love to come up with random rhetorical questions in my head – I think about if people that were in the stadium for its grand opening ever thought that 45 years later, the lot they had parked their cars on would be part of a new replacement stadium. Or I have a photo of me & some friends out in the Shea parking lot with the Stadium behind us from about 2002 (?) – we were standing on what probably is now 2nd base at Citifield – what would we have thought if we knew this lot wouldn’t be here “forever”. Thinking too much can make your head hurt so instead I’ll move on to some art. I was in the bridal party for a friend of mine’s wedding a few weeks back. One of my thank you gifts was this snazzy piece:
(Is it wrong that I find it humorous that I as a bridesmaid got a present that most people would probably associate a groomsman getting this type of gift?) A photo of Opening Day complete with a replica lineup card and short news blurb. It’s pretty cool and hanging in my “Mets Room” where the random Mets things I have (planholder gifts, game giveaways, etc.) go to be displayed.
Speaking of Shea Opening Day, there’s a guy on Baseball Fever who is making a to-scale stadium model of that grand day. It’s really awesome and you should go check out the link & the photos. My favorite pictures are when he takes it outside to photograph it with natural light and shadows.
Check it here
Another thing on Baseball Fever that I found really awesome is this guy’s Mets Room. Check it:
He got his closing day ticket blown up on canvas. It looks really awesome and I would be so tempted to do the same thing with my closing day ticket…if only I had the space for it. Oh well, maybe some day when the basement gets finished off…
Finally, I know I posted a photo of the canvas of my Shea Stadium art before, but now I have a photo of it actually hanging on the wall. I think it looks like I could just go sit down in my seat. If only…
