Some Philly Baseball Photos

Once again I bring you images from my camera. These pictures, taken on various occasions between April and August, have a baseball theme: my first visit to Citizens Bank Park this year (and my first look up close at the new Harry Kalas statue that was dedicated last year), games on back-to-back nights in June (one being a fireworks night), plus my trip to the sites in North Philadelphia where two previous Phillies homes once sat. I also visited the Negro Leagues Memorial (which would mean I saw the locations of three old ballparks). A sample of the pics are below. The full album is here.

Mural-ity In North Philly

I've written about the Mural Arts Program and the various murals on walls around the city before. In the area near where I work, I was happy to find some more...

This one is on Broad Street, between Indiana and Glenwood Avenues. Amtrak and SEPTA trains run on the tracks above. There's a station nearby.

This is just east of Broad and Glenwood -- the outside of a fire station.

And further south, as you near Broad and Lehigh, is a mural of the legendary Jackie Robinson. At 21st and Lehigh, about 7 blocks to the west, is where Connie Mack Stadium once stood. Robinson, of course, played in Connie Mack Stadium when the Dodgers came to town.

Philly Before I Was Born

What a cool piece of old film, produced by local station WPTZ, which was (as I learned via Wikipedia) the precursor to KYW-TV here. Shots of Philadelphia (downtown, Connie Mack Stadium and more) and surrounding areas from the mid-1950s. Is there any chance you'll hear the phrase "our equally industrious, equally prosperous neighbor Camden, New Jersey" again?



Found this through Twitter. The link to it was retweeted into my timeline by the photographer behind the excellent Picture Philly site -- a photo a day of Philadelphia.

Some Phillies Stuff

See the seats at the top of this picture, the ones above the Ashburn Alley area of the concourse at Citizens Bank Park? Those are the Rooftop Bleachers, so named because they're inspired by the bleachers people had on top of their houses on 20th Street in order to see inside the old Connie Mack Stadium.

And I'll be sitting up there on September 3rd when the Phillies play the Milwaukee Brewers. A while back they posted a link to a special "Social Media Night" promotion on their Twitter feed: buy a ticket in this section for $20 (normally they sell for $28) and not only would they throw in a $10 food/souvenir credit, but you get a Phillies t-shirt with the phrase "Life is Tweet." Ha. I couldn't resist.

So if you're going to that game be sure to let me know. We can meet up, and I'll be sure to post to Twitter and Facebook and maybe blog about it. ;-) I don't know if that Social Media promotion is still running, but that night is also Latino Family Celebration night as part of Hispanic Heritage Month, and there's a discount available at Phillies.com.

I took that picture on Monday, when I was at the game as part of the Gay Community Night contingent.