Nice gallery. I enjoyed it. Well done. And it was definitely great to
see the sox take two of three from the loathsome cubbies:-)!!
The area immediately around the ballpark was mostly lost when the Dan
Ryan expressway was built in the mid fifties. I remember there was a
McDonalds across the street from Old Comiskey and one or two bars. The
north side of the old ballpark was a park. Of course the new ballpark
was built on the south side of the street, and the old one became
parking . In truth, it's somewhat of a plus that there wasn't a lot
worth saving immediately adjacent to the ballpark, because they did a
super job on the parking. It's easy in and easy out with multiple lots
and lots of attendants to direct you.
On the other hand, the Bridgeport neighborhood west of the park is
pretty much the way it was since way back when. If you walked to
Halsted, you passed through much of Bridgeport. At one time I hung out
in the coffee shop on the corner of 35th and Halsted. Don't know if
it's still there. And the camera store between 35th and 36th on
Halsted -- Malelos-- subsidized me when I was learning photography
back in the early seventies. I suspect it's no longer there. But
Bridgeport was doing fairly well last time I looked.
Paul
On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
. . . and any other White Sox fans on the list.
Folks might remember that last year I went to Wrigley Field to shoot
outside the ballpark on one of the Cubs-White Sox Cross-town night
games.
Well, this year, my husband & I took the Red Line down to Sox Park
(I refuse to call it that other name), and I shot some pics outside
the stadium. Then we walked down to Halsted, found a place for some
lunch & a beer, and watched the game. Sox fans should be happy with
the Sox taking the series two games to one.
I thought this might make you smile a little, Paul, but all sense of
neighborhood immediately around the stadium is lost--any
neighborhood bars or shops in the immediate vicinity are gone--very
sad. It was a 1:05p game, so the light is not that great, and I
made some exposure boo-boos, but I tried to salvage as much as I
could.
Also, I tried out Lightroom's Flash Gallery web option with this
set. I have official web hosting service now, and a domain:
caguila.com, so I thought I'd give the Flash Gallery a try. I'll be
working on a web site this summer. I think I'm going to teach
myself html code--maybe. This http://www.w3schools.com/ is really
great, and I found out that the folks that write the international
standards for HTML write the tutorials for this site. So, we'll see.
Anyway, Sox Win! Sox Win! Cheers, Christine
http://caguila.com/caguila/soxcrossone/
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