Candlestick Before and After Stadium Built: Difference between revisions

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Unfinished History

Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Opening Day at Candlestick Park - April 12, 1960

Video: California Pioneers of Santa Clara

Candlestick Point, 1950, looking generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane. No ballpark, not even the land to build it on is yet present.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco,CA

Candlestick Point, 1957, same view as above, seven years later, with a good deal of construction and landfilling underway.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission

July 20, 1957: Highway 101 causeway with Brisbane Lagoon in foreground. Note Bayview Hill with no Candlestick landfill or stadium, nor does Candlestick Point State Recreation Area exist yet.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09410)

Candlestick Park after its completion in 1960.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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-This view look generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane.
+'''Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.'''
-''photo: Greg Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA ''
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
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+'''Opening Day at Candlestick Park - April 12, 1960'''
+''Video: California Pioneers of Santa Clara''
+[[Image:Candlestick-aerial-1950.jpg]]
+'''Candlestick Point, 1950, looking generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane. No ballpark, not even the land to build it on is yet present.'''
+''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco,CA ''
+[[Image:Bayview-Hill-and-surroundings-from-air-1957 3003.jpg|720px|thumb]]
+'''Candlestick Point, 1957, same view as above, seven years later, with a good deal of construction and landfilling underway.'''
+''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''
+[[Image:Cushman-July-20-1957-101-causeway-with-more-brisbane-lagoon-and-no-candlestick-park-fill-P09410.jpg]]
+'''July 20, 1957: Highway 101 causeway with Brisbane Lagoon in foreground. Note Bayview Hill with no [[Candlestick Swindle|Candlestick landfill or stadium]], nor does [[Candlestick Point State Recreation Area|Candlestick Point State Recreation Area]] exist yet.'''
+[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09410)'']
+[[Image:Candlestick park north view 1960 AAC-5280.jpg]]
+'''Candlestick Park after its completion in 1960.'''
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
+[[Image:Candlestk97.jpg|720px]]
+'''View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
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