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When the ballpark opened in 1960 it was considered the finest baseball stadium in the country. Little did anyone realize then that the howling winds and fog that pour in from the Pacific Ocean would dominate the atmosphere at Candlestick Point. Years later the stadium was fully enclosed in an attempt to thwart the winds, but ultimately the baseball Giants abandoned their state-of-the-art facility for a newer [[Pac Bell Ballpark|park]] on [[Mission Creek|Mission Creek]] nearer downtown in 2000. | When the ballpark opened in 1960 it was considered the finest baseball stadium in the country. Little did anyone realize then that the howling winds and fog that pour in from the Pacific Ocean would dominate the atmosphere at Candlestick Point. Years later the stadium was fully enclosed in an attempt to thwart the winds, but ultimately the baseball Giants abandoned their state-of-the-art facility for a newer [[Pac Bell Ballpark|park]] on [[Mission Creek|Mission Creek]] nearer downtown in 2000. | ||
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Revision as of 16:25, 25 March 2009
Unfinished History
Candlestick Park under Bayview Hill, with San Bruno Mountain looming in the distance. Hunters Point in foreground, parcels that are severely contaminated by Navy radiological and toxic waste. Yosemite Creek basin between Hunters Point and Candlestick Point landfill.
photo: Chris Carlsson
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
When the ballpark opened in 1960 it was considered the finest baseball stadium in the country. Little did anyone realize then that the howling winds and fog that pour in from the Pacific Ocean would dominate the atmosphere at Candlestick Point. Years later the stadium was fully enclosed in an attempt to thwart the winds, but ultimately the baseball Giants abandoned their state-of-the-art facility for a newer park on Mission Creek nearer downtown in 2000.