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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
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'''Seals Stadium from corner of Bryant and 16th looking northeast, c. 1958, during the first year of the [[1958-1994: The Giant Years|Giants]] in San Francisco.''' | |||
''Photo: Shaping San Francisco'' | |||
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[[Post WWII Demise | Seals Stadium]] anchored the block between Bryant and Potrero on 16th St. for about 30 years, and was home to the SF Giants in 1958 and 1959 when they first arrived in San Francisco. When [[Candlestick Swindle | Candlestick Park]] opened in 1960, Seals Stadium was destroyed, and replaced by a White Front department store, which in turn made way for an Auto Center and Safeway, and is now known as the Potrero Center, a new mall opened at the end of 1996. | [[Post WWII Demise | Seals Stadium]] anchored the block between Bryant and Potrero on 16th St. for about 30 years, and was home to the SF Giants in 1958 and 1959 when they first arrived in San Francisco. When [[Candlestick Swindle | Candlestick Park]] opened in 1960, Seals Stadium was destroyed, and replaced by a White Front department store, which in turn made way for an Auto Center and Safeway, and is now known as the Potrero Center, a new mall opened at the end of 1996. | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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'''North of Seals Stadium on Bryant near Alameda was the Rainer Ale Brewery, which later becomes the Hamms Brewery.''' | '''North of Seals Stadium on Bryant near Alameda was the Rainer Ale Brewery, which later becomes the Hamms Brewery.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco'' | ||
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Revision as of 15:08, 5 June 2014
Unfinished History
Seals Stadium from corner of Bryant and 16th looking northeast, c. 1958, during the first year of the Giants in San Francisco.
Photo: Shaping San Francisco
Seals Stadium from the air, 1950s.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Seals Stadium anchored the block between Bryant and Potrero on 16th St. for about 30 years, and was home to the SF Giants in 1958 and 1959 when they first arrived in San Francisco. When Candlestick Park opened in 1960, Seals Stadium was destroyed, and replaced by a White Front department store, which in turn made way for an Auto Center and Safeway, and is now known as the Potrero Center, a new mall opened at the end of 1996.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
North of Seals Stadium on Bryant near Alameda was the Rainer Ale Brewery, which later becomes the Hamms Brewery.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco
The Hamms Brewery, 1960s, with its famous giant beer glass made up of yellow and white light bulbs that filled and emptied all day every day.
Night shot of the famous cup.