2010:
Just uploaded 213 new photos to my picasa page: 4.25.10 Fenway
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
As goes baseball...
goes the project. There will be more work and updates as the season gets into full swing, and I can again visit Fenway for research. Stay tuned.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
12.8.09 Status Update
I realized that I really haven't posted any overviews of the park. At this point, the park is in total disarray, as I'm working on old blueprints and backwards from blurry photos of the concourses for everyhing not often seen in the park.
(Click to enlarge)
(Click to enlarge)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Weird Fenway
First a brief status update. I've broken each of the main sections of the seating bowl into components: The LF pavilion, home plate grandstand, RF/HP connection, RF pavilion, and bleachers. I'm currently adding detail to each section until it's reasonably complete, and rotating around the part (adding seat section signs, ads, textures, concrete supports, etc). The RF pavilion and bleachers are complete, LF pavilion is getting there.
Now, here are some of the weirdest parts of Fenway I've come across, areas that have no logical reason for existing. In no particular order.
Where: the junction of walkways surrounding Section 27 Instead of having the existing home plate grandstand section bisect a new LF seating for the 1934 renovations, they decided to jam the LF into the existing edge of the HP section, and this was the result. Of special note is the single seat wedged behind two walkways.
Where: same
Notice how the walkway height is so dramatically different from the seating section to the right. Amazingly, there is no railing to keep people from tumbling down after tripping getting into their seats, but there is one if you pay more for the loge boxes.
Where: the connection between the CF and RF parts of the bleachers.
Nobody really ever bothered trying to come up with a unified number scheme for the bleachers, so in one walkway you have two rows on the same level.
Where: Dead center in the bleachers
This requires a bit of explanation. Given how the CF bleachers look at Fenway, you can walk up 20 rows of seats to find out that even though you are on the right side of the section (i.e. if you have seat number 4, it makes more sense to be by seat 1 than by seat 25), you are actually next to the Landsdowne St. wall, and have to walk all the way around and back up. This can get slightly annoying in the middle of the game.
Where: LF junction, below GS section 27
This is remarkable for so many reasons. One, you have a row that sits in the middle of a walkway, and still costs upwards of $80. Two, the row is connected to 2x8 wood boards instead of, you know, concrete. Thirdly, we have the ridiculous layout of the concrete itself, visible here:
Altogether, just an astonishing setup. I wouldn't be surprised to see this entire area redone this offseason, since this has clearly been messed up since the removals of the bullpens from the foul lines in 1939.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of two of my favorite other entries in the park. One is the concourse portal to nowhere by first base, which appears to just dump you out in an unused, awkward walkway downstairs. And secondly, the single loge section down the LF line that has been built outwards from the concrete by a foot at a later date for no apparent reason.
More to come as update the park.
Now, here are some of the weirdest parts of Fenway I've come across, areas that have no logical reason for existing. In no particular order.
 |
| From 7.2.09 Fenway |
Where: the junction of walkways surrounding Section 27 Instead of having the existing home plate grandstand section bisect a new LF seating for the 1934 renovations, they decided to jam the LF into the existing edge of the HP section, and this was the result. Of special note is the single seat wedged behind two walkways.
 |
| From 7.2.09 Fenway |
Where: same
Notice how the walkway height is so dramatically different from the seating section to the right. Amazingly, there is no railing to keep people from tumbling down after tripping getting into their seats, but there is one if you pay more for the loge boxes.
 |
| From Fenway 6.19.09 |
Where: the connection between the CF and RF parts of the bleachers.
Nobody really ever bothered trying to come up with a unified number scheme for the bleachers, so in one walkway you have two rows on the same level.
 |
| From Fenway 6.19.09 |
Where: Dead center in the bleachers
This requires a bit of explanation. Given how the CF bleachers look at Fenway, you can walk up 20 rows of seats to find out that even though you are on the right side of the section (i.e. if you have seat number 4, it makes more sense to be by seat 1 than by seat 25), you are actually next to the Landsdowne St. wall, and have to walk all the way around and back up. This can get slightly annoying in the middle of the game.
 |
| From 7.2.09 Fenway |
Where: LF junction, below GS section 27
This is remarkable for so many reasons. One, you have a row that sits in the middle of a walkway, and still costs upwards of $80. Two, the row is connected to 2x8 wood boards instead of, you know, concrete. Thirdly, we have the ridiculous layout of the concrete itself, visible here:
 |
| From 7.2.09 Fenway |
Altogether, just an astonishing setup. I wouldn't be surprised to see this entire area redone this offseason, since this has clearly been messed up since the removals of the bullpens from the foul lines in 1939.
Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of two of my favorite other entries in the park. One is the concourse portal to nowhere by first base, which appears to just dump you out in an unused, awkward walkway downstairs. And secondly, the single loge section down the LF line that has been built outwards from the concrete by a foot at a later date for no apparent reason.
More to come as update the park.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
When Life Intervenes
The project hasn't been forgotten, just put on a temporary hold while I take care of a major drafting project at work. Once I've completed that to my satisfaction, it will be a dream to get back to Classic Fenway.
For the project itself, all supports are set for the park, and the last work completed was exterior work on the RF, then moving around the park clockwise from there.
Stay tuned.
For the project itself, all supports are set for the park, and the last work completed was exterior work on the RF, then moving around the park clockwise from there.
Stay tuned.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
LF Grandstand Roof Progress
The first rendered image in an awful long time, to see how the LF section is looking. In the process of building the truss work all around, but I have the LF truss placeholder up now, and some slightly more advanced seating elements.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
22,000 Seats
Added 8,000 or so Loge seats, located the main posts for the entire seating bowl and redid the obstruction center lines, then removed any obstructing seats. I'm preppping the next task, which is building the 6, count 'em 6 different roof truss setups used in the park.
There's the left field grandstand setup from post-1934, the section 27 which is shifted a row down from the normal 3rd base grandstand due to it bridging the angles to LF, the main 3rd base truss, the modified home plate truss with deeper back supports, the first base line with rear posts around row 15, and the RF line stretching around the corner. I'm sure there'll be more, including the possibility of a different section 31 truss because of a strangely placed seat.
I updated my picasaweb account with pictures I took on Friday's rainout, and the gorgeous restarted game on Sunday. Most pictures deal with posts as that's what I was working on, but there's also a bit of Fenway weirdness I captured as well in section 14:
I don't think $50 goes as far as it used to. At Fenway, caveat emptor.
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