Shea Flashback - a final farewell

It was a year ago today that a group of Mets fans, about 200 strong, came out to the see the remains of Shea Stadium, one last time together, a few weeks before the final pieces fell.

Here's the start of a multi-post recap that I wrote a year ago on the event. It's quite long, but there was so much to say.

I also took a lot of pictures.


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one last video of Shea's Farewell

I got an email in my inbox today from the producer from mySn.tv (My Social Sports Network), who was out at Shea covering the fan's farewell back in late January. The 4 1/2 minute video piece is now online. I appear in it three times (although they got the name of my blog wrong).



I'll be back later with my stories from my last games at Shea.

Remembering Shea - all together now - part 6

Alas, the final images of Shea Stadium I expect to see with my own eyes came through the window on the 7 train as it pulled away from Shea towards Manhattan.



One thing I noticed was that the last piece that looked mostly intact was the outside side visible from the subway (until the trees obscured the view). It's a bit of a shame that I never got over to that side of the park today, but it's just not how the day worked out spending time talking with everyone.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Final thought | Recaps in the Media | Recaps in other Mets blogs | All together now

Remembering Shea - all together now - part 5

No other way to put it, I'm just going to post a slideshow of ALL of the photos I took of the Shea destruction site. The different vantage points are near the old traffic circle, well outside the former Gate A (I think - it was hard to tell without the old landmarks) and moving towards Gate C (it just looked different in the parking lot), and also from the subway stairs and platform, which is still outside the former Gate E.

One note about the photos, and the link to the album is at the bottom of this post. A few of the phots have people in them (in the background, mostly). If you see yourself in a photo (or in the videos in another post), let everyone know which one you are.



Shea Farewell


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Final thought | Recaps in the Media | Recaps in other Mets blogs | All together now