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Wrigley Field Construction Update: February 13

Progress is being made, slowly but surely.

By Al Yellon
  • Gravel pile under the marquee at Clark & Addison David Sameshima
  • Another view of the gravel pile David Sameshima
  • Concrete truck leaving the work site at Clark & Addison David Sameshima
  • Concrete truck entering the work site David Sameshima
  • Steel beam being lowered in the triangle lot David Sameshima
  • Waveland Avenue: new construction office trailer at right David Sameshima
  • Left-field corner on Waveland David Sameshima
  • More steel beams going up in left field on Waveland David Sameshima
  • Another view of the steel beams going up in the left-field bleachers on Waveland David Sameshima
  • More steel going up in the left-field bleachers on Waveland David Sameshima
  • Wider view of left-field construction Mike Bojanowski
  • One more view of the steel going up in the left-field bleachers on Waveland David Sameshima
  • On the third-base line, the upper-deck display signs have now all been removed David Sameshima
  • A closer view of where all the upper-deck display signs have been removed along the third-base line David Sameshima
  • A view of the bleacher steel structure in left-center field on Waveland David Sameshima
  • A wider view, to compare the height of the new bleacher structure with a building on Waveland David Sameshima
  • View of the new steel from the corner of Waveland & Kenmore Mike Bojanowski
  • Near the main bleacher entrance at Waveland & Sheffield Mike Bojanowski
  • View looking south on Sheffield from Waveland David Sameshima
  • Worker who I believe was welding a plate to the top of this beam that was salvaged from the 2005-06 bleacher expansion project. This is on the Sheffield side behind the center-field bleachers David Sameshima
  • View looking west on Waveland from Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Right-field corner of the bleachers on Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Scaffolding up along the first-base side display board David Sameshima
  • Gate Q area in the right-field corner on Sheffield David Sameshima
  • View of the inner bleacher wall, under construction in the right-field corner David Sameshima

As promised earlier today, here are the photos from BCB's David Sameshima from Friday afternoon, along with his report on the work:

I arrived just after 3:30 pm Friday (wind chill +8 degrees). No steel work was taking place during my visit. There is a new substantial gravel pile under the marquee. The piIe must have been around 10 feet tall, near the height of the construction fences. I have a couple of photos of it here (photos 1-2). It was another busy day for concrete trucks, who were making frequent visits. There wasn't much activity along the bleachers during my visit. They were busy in the triangle lot and inside the ballpark. It appears that they are about to start dismantling the upper deck display sign along the first-base line, after having done the same with the one on the third-base side earlier in the week.

I've also included three photos taken by Mike Bojanowski on Friday in this photo set. We are now 50 days until Opening Night -- when the Jumbotron is supposed to be operational -- and 86 days until the scheduled opening of the bleachers on May 11.

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