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Wrigley Field Construction Update: December 10

Views of the work, and of the pub crawl on Saturday.

By Al Yellon
  • Traffic eastbound on Addison Street, at Racine Avenue. Construction tower for the Zachary Hotel project looms over the neighborhood David Sameshima
  • Caught the special CTA Cubs bus on Addison Street, approaching Wrigley Field David Sameshima
  • TBOX participants lined up, outside of Taco Bell David Sameshima
  • Souvenir vendors still set up at the northwest corner of Addison and Clark, across from the marquee David Sameshima
  • View looking south on Clark Street, from Addison Street. Very small TBOX crowd on the street, at the moment David Sameshima
  • Another view looking south on Clark Street, from Addison Street. Traffic moving very well, on a TBOX Saturday David Sameshima
  • View of the south side of Wrigley Field, along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Work taking place along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • The corner of Addison and Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Sheffield Avenue David Sameshima
  • Work Gate 8.5 on Sheffield Avenue, looking onto the field David Sameshima
  • The area around the old Cubs bullpen is visible in this photo. Note that part of the third base line wall has been removed David Sameshima
  • The back of the bleachers, at Sheffield and Waveland David Sameshima
  • Only the lower row of ballpark lights has been turned on David Sameshima

BCB's David Sameshima visited the area around Wrigley Field Saturday and filed this report.

I was able to make a visit to Wrigley on Saturday. I had forgotten that it was TBOX day, when I had mentioned to Al that I was planning on visiting Wrigley this Saturday. TBOX is the Twelve Bars of Christmas pub crawl, which has expanded to well beyond twelve bars. I went ahead anyway, since I had limited time, so the visit was going to be brief anyway.

I arrived around 3:00 p.m., and it was pretty tame in the neighborhood, for TBOX. The traffic was not that bad, and the sidewalks were not congested.

I didn't expect to see many changes, and there weren't any. They must have planned limited work, with TBOX taking place. They only had a few of the ballpark lights on, where normally all the lights have been on. I did not have time to do a complete walk around the ballpark, so my photos are limited to the Addison and Sheffield Avenue sides. We'll have more photos either later in the week or next weekend.

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