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Wrigley Field Construction Update: December 16

Here are some nighttime views of the ballpark during the snow Friday evening.

By Al Yellon
  • View looking west on Addison Street, toward Wrigley Field, from the CTA Red Line train station platform. Note that the ballpark lights are on David Sameshima
  • City snow plow on Addison Street, waiting to turn south on Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Look into the ballpark, through the exposed area in the right field corner David Sameshima
  • View looking north on Sheffield Avenue, outside the ballpark David Sameshima
  • Worker closing construction Gate 8.5, on Sheffield Ave, with Gate D in the background David Sameshima
  • View looking through a gap in the construction fence, along the Addison Street side of the ballpark David Sameshima
  • Worker securing a sheet, along the Addison Street side of the ballpark David Sameshima
  • Plastic sheets covering the exposed south end of the ballpark, along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • Another view of the plastic sheets covering the exposed south end of the ballpark, along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • City snow plow working Addison Street, crossing in front of the ballpark David Sameshima
  • The front of the ballpark, at Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • The World Series Champions display on the marquee David Sameshima
  • The snow was beginning to stick, as evidenced by this car in front of Wrigley Field David Sameshima
  • W flag still flying, even in the middle of a snowstorm David Sameshima
  • The back of the scoreboard, and the bleacher gate, with the ballpark lights illuminating the snow coming down David Sameshima
  • Another view of the ballpark lights illuminating the snow coming down, along Sheffield Avenue David Sameshima

BCB's David Sameshima stopped by Wrigley Field after work Friday and took this photoset.

The ballpark looks quite different in the snow! Work was being completed for the day, and there don't seem to have been too many changes in what you can see from the street regarding the construction project.

David reports:

It had just started to snow. Not much to see, right now. They have plastic sheets, or wooden boards, covering up most of the exposed portions of the ballpark. They must have just finished up work for the day, when I arrived around 6:00 p.m. There was one worker securing a sheet along the south side of the ballpark, and a worker was just closing Gate 8.5, on Sheffield Avenue. The ballpark lights were still on too. We'll have more photos as the work continues through the winter -- hopefully in warmer weather than Chicago is getting today!

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