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Wrigley Field Construction Update: March 11

Some photos from a beautiful, but cold, Saturday.

By Al Yellon
  • View of the southwest corner of Hotel Zachary, from Addison Street with Wrigley Field behind it David Sameshima
  • Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • Looking north on Clark Street, from Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • View through the construction fence, at Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • Covered scaffolding, along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • View of the southeast corner of Hotel Zachary, from Clark and Addison David Sameshima
  • View of the west side of Wrigley Field, from Clark Street David Sameshima
  • The marquee, with ongoing construction underneath David Sameshima
  • The south side of the plaza building David Sameshima
  • The west side of the plaza building David Sameshima
  • CFD Ambulance 6 making its way through the St Patrick's Day Parade bar traffic, at Waveland and Clark David Sameshima
  • The northwest corner of the plaza building, at Waveland and Clark David Sameshima
  • A view through the construction fence, at Waveland and Clark David Sameshima
  • Another view through the construction fence, at Waveland and Clark David Sameshima
  • The northwest corner of Wrigley Field, from Waveland Avenue David Sameshima
  • The new ticket windows, on Waveland Avenue, next to the bleacher gate. They were open, with no line David Sameshima
  • The flag pole line has still not been replaced, with no "W" flag on display David Sameshima
  • Program book vendor carts, still with the World Series graphics, stored inside of the bleacher gate David Sameshima
  • Digging taking place in the right field corner, where the gap in the wall was created to allow heavy equipment onto the field David Sameshima
  • CFD Engine 78 weaving its way through the St Patrick's Day Parade bar traffic, along Sheffield Avenue David Sameshima
  • View through the construction fence, at Addison and Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Construction equipment around the Draft Kings club and the Billy Williams statue, at Addison and Sheffield David Sameshima
  • Exterior scaffolding along Addison Street David Sameshima
  • The line outside of Sluggers, on Clark Street. Note the city ambulance on a call, parked outside David Sameshima
  • View looking south along the 3500 block of Clark Street David Sameshima

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — BCB’s David Sameshima had time to return to Wrigley Field on Saturday, when temperatures barely met the 30-degree mark, but there was brilliant sunshine. (So let’s see — Chicago had March in January and May in February, now it’s January in March. Let’s hope April is baseball weather.)

The project is proceeding at a good pace, as is apparent from these photos. The plaza building looks nearly ready to inhabit, and the area around the main entrance, while still undergoing work, seems about ready to be cleaned up for entry.

The yardarm of the flagpole above the center-field scoreboard, apparently ripped away by high winds a week or so ago, has not yet been replaced.

The Cubs can surely save those “World Series Programs” covers for the vending stands. Hopefully, they’ll be needed again this October. (The year and logo, of course, will need to be updated.)

Four weeks from tomorrow, April 10, the Cubs and Dodgers will open the 2017 home season at Wrigley Field. We’ll have more photos later in the week.

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