Item Info
Item No: pdch00247
Title: Aerial View, baseball stadium
Historic Street Address:
Broad Street & Pattison Avenue
Media Type: Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image taken by Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer Charles T. Higgins. Notes on the negative's envelope read: "Aerial view, N.D. [no date], baseball stadium"
This ca. 1973 image shows an aerial view of Veterans Stadium, located at Broad Street & Pattison Avenue. Built in 1971, to replace Connie Mack Stadium (previously called Shibe Park), it primarily hosted the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Eagles games, but also other sports events, concerts, and civic events. It was demolished in 2004, and the site became a parking lot for its replacement next door, Citizens Bank Park.
Creation Year: ca. 1973
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.170945
Geocode Latitude:39.906355
Creator Name: Higgins, Charles - Photographer