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Candlestick Before and After Stadium Built

Unfinished History

Candlestick Parks opening day and opening day of season 1960 AAC-5288.jpg

Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library


Candlestick-aerial-1950.jpg

Candlestick Point, 1950, looking generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane. No ballpark, not even the land to build it on is yet present.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco,CA

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Candlestick Point, 1957, same view as above, seven years later, with a good deal of construction and landfilling underway.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission


Cushman-July-20-1957-101-causeway-with-more-brisbane-lagoon-and-no-candlestick-park-fill-P09410.jpg

July 20, 1957: Highway 101 causeway with Brisbane Lagoon in foreground. Note Bayview Hill with no Candlestick landfill or stadium, nor does Candlestick Point State Recreation Area exist yet.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09410)

Candlestick park north view 1960 AAC-5280.jpg

Candlestick Park after its completion in 1960.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

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View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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