My dad always thought it was built the wrong way, and I can see why.
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There is no way to get that city skyline from that location, or even Armour Park across the street. I've seen Sears Tower (or whatever they're calling it now), from one of the ramps at the ballpark, and it isn't nearly so prominent. You would have to locate the park farther north for the Photo Shopped view to be a reality.
The ballpark faces the way it does so that it can have the "35th and Shields" address. Baseball parks take the address of home plate.
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Originally posted by TDog View PostThere is no way to get that city skyline from that location, or even Armour Park across the street. I've seen Sears Tower (or whatever they're calling it now), from one of the ramps at the ballpark, and it isn't nearly so prominent. You would have to locate the park farther north for the Photo Shopped view to be a reality.
The ballpark faces the way it does so that it can have the "35th and Shields" address. Baseball parks take the address of home plate.Last edited by LITTLE NELL; 04-30-2020, 03:50 PM.Now coming up to bat for the White Sox is the Mighty Mite, Nelson Fox.
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Downtown is nowhere near that close. It is miles away, far off in the distance. But that won't stop people on the twitter thread from complaining about it. Again.Last edited by Tommy John; 04-30-2020, 06:08 PM.
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Finally. He posted the same photo on Facebook. Someone replied by posting how downtown really looks from the ballpark, along with this post "Not so sure about that... That's a 2x (or more) crop posted by OP"
Don't know if the original poster thinks that downtown would actually be as close as he placed it.1 Photo
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Originally posted by Tommy John View PostFinally. He posted the same photo on Facebook. Someone replied by posting how downtown really looks from the ballpark, along with this post "Not so sure about that... That's a 2x (or more) crop posted by OP"
Don't know if the original poster thinks that downtown would actually be as close as he placed it.
Now coming up to bat for the White Sox is the Mighty Mite, Nelson Fox.
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Plus the picture is obviously taken from the 500 level of the park. Even if that view existed (it doesn't, the photo is completely out of scale with the park), that's not nearly the view you would get from the lower deck. That picture makes the Sears Tower look like its 400 stories tall. I've been in that parking lot enough to know that you can't see the skyline from ground level.
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Originally posted by TDog View PostThere is no way to get that city skyline from that location, or even Armour Park across the street. I've seen Sears Tower (or whatever they're calling it now), from one of the ramps at the ballpark, and it isn't nearly so prominent. You would have to locate the park farther north for the Photo Shopped view to be a reality.
The ballpark faces the way it does so that it can have the "35th and Shields" address. Baseball parks take the address of home plate.
35th street is ~4 miles from the Sears tower.Riding Shotgun on the Sox Bandwagon since before there was an Internet...
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We at WSI don't like hoaxes. Here's the REAL view of downtown from the Old Comiskey parking lot. The photo now swirling around Twitter and elsewhere grossly misrepresents how far away and how small and insignificant Chicago's skyline from 35th Street truly is. It's the sort of hoax only a curse-believing Cubs fan would enjoy. Call 'em out on it.1 Photo
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Originally posted by PaleHoseGeorge View PostWe at WSI don't like hoaxes. Here's the REAL view of downtown from the Old Comiskey parking lot. The photo now swirling around Twitter and elsewhere grossly misrepresents how far away and how small and insignificant Chicago's skyline from 35th Street truly is. It's the sort of hoax only a curse-believing Cubs fan would enjoy. Call 'em out on it.
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Originally posted by Tommy John View PostFinally. He posted the same photo on Facebook. Someone replied by posting how downtown really looks from the ballpark, along with this post "Not so sure about that... That's a 2x (or more) crop posted by OP"
Don't know if the original poster thinks that downtown would actually be as close as he placed it.Last edited by Hitmen77; 05-01-2020, 11:51 PM.White Sox Division Titles: 1983, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2021
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In my 50 plus years of living in Chicago surrounded by Cubs fans I never once heard a Cubs fan complain that their ballpark isn't pointed toward downtown, or produce fake pictures demonstrating how wonderful it would be. So I have to give them some credit I guess.
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Originally posted by ThirdGen View PostIn my 50 plus years of living in Chicago surrounded by Cubs fans I never once heard a Cubs fan complain that their ballpark isn't pointed toward downtown, or produce fake pictures demonstrating how wonderful it would be. So I have to give them some credit I guess.
Even though it faces northeast, there are still some great views of the surrounding area with the high rise apartment buildings.Now coming up to bat for the White Sox is the Mighty Mite, Nelson Fox.
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Originally posted by Tommy John View Post
I would love to, but I can’t tell if he actually believes what he posted or if he is being deliberately dishonest to serve some agenda. Don’t want to accuse him of that.
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