[Aerial view of a proposed site for Candlestick Park]

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Local identifier: AAC-5268
Title: [Aerial view of a proposed site for Candlestick Park]
Date: [1957 May 18]
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w. ; 23 x 25 cm. (9 x 9 3/4 in.)
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Note: Folder: S.F. Stadiums-Candlestick Park-Cove.
Newscopy: "S.F. MAJOR LOOP STADIUM SITE? -- Here's aerial view of Mayor George Christopher's proposed site for a major league baseball stadium here. The South Basin site (arrow) is Federal tideland property between Hunters Point and Candlestick Point. The site is about two blocks from Third street, and close to six from the Bay Shore Highway, two main travel arteries. Christopher, heading the drive to bring major league baseball to San Francisco, said that to build a new stadium now would cost between $7,500,000 to $10,000,000. The city in 1954 passed a contingent $5,000,000 bond issue for the stadium. Christopher said the additional money required probably..."
Negative #5679
LCSH Subjects: Buildings--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Local subjects: Stadiums--Candlestick Park--Cove.
Bibliographic Number: .b10201373
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:135136