Fi I ,rst, I started digging. My go-to was, of course, the int.tenretni ehernet.
- I spent hours just Googling, I mean hours. My search history is probably just "Fenway Park 1918," "Fenway Park 1950," "Fenway Park changes," and a million variations of that.
- I pored over old photos. Seriously, black and white photos are my new jam. You can find some amazing stuff if you look hard enough.
- I also tried to find some old blueprints or diagrams, but those were tougher to come by.
Getting My Hands Dirty (Digitally)
After all that searching, I had a pretty good collection of images and info. But it was all scattered. I needed to organize it somehow.
So, I made a simple timeline. Nothing fancy, just a Word document where I pasted in the pictures and added notes about the major changes I noticed. Things like:
- When did the Green Monster get, well, green?
- What about the different seating expansions?
- How did the field dimensions change over time?
It was messy, but it helped me see the evolution. Like, you wouldn't believe how much that place has changed, but also how much it's stayed the same, you know?
The Final(ish) Result
I'm still kind of adding to it, it's become a bit of a passion project. But I've got this pretty cool visual timeline of Fenway Park now. It’s not perfect, it's not like a professional museum exhibit or anything, but it's mine. And it really shows you the history of this amazing ballpark, from its early days to the more modern era.
Honestly, I recommend anyone who's a baseball fan, or even just a history buff, to try something like this. It's such a cool way to connect with the past and appreciate how things change (and sometimes stay the same) over time. Next up,I think will be doing something similar for other old Stadium.
