OT: Interesting read - "The Making of Three Rivers Stadium"

[HOF Coach]

 

[RaleighPittFan]

That would have been an interesting view from Mt. Washington.

 

[McKee Place]

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Yes it was, thanks!

 

[PittsburghPanther]

Really cool photos in that article. I particularly liked the old scoreboard at Three Rivers, where they used to show sketches of the players' faces instead of actual photos. That brought back a lot of childhood memories of the Buccos.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

This looks like the overpass(?) going over 579 by the pens arena. Smart use of land unused!

 

[RaleighPittFan]

There would have been a built-in excuse for the kickers, because of the crazy winds that would have come from the river.

 

[wbrpanther]

That would have been an interesting view from Mt. Washington.

It was. In the summer of 69 a bunch of us crashed at a buddies place on Mount Washington after attending a twi-night double header against the Cubs at Forbes. We took in that view before we headed for Oakland. I didn’t fare too well that night as I took many trips to visit the porcelain God.

 

[pittdan77]

The guy that came up with that design now uses MS Paint to come up with various Pitt stadium plans that have streets running under the stadium.

 

[Panther Holla]

The original Three Rivers scoreboard was fabulous. Game score and clock on the right, stats and animation on the left. it could be a distraction to visiting batters, perched just above the hitters background as it was. It stretched from LCF to RCF, huge. I think Manny Sanguillen was the only player to hit it with a home run, but I could be wrong about that.