Comments on: links for 2007-10-03

By: Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:06:23 +0000

Thanks, billfer…

EXPOSURE.Detroit is a group I founded last year to help aspiring, up-and-coming photographers a chance to have exhibitions of their own — sometimes in coffee houses, sometimes in bars, etc. We take over a place, have a party, and hang our art for a month.

One of the guys in the group called in a **bunch** of favors, and over the span of 3 months or so, hounded his contact at the City until - after unanimous approvals from about 12 boards - they allowed 20 of us a one-hour guided tour of the stadium. They said it has never happened before, and will never happen again - for anyone. We were shocked.

We got the word last Thursday night that Friday (9/28) would be the day, between 2pm and 3pm. Most of us didn’t sleep at all the night before.

It was simply amazing, both in the flood of memories that came back, and the amount of natural decay that 8 years had on the old girl. I think we also felt a strong responsibility to get this right. Collectively, we took near 1,300 photos, and covered almost everything we were allowed to see. No dressing rooms, unfortunately, or secret passages.

We’re hoping (actually, pretty sure) that a publisher is going to be interested in this, as we’ve had countless inquiries about how to order copies.

I really hope you enjoy them all.

By: JML

JML — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:39:05 +0000

I never got to Tiger Stadium, either. I was hoping hoping hoping they’d have a “One Last Visit” day for fans. It would have been my fist and last and only visit, and that would have been fine with me.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:24:13 +0000

This bums me out, a lot. I never got to a game in Tiger Stadium. I often really wish that Comerica would’ve been a Tiger Stadium replica and more of a vertical stadium. Especially with how every stadium seemingly looks the same now. (See: The new Nationals Ballpark)

By: billfer

billfer — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:47:37 +0000

Bobby -

Thanks for sharing the bigger set. Those are all amazing, and amazingly sad at the same time.

How did the opportunity come about?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:44:50 +0000

My father and I used to walk a ramp like this every sunday for the last couple years of Tiger Stadium

http://flickr.com/photos/zakzorah/1471168072/

By: K-Man

K-Man — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:53:01 +0000

Those pictures are REALLY depressing.
Went to my first game July 27, 1971.
Went to my last game September 27, 1999.
RIP, old girl. We will always remember.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:35:10 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/k.....221561009/

Saw that, looked in my old tickets and sure enough, section 380 was my last trip to the stadium

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:02:54 +0000

Growing up as a Tigers fan in Seattle with no ties to the Detroit area, I always held out hope that I could see a game in Tiger Stadium. Sad that it’ll never happen.

By: Matt in Toledo

Matt in Toledo — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:27:25 +0000

I tell myself it’s silly of me, but those pictures break my heart. My reaction upon seeing them was similar to when I found out it was official the stadium would be torn down, which is here.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:01:41 +0000

We took a lot more than just Ken’s, too — here’s a link to much, much more:

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/.....teresting/

It was one of the thrills of my life.