This Week In Cool Places That Don't Exist Anymore II

This isn't a regular feature. I just can't think of anything else to post right now.
So... architecture!

This is Griffith Stadium.
The Washington Senators played baseball here from 1911 to 1960 before moving to Minnesota and becoming the Twins.
A new and unimproved Washington Senators played here in 1961 before moving to RFK Stadium the following year. The team later moved to Texas and became the Rangers.
The Washington Redskins played football here from 1937 to 1960 before also moving to RFK.
The stadium was torn down in 1965.

A couple things about the stadium I want to point out. Firstly, the field dimensions were a mess.
The left-field foul pole was actually farther from home plate than the wall in left-center. More notably, though, are the ridiculous angles in center-field. Nowadays when new stadiums feature angles like this it's because the designers are trying to show off. But back in the day the field dimensions were warped out of necessity. Go back to that first picture. You'll notice the wall juts inward because it is guarding a BIG STINKING TREE. Whoever owned that plot of land, as well as the owner of the townhouses next to it, did not want to sell. Obviously they built the stadium anyway. The result was a concave center-field and a short right-field (all areas protected by immensely tall walls).

Secondly, the grandstand was also a mess. In the first picture you can see high awnings and low awnings. Naturally the grandstands around home plate were built first. But when they extended them down the foul lines they built them much taller and actually didn't bother connecting the sections. Check out the gaps.
You'll also note all the people on the field. That was how attendees used to exit stadiums a long time ago (this picture was taken in 1933). It was actually pretty common. I'm sure the grounds crew loved it.

Go to Clem's Baseball for a fantastic and slightly mesmerizing breakdown of the stadium's history.

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Poxy is an adjective either meaning "something rotten" or "having or having had syphilis."
Epoxy is a resin commonly used in adhesives.

Guess which one I have on my fingers right now.

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Tomorrow, if all goes well, we're going to an all-you-can-eat sushi place in Hamilton. It's our Valentine's dinner because nothing says I LOVE YOU like fresh dead fish. I'm also working the night of the actual Valentine's day, which is a bust, so the special occasion had to be bumped up.

I always magically order just the right amount of food at AYCE sushi joints. They charge you for what you don't eat, so you don't want to leave a plate full of expensive endangered super flounder rolls or something. On the other hand if you order too little you feel cheated. So somehow I always end up clearing the table one roll short of a puke party. It's awesome and almost as satisfying as the flavor of the food itself.

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This post needs some music.
Rose of Sharon - "The Shape of Things to Come"
Grand Roses - "The Astronaut"
Rose Blossom Punch - "Beauty"
The Rosewood Thieves - "Lonesome Road"
Sorry, no G'N'R. The halftime show last Sunday kind of put me off of them for a little bit.