NDR: anyone been to Wrigley Field?

[tarheels]

I was just reading something about how Mr. Wrigley refused to install lights on the field for night play and that the Cubs were the last MLB team in America to do so (1988). Apparently, Mr. Wrigley didn't want to because he believed doing so would cause the neighborhood surrounding the ball field to deteriorate.

Well, I've never been near a stadium that wasn't in a pretty gritty area, but I guess it's a chicken and egg question. So how's the area around Wrigley Field? Was it full of lovely homes that are now drug havens because there are night lights?

[sjh722]

I have been there many, many times. Wrigleyville is a nice area.

[pitterwoo]

I think it's the other Chicago baseball stadium that's in a not so nice part of town.

[sjh722]

Dec 4, 2012 20:45:20 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

I think it's the other Chicago baseball stadium that's in a not so nice part of town.

Uh, yes. For sure.

[pitterwoo]

is that an understatement? lol, I don't know. I went to college with a bunch of Illinois kids so I was trying to remember.

[RoxMonster]

I've been there a handful of times. I wouldn't call it a bad area or gritty. Right around Wrigley, there are bars, restaurants, etc.

[darkling_glory]

Yes, Wrigleyville is a very desirable place to live. Especially from the younger set (think 20-somethings). Lots to do and see.

You, uh, don't want to live near U.S. Cellular field. It is not nice... I don't wear my good jewelry when we go to a White Sox game.

I'm a south-sider for life, but while the park itself is actually very nice (much nicer than Wrigley), the area surrounding it is not.

[kyliek29]

I've been to a couple games. My cousin actually lives in Wrigleyville - and loves it! He paid a very high price for a tiny little condo, basically just for the location.

[sjh722]

Dec 5, 2012 8:44:57 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Yes, Wrigleyville is a very desirable place to live. Especially from the younger set (think 20-somethings). Lots to do and see.

You, uh, don't want to live near U.S. Cellular field. It is not nice... I don't wear my good jewelry when we go to a White Sox game.

I'm a south-sider for life, but while the park itself is actually very nice (much nicer than Wrigley), the area surrounding it is not.

If you're interested in this further, T&R, I remember reading a CE&P post a few months ago:
pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=76056

They explain it well so I won't re-type. Some of the bad areas referenced in that post (like 35th and State) are minutes from US Cellular Field (where the Sox play).

Wrigley Field is located on the north side, in a much more affluent area.

[tarheels]

Thanks everybody. I just thought Mr. Wrigley's presumption that lights = crime was pretty preposterous, and you all confirmed it.

[tarheels]

Dec 5, 2012 11:15:03 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

Dec 5, 2012 8:44:57 GMT -5 darkling_glory said:

Yes, Wrigleyville is a very desirable place to live. Especially from the younger set (think 20-somethings). Lots to do and see.

You, uh, don't want to live near U.S. Cellular field. It is not nice... I don't wear my good jewelry when we go to a White Sox game.

I'm a south-sider for life, but while the park itself is actually very nice (much nicer than Wrigley), the area surrounding it is not.

If you're interested in this further, T&R, I remember reading a CE&P post a few months ago:
pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=76056

They explain it well so I won't re-type. Some of the bad areas referenced in that post (like 35th and State) are minutes from US Cellular Field (where the Sox play).

Wrigley Field is located on the north side, in a much more affluent area.

And people rag on the south, damn. That makes any race "tension" here look like a picnic on a spring day. I put tension in quotes because things only get irritated here in a conference room setting where people have been brought together to talk about race relations. Chicago even makes our rough urban areas look like happy playgrounds. Wow.

But, anyways, not at all the point of my post Just trying to see if Mr. Wrigley was off his rocker for thinking that lights = crime, and he was.