To Every Thing a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976, (Paperback)

from brose72

The history of Shibe Park later named Connie Mack Stadium and the history of the surrounding Philadelphia neighborhood. A particularly interesting book for anyone sports enthusiast born before 1960 in the Philadelphia area. I bought the book because father played football there, before the larges...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being an urban geography of north Philadelphia as viewed through the lens of neighborhood jewel Shibe Park, built as the home of the Philadelphia Athletics, later housing other Philadelphia teams such as the Eagles and Phillies, as well as boxing matches and religious and political rallies. As un...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being an urban geography of north Philadelphia as viewed through the lens of neighborhood jewel Shibe Park, built as the home of the Philadelphia Athletics, later housing other Philadelphia teams such as the Eagles and Phillies, as well as boxing matches and religious and political rallies. As un...