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Wrigley Field history: Bleacher construction in 1937

In Sunday’s Wrigley Field construction update, some of the photos showed the new construction in the left-field corner, near where the bleachers are also being extended.

Today, let’s have a look at the original bleacher construction project looking toward that left-field corner. That construction project lasted from July 5 to September 5, 1937:

... there are reports that the building continued even during games, with one report that a construction worker was hit by a home-run ball.

Interesting. The structure is nearing completion in the photo, and I would have guessed a late-August date, and I’ll reveal the exact date at the end of this article.