Trim Color of Newell Stadium, Red or Crimson?

As Newell Stadium renewal continues I couldn't help but notice the bright red aluminum panels that trim the bleachers. Red was the school's colors in the 50's and 60's and in the early 1970's football coach Bob Yates was hired. Yates a one time Boston Patriot had been an assistant coach at Harvard and brought the crimson color with him. As I took some shots with the sun high above the red shows very bright, late afternoon shots it darkens almost to crimson. But I'm pretty sure the red will pop under the lights of a night game. Whatever the color this new athletic field is going to be something, gone are the warped stands, gone are the pot holes in the undersized track and gone is the field of salty mud!



Gloucester's Newell Stadium in 2009, the way it was.


From the banks of the Annisquam River.


Press box 2009.


New press box awaits installation.


Bulldozer at work.


Visitors bleachers yet to be built.


Bright red bleachers!


Track 2009


Grading the new track base.


Warped stands in 2009!


No warping here!


Wood ties used to support bleachers 2009.


Concrete pad.


Ramp to the press box.


Field ready for artificial turf.


Late afternoon as the red darkens.


A closer look of the trim.

Newell Stadium Rises Again!

The week started with the bombings during Patriots Day's Boston Marathon. Innocent people were killed and injured during a senseless act of terrorism. Lives lost and lives changed forever. But despite this horrific act people came together helping the injured and ultimately the death of one terrorist and the capture of his terrorist brother by hard working and heroic law enforcement officers. One conclusion crossed my mind "No One Gets Away Hurting The USA" and that's why I posted that thought on the image of "Old Glory"!

In the meantime the reconstruction of the "New Balance Track and Field at Newell Stadium" is taking shape!


Bleachers on the rise.


Field foundation prep.


Benches await installation.


Wide track base.


Side view.


New drainage culvert.


Concrete pad, something that was missing under the original stands.


A classic car at Tally's corner.


The "Three Amigos"!


Fishermen's Memorial


April sunset!


Looking towards City Hall.


Harbor sunset.


City Hall

April Views!

April can be a great month for photography around here. So far it's been a cold Spring and if the temps reach 60 degrees it's a bonus.



Call of the wild.


A gymnastic gull!


"Capt. Tom" enters Harbor Cove.


Schooner "Thomas E. Lannon".


I hear this fishing boat is being converted to go crab fishing!



Fishermen's Memorial



Wind Turbines on the Route 128 extension.


Pilings and masts.


City Hall after the sun went down.


The UU Church!


"The Fort" where Fort Defiance once stood.


Brace Cove


Look close to the right....Someone getting too close!


Explosive force of nature!


"The House" at Good Harbor Beach weathers a storm!


A walk on the beach.


A gull check out the beach.


Same gull, same beach.


Running out of room to walk the dog!


Sunset over the Breakwater.