So I finally uploaded and posted the pictures from my trip to Nationals Park and the neighborhood surrounding it (Near Southeast). I have pictures from the neighborhood, but these are much more important and newsworthy. So here they are... descriptions are underneath each photo...
View looking north from First at N... you can see the parking garage off to the left of the picture.
Looking inside the parking garage. This was shortly before I got kicked out of First Street and had to clear out of the "construction zone". So I wasn't the happiest of people, but there are ways in which I could work around that...
The building that is over the Metro station and the big pit that exists right next to that building. This is all going to be the district immediately to the north of the stadium, but it won't be ready by Opening Day 2008.
This is the view of the gate that Metro-goers will use. Note the work being completed on the sidewalk.
Western parking garage, the one that faces South Capitol Street.
View showing the two parking garages... west is closer, east is further away.
Detail of the sign on the corner of the west parking garage, showing the different gates that can be used to get into the ballpark.
Kind of trying to get a shot into the park. I think this is the left field gate, but it didn't used to be there so when I drove by I could sneak peeks in on the stadium's gigantic scoreboard.
Closer view of scoreboard... bit tough to see, but you can at least see that it is HUGE.
Another directional sign showing different gates, as well as the team store!
The curly W's on one of the gates!
Here is a view of the southwestern entrance... from the median of South Capitol Street. This is where I had to walk down to get pictures of this side of the stadium.
Looking up South Capitol street. Note that the stadium's facade almost "points" to the Capitol Building.
Looking down Potomac Avenue... stadium on the left and the lack of development on the right. What an eyesore! Boswell was right...
View from the Douglass bridge that you see when you drive over the Anacostia River.
Close up on the Nationals sign that shows itself on the south facade of the park.
Closer view of southwestern entrance, showing that this path has yet to be completed.
Another look up South Capitol Street. The Capitol Building is much bigger when you see it in person.
Another view showing the park and the lack of development.
There you go... the park points at the Capitol Building. It's about this size when you see it from there... maybe a bit smaller, however.
Looking up South Capitol again... I'm obsessed with the fact that it points straight to the Capitol.
From the median again, a bit more zoomed in to show the Capitol a bit bigger.
Southwestern entrance, but a bit more zoomed in this time.
Slightly different angle of the western facade of the stadium. It almost doesn't even look like a stadium from this angle.
Told you the Capitol was much bigger than it appeared in those pictures!
Gates fronting South Capitol Street.
Looking south on South Capitol Street this time, showing how the stadium connects to the admin building.
Viewing decks? Not sure...
View into the stadium at a few of the upper sections.
Again, looking south on South Capitol Street at the western side of the stadium.
Closer in view of the entrance that Metro-goers will use. Note the Red Porch restaurant at the background, close to where I will sit on Opening Day... if I'm lucky!
View into the stadium. This is about the best view into the stadium I could get without actually going into the stadium itself, as the parking garages are now in place, obscuring most of the view.
More detail of the sidewalk work that is going on.
And this is the view from about where you get off the Metro at Navy Yard station. Where the Clark sign is is the actual entrance to the Metro. So it's about a block away from the Metro station. Not like RFK.
That completes our tour of Nationals Park. I hope this thing is ready for Opening Day, because it really is something special that I think most Nationals fans will really enjoy. It really is a treat for this team. I'll try and get some pictures from Opening Day, and I'll update how the stadium looks as it opens!
