Fenway Park's grand opening on April 20, 1912 didn't even make Boston's front pages.  The sinking of the Titanic a few days earlier still dominated the headlines.  Built in Boston's Fens section, an area surrounded by colleges and museums, cozy Fenway Park is a dream to us baseball fans - natural grass, crazy dimensions, very little foul territory separating us from the players.  What really separates Fenway from the other ballparks is the Green Monster, the 37-foot-high leftfield wall that made Fenway famous.  And it wasn't always green.  Topped in 1936 by a 23-foot net to protect windows on Lansdowne Street, the Wall was covered for many years with advertisements - dominated by Gem Blades (avoid 5 o'clock shadow") and Lifebuoy Soap ("the Red Sox use it").  The ads were removed in 1947 and a grass green paint job created the Green Monster of today.

Soon, if the Boston Red Sox have their way, Fenway Park will face the same wrecking ball as Ebbets Field, the  Polo Grounds, Crosley Field, Forbes Field, Shibe Park, Sportsman's Park, and Tiger Stadium.  It seems that half of New England has been duped into thinking that a "New Fenway" is needed for the Red Sox to survive.  Oh well.  This site isn't about saving Fenway.  It's about enjoying this historic shrine while it's still standing.  So have a look around.  Other than some Fenway facts and figures, you'll mostly see lots of images here, including photos I took on a hot August day in 1999.  There's even a section about what the "New Fenway" has to offer, copied almost verbatim from the official Red Sox literature, as well as a plan for expanding the present Fenway as proposed by the "Save Fenway Park" committee.

 34,819 (1958);  33,368 (1960);  33,357 (1961);  33,524 (1965);

 33,375 (1968);  33,379 (1971);  33,437 (1976);  33,513 (1977);

 33,538 (1979);  33,536 (1981);  33,465 (1983);  33,583 (1985);

 34,182 (1989);  34,171 (1991 to present)