Finally last week the brick showed up in a nice logoed box with a wood mount and plaque on the side of the brick.
JFK Stadium Brick, South Phila |
I'm not a brick collector. I do have one other brick in my ManTown; one from JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. JFK (formerly Municipal Stadium) was located behind the Spectrum on the site of the present Wells Fargo Center (home of Flyers). It was a run down old horseshow stadium rarely used in my youth. My father and grandfather used to go to Army/Navy games regularly there until my grandfather's death in the early 60s. I've seen the Philadelphia Bell once (old WFL team in the mid 70's), a concert with Santana, The Clash and The Who in 1982 and Live Aid in 1985. The last event there was a Grateful Dead show in 1989.
When the stadium was demolished to make room for the new home of the Flyers there was a temporary fenced in lot at the Spectrum. I had my boy (5 or 6 at the time) at the Spectrum one afternooon to pick up tickets for that evening. I noticed pallets of bricks stacked up inside past a guard shack. The gate was opened and no guard was in sight. I sent my boy in to fetch a brick, which he did.
Spectrum Brick, South Phila |
Also in the photo is a practice puck from the early-mid 1970's.