From the Bill Beal moving pictures collection. Oakland Pittsburgh 1968 from the air. You can see Forbes field and Pitt Stadium both long gone and the development going on a long Forbes Avenue | Stuff Thats Gone

Construction of Forbes Field - Home of the Pittsburgh #Pirates (1909) #MLB #Ballpark #Baseball #History #LetsGoBucs | Baseball by BSmile

Filmed at Forbes Field in #Pittsburgh - Angels in the Outfield was released on October 19, 1951. | The Odd, Mysterious & Fascinating History of Pittsburgh

Cool story from back in the day. Though the grandstands of Forbes Field were torn down more than half a century ago, pieces of the ballpark still live on. In Oakland, you can still walk the outline of the old centerfield wall where legends once roamed, stand on the exact brick spot where Mazeroski’s home run cleared the fence to win the 1960 World Series, and even see home plate preserved inside Pitt’s Posvar Hall. These markers serve as quiet reminders of one of baseball’s most historic cathedr

Oakland PA 1971, winter. Includes Forbes Field in the middle of being torn down.