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electric_blue68

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19. Nice! I think we drove there, and probably parked in the very new then Mets Stadium parking lot....

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 06:43 PM

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Yeah, that part is sort of coming back to me. There was a big, wide wooden boardwalk type bridge from the parking lot over a roadway to the WF.

TY for evoking another memory! 👍

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