A Dodger Fan Remembers Ebbets Field
Stadium Was Inaugurated 99 Years Ago This Month
BROOKLYN — A random walk took me to the construction site of the new Barclays Center, the future home of the Brooklyn Nets. In the 1950s, this was the location Walter O’Malley wanted for a new stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers –— a team 55 years in the past, but one that lives forever in the hearts of older fans.
Once upon a time there was a ball club known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose players performed their magic in a park called Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers are now the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Ebbets Field has been replaced by the Jackie Robinson apartment complex. A significant part of Brooklyn life is gone forever, but the memories remain for those fortunate enough to have been there.