This day in baseball: Ebbets Field demolition begins
Posted: February 23, 2015 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, Ebbets Field Apartments, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Roy Campanella, sports 4 CommentsThe demolition of Ebbets Field began on February 23, 1960, a little over two years after the Brooklyn Dodgers had finished their final season in Brooklyn. An urn of dirt from behind home plate was given to former catcher Roy Campanella. In place of the stadium, apartment buildings rose, called Ebbets Field Apartments.
Ebbets Field Apartments, 2008 (Wikimedia Commons)
What a terrible loss – to the Borough, the City, the whole culture! Regards Thom.
It certainly would make for an amazing experience to visit Ebbets Field, if it were still standing today. It’s one of those pieces of history that make me wish I had a time machine at my disposal.
So true! You might like the tribute to The Dodgers Duke Snider here on the Jukebox. regards Thom
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