Ebbets Field: Brooklyn
Beloved Ebbets Field was home to the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team from 1913 to 1960. The iconic ballpark was the setting of many significant moments in sports history, but perhaps none so famous as Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in professional baseball in 1947 by suiting up to play for the Dodgers.
Ironically, it was the team’s very success that necessitated the destruction of its stadium: Ebbets Field’s 35,000-seat capacity simply wasn’t enough for all the fans. The team was moved to Los Angeles in 1957, and Ebbets Field was demolished three years later with a wrecking ball that was painted like a baseball.
