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Posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Jul 25 00:39:59 2007, in response to Re: Brooklyn Dodgers (on topic), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Jul 24 20:36:07 2007. I haven't been paying close attention to the Giants argument. But I could see the merit of the Dodgers argument. Ebbets Field was clearly old and obsolete. Without a lot of land clearing, it could not have been rebuilt with adequate parking. Moses was clearly in charge of everything that was cleared and was built. It would seem that it would have had to be rebuilt somewhere else in Brooklyn. I agree with O'Malley that Atlantic and Flatbush would have been the most logical area given the fact that it would not entail massive relocation of residences and it's great transportation access and access to the LIRR where many former Brooklynites were relocating. Floyd Bennett Field was just not feasible, transportation wise, and if Brooklynites would not patronize the Dodgers if the stadium were located in Queens, that limited the choice to Brooklyn.If building a stadium in Downtown Brooklyn needed Moses's blessing and it did, and he would not give it, why shouldn't he not be blamed at least in part for the Dodgers leaving? |
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