April 13 PM WalkTonight's walk was, unfortunately, the shortest and least interesting walk that the Che and I have been on in at least a week. We had early dinner reservations so a quick rectangle was all we could really muster. One would think that when trouncing through industrial Gowanus for a 30 minute walk, there wouldn't be much to see, and honestly, that's about right. But what's crazy about Brooklyn, is that if one looks hard enough, every corner, on in this case, every wall, holds a bit of history.
Chester begged me to get his picture taken in front of the oldest remaining baseball related structures in the US- left field wall of the very first home of the Brooklyn Superbas, later known as the Dodgers, Washington Park. Until I read an online NY Times article, I thought that Ebbetts field was the one and only home for the BKLYN Dodgers (read this blurb for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Park)
It is an inconspicuous a structure as you have ever seen, and unless you knew what you were looking for, you'd never even know it was there. All that's left of some semblance of the wall's previous use, are some bricked-over window openings. It now serves as a wall for a ConEd warehouse. Who woulda thunk it...
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According to Wiki, they also played for a couple of seasons at the site of Washington Park, between 4th and 5th. Pop
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