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September 19, 2012
Coming to the Barclays Center plaza: a flagpole representing Ebbets Field (so I hear)
Atlantic Yards Report
A flagpole (right) was installed Monday on the plaza outside the Barclays Center arena, near the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. It's obviously meant to be a beacon of sorts.
There's space on the flagpole base for a plaque.
What's coming? There's no official announcement yet, but I hear that the flagpole is supposed to represent the flagpole at Ebbets Field, home of the baseball Dodgers until they left Brooklyn after the 1957 season. And that means the flag will either be vintage or a copy.
(Yes, I know this is not officially sourced, but I had the Barbra Streisand news right.)
Linking the Nets and the Dodgers
It's another effort to link the Nets and the Dodgers, a connection important mainly to men of a certain age--like Borough President Marty Markowitz--and a connection easily grasped by media outlets.
Posted by eric at September 19, 2012 12:17 PM