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Never occurred to me to wonder where Jackie Robinson was when he got called up to the Brooklyn Dodgers, but now I know:

Jackie Robinson’s residence at the old McAlpin Hotel was brief, but his stay is marked by a plaque on the building – now the Herald Towers apartments.

On that morning, Robinson was summoned to Brooklyn and told he was joining the big-league club.

The man who would break baseball’s color barrier was living in Room 1169, soon to be joined by his wife Rachel and baby son, Jack Jr., when the phone rang, on a chilly Thursday morning.

Five days later, Robinson would be in the starting lineup against the Boston Braves, batting second and playing first base – a new position for him – in a 5-3 Dodgers win.