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Bookmark or Share- Dodger Stadium and the Battle of Chavez RavineOn May 9, 1959, a day former residents refer to as “Black Friday,” the last residents of Chavez Ravine were evicted.48 One of the longest-tenured residents, Aurora Vargas, a war widow, who had vowed, “They’ll have to carry me out,” in fact suffered that fate, being “physically removed from her home, manhandled by four officers and ...
- Chavez Ravine - WikipediaChavez Ravine is a shallow canyon in Los Angeles, California. It sits in a large promontory of hills north of downtown Los Angeles, next to Major League Baseball's Dodger Stadium. [1] [2] Chavez Ravine was named for a 19th-century Los Angeles councilman who had originally purchased the land in the Elysian Park area. [3] [4] [5]
- The ugly, violent clearing of Chavez Ravine before it was home to the ...B efore Dodger Stadium was a legendary baseball venue, it was known as Chavez Ravine. The area was home to generations of families, most of them Mexican American. "View of children playing in a...
- Chavez Ravine, Pt. II: What is Chavez Ravine? - Bunker Hill, Los AngelesChávez arrived in Los Angeles, got involved in local politics, and in 1838 became the town’s assistant mayor (suplente alcalde), and served as a judge on the Court of Sessions, mediating water and cattle disputes.
- Where Is Chavez Ravine, Exactly? | Lost LA - PBS SoCalDodger Stadium might have replaced the community known as Chavez Ravine, but the actual canyon still exists -- albeit anonymously.
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