History

         A small town that consisted of three communities named Palo Verde, Bishop, and La Loma was torn down and stripped from many who called that place home. This piece of land was known as Chavez Ravine. It was a community drawn close together. Everyone knew everyone and was a prosperous town. However, one day this community was threaten with a letter to sell their homes in order to make way for the construction of brand new living structures. Most sold their homes , because they feared the government would come after them if they did not comply and also because they were promised priority for the living structures. Not too long later they scrap the idea and Walter O’Malley pounced on the idea to buy the land. The construction of Dodger Stadium began. The couple of families that did not leave their homes were forced out by law officials and thrown to the streets. In April of 1962 Dodger Stadium opened its doors and Chavez Ravine was no more.
Work Cited
Independent Lens. "Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story." PBS. Cathy R. Fischer.Web. 19 April 2012

Related Links

1. The History of Chavez Ravine
   -This link provides the important facts about the story of Chavez Ravine. It focuses on the people and dates that were most important about the event of Chavez Ravine. This link provides us with the first person that proposed to take down the community to build new homes. To the person who sold the place without the approval of the community; to the owner of the Dodgers, which was Walter O’Malley.
2. Developing Chavez Ravine is likely in play for new Dodgers owner
   -The Home of the Dodgers seems to be in no luck because of the discussions that are taking place about bringing it down. The controversies about this idea is set to be, “an urban development,” if the stadium were to be moved to downtown juts like the plans of creating a NFL stadium. Some people oppose to this because it has been the third-older major league ballpark.
3. Decades later, bitter memories of Chavez Ravine
   -“But the removal of more than 1,000 mostly Mexican American families from Chavez Ravine to make way for the stadium is a dark note in L.A.'s history” (Becerra). The interview with some of the remaining people of Chavez Ravine was still the same as it was years ago. The people remember their lives as they were with a small community and the Mexican American population. Chavez Ravine wasn’t a fancy place, but to these people it was everything.