342- Beneath the Ballpark

<p>In the 1950s, Los Angeles was an up-and-coming city but wasn’t quite there yet. City leaders were looking for a way to boost Los Angeles's profile as a world class city and also give Angelenos something to rally behind. They believed that what L.A. really needed was a baseball team.</p> <p>They picked Chavez Ravine, near downtown LA, as the perfect home for a perfect new stadium, but the land had been home to a vibrant community of Mexican and Mexican American families for decades.</p> <p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?post_type=episode&amp;p=28186" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beneath the Ballpark</a></p>