Lost LA: Before the Dodgers
Long before
Sandy Koufax threw
Dodger Stadium's first pitch, and even before the first residents moved into
Chavez Ravine, there were the Elysian
Hills. Raised up by tectonic forces, and carved into deep ravines by the ancient precursor of the
Los Angeles River, these hills have meant many things to many people. They were a refuge from floods for the region's native
Tongva Indians, and then a source of quarried stone soon after the city fell under
American sovereignty. In this episode, "
Lost LA" explores the various ways
Southern California's inhabitants have used the hills around Dodger Stadium.
The program looks at an old lithographic view of
L.A. as drawn from an Elysian hilltop, the vanished neighborhood of Chavez Ravine, and a massive construction project that reshaped the land into a
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