A bridge overpass has been painted with the words "Lil' Town" the Mexican American community of Chavez Ravine near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium lies beyond.
Residents of the Mexican American community of Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, near present day Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium, wait at a local bus terminal.
Chavez Ravine residents were forced to relocate in the 1940s when the City voted to accept federal funding for new housing developments in the area. When these apartment projects failed several years later, the remaining residents of Chavez Ravine were removed by a controversial order of eminent domain to build Dodger Stadium.