Before Dodger Stadium, the hills of Chavez Ravine were home to Palo Verde, La Loma, and Bishop, three close-knit and vibrant predominantly Mexican American communities with their own schools, churches, gardens, and generations of family history. In the 1950s, residents were pushed from their homes to make way for a public housing project that was never built. The land was later handed over for the construction of Dodger Stadium.

Join us for the introduction of a new archive at the LMU William H. Hannon Library that preserves the history of these lost neighborhoods. Hear firsthand from former residents as they share what life in Palo Verde was like, what they lost, and why this story is still being written.