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Dodger Stadium might have replaced the community known as Chavez Ravine, but the actual canyon still exists -- albeit anonymously.
The slow departure of Toyota from the company's Torrance headquarters should be a reminder that once Los Angeles was a dream destination.
Baseball enabled Mexican Americans to create connections that helped buoy working class communities, and even contributed to unionization efforts amid widespread discrimination.
For Japanese Americans, baseball played a critical role in shaping an ethnic identity and promoting civil rights.
Construction workers moved 8 million cubic yards of earth and rock, refashioning the rugged terrain once known as the Stone Quarry Hills into a modern sports palace fit for October baseball.
The site of Dodger Stadium was once home to the thriving Mexican-American community of Chavez Ravine.