Chavez Ravine, 1949 : a Los Angeles story / by Don Normark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Normark, Don, 1928-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Region--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Mexican Americans.

California--Los Angeles Region.

History.

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Region--Biography--Pictorial works.

Mexican Americans--California--Los Angeles Region--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.

Social conditions.

Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.).

Chávez Ravine (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.

Los Angeles Region (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.

Los Angeles Region (Calif.).

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1999.

Summary:

In 1949, photographer Don Normark walked up into the hills of Los Angeles, looking for a good view. Instead, he found Chavez Ravine, a ramshackle Mexican-American neighborhood tucked away in Elysian Park like a "poor man's Shangri-la." Enchanted, he stayed for a year in this uniquely intact rural community on the city's outskirts. There, Normark photographed a life that, though bowed down by poverty, was lived fully, openly, and joyfully. That ended in 1950, when the residents of Chavez Ravine were forced to abandon their homes to make way for Dodger Stadium. The past 50 years have not erased the memories of the uprooted descendants of Chavez Ravine. This haunting book captures their images, their stories, and their bittersweet memories, reclaiming and celebrating this lost village from a simpler time.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0811825345

OCLC:

40848549