{"product_id":"chavez-ravine-1949-a-los-angeles-story-9780811825344","title":"Chavez Ravine  1949: A Los Angeles Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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 mans Shangri-la.\" Enchanted  he stayed for a year among the wild roses  tin roofs  and wandering goats of this uniquely intact rural community. Accepted by the residents  Normark was able to photograph a life that  though bowed down by poverty  was lived fully  openly  and joyfully. That ended when  in 1950  the residents of Chavez Ravine received letters from the government informing them that they had to leave. Some sold  some were dragged out of their houses kicking and screaming. The emptied houses were razed to make way for the new Dodger Stadium. The past fifty years have not erased the memories of Los Desterrados  the uprooted descendants of Chavez Ravine. After extensive research  Don Normark has tracked them down in order to share his old photographs and to record their poignant reactions. He has captured the images  the stories  and the bittersweet memories of Los Desterrados in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666256519221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0811825345","price":105.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780811825344.jpg?v=1782425507","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/chavez-ravine-1949-a-los-angeles-story-9780811825344","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}