Chavez Ravine, Pt. IV: The Rise and Fall of Elysian Park Heights

The story so far: In Part I, we outlined how the habitual narrative—including most everything that made it into the Reparations Bill—is a mixture of urban legend, conspiracy theory, manipulated facts, confirmation bias, and outright nonsense. In Part II, we examined the area’s genesis and growth into the 1940s. In Part III, we looked at … Continue reading Chavez Ravine, Pt. IV: The Rise and Fall of Elysian Park Heights