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99% Invisible
It was mentioned as a book about Dodger Stadium and the birth of modern Los Angeles, describing how the city was expanding in the early 20th century and how a baseball team was seen as something to rally behind.
In the early 20th century, the population of Los Angeles was exploding People were moving to California for the climate, the jobs, and the cheap real estate.
— Episode: Beneath the Ballpark
Episode: Beneath the Ballpark
It was mentioned as a book about Dodger Stadium and the birth of modern Los Angeles, describing how the city was expanding in the early 20th century and how a baseball team was seen as something to rally behind.
In the early 20th century, the population of Los Angeles was exploding People were moving to California for the climate, the jobs, and the cheap real estate.
It was a city on the rise, but still, something was missing When Americans were asked to talk about the major cities of the country in the 1950s Obviously, they would say New York, they would say Chicago, they would say Boston
They might even say Detroit, but they might not say Los Angeles And they might even be amazed to know how big a city it was LA didn't have the rows of towering skyscrapers that made New York and Chicago unmistakable
But it was missing something else, too, something that was hard to put a finger on Los Angeles felt more like a collection of neighborhoods than a cohesive city
I think it is unfair to say that the Dodgers removed these families The chain of events is a little different This history is complicated
