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  • Chavez Ravine
Chávez Ravine: A Record By Ry Cooder is a concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles. Chávez Ravine received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006. full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by mw_prop_bot Mar 3, 2008

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