Chavez Ravine was named after Julian Chavez, a rancher who served as assistant mayor, city councilman and, eventually, as one of L.A. County's first supervisors. In 1844, he started buying up land ...

Józef Sigalin, one of the chief architects of Warsaw’s reconstruction, wrote about Nowy Świat Street in January 1945 stating that what was left resembled ‘a ravine instead of Nowy ... my thoughts are ...

More than 300 volunteered, including 53 for the river and ravine effort. As the idea for the project began to unfold, different city officials began thinking about an Earth Month. Christensen said ...