Glassell Park, Los Angeles continued to subdivide their land, selling off what is now Forest Lawn Memorial Park during the Great Depression. The growing neighborhood was served by a line of the Los Angeles Railway, which traveled in the median of Eagle Rock Boulevard towards Eagle Rock. Glassell Park suffered periods of gang activity in the final decades of the 20th century due to the arrival of the Mexican-American Avenues. In 2008 and 2009, the police launched a major raid against the gang and demolished its former neighborhood stronghold, replacing it with the Glassell Park Community Garden. The Glassell Park Community Garden is now
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season October 4, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles October 5, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles October 6, 1959, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles October 8, 1959, at Comiskey Park I in Chicago 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season The 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in a first-place tie with the Milwaukee Braves, with each club going 86–68. The Dodgers won the pennant as they swept the Braves in a best-of-three playoff series. They went on to defeat the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series in just their second season