Central Los Angeles : Work Begins on 2 Baseball Diamonds
Ground was broken this week for the development of two baseball diamonds for young people at Bishops Canyon landfill, a site once used in the construction of Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park.
The diamonds, scheduled to be completed in spring, will provide the only formal baseball recreation area for youths in Elysian Park. None of the five high schools in the area has a baseball diamond.
City Councilman Mike Hernandez called the project a fulfillment of a “long-overdue promise” made to the Elysian Park community in 1964 when the Palo Verde neighborhood was displaced by Dodger Stadium construction.
The two-phase project will cost $5.4 million, financed by bonds sold by the Bureau of Sanitation and augmented by Little League Inc.’s pledge to pay for a Little League diamond, whose cost is estimated at $100,000 to $200,000. The first phase includes the Little League diamond and a standard baseball diamond, a restroom, grading and landscaping. The second phase includes construction of an additional restroom, children’s play areas and picnic facilities.
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