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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Finalists Discuss Their Vision for the Cornfield Project

    A big open space most Angelinos have never heard of is slated to be the location of a 32-acre state park--unless it replaces Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. That's a proposal by one of three architectural design teams asked to draw plans for the Cornfield, a former railroad yard between Chinatown and the LA River.  The winner will be chosen tomorrow. We hear what the competing designs look like and what's at stake for downtown LA.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 17, 2006 • 30m Listen

    A big open space most Angelinos have never heard of is slated to be the location of a 32-acre state park--unless it replaces Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine. That's a proposal by one of three architectural design teams asked to draw plans for the Cornfield, a former railroad yard between Chinatown and the LA River. The winner will be chosen tomorrow. We hear what the competing designs look like and what's at stake for downtown LA.

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      Changing the Face of Downtown Los Angeles

      The Cornfield is a 32-acre strip of open land bounded by North Broadway and North Spring Street in downtown LA between Chinatown and the Los Angeles River.   It's across the 101 Freeway from Elysian Park.   It never was really a cornfield at all, but when it was a railroad yard, cornstalks sprouted from seeds that spilled from boxcars.   …

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Changing the Face of Downtown Los Angeles

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