The Artful Dodger

In 50 years, more than 176 million fans have entered the turnstiles at Dodger Stadium, the midcentury-modern ballpark nestled in Los Angeles’s Chavez Ravine. Taking a page from stat-happy baseball, we run the numbers on the past five decades of this architectural and sporting icon.

This story was published in Dwell’s October 2012 issue.

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Kevin Roderick
Kevin Roderick is a journalist, editor, blogger and author living in Los Angeles. He is the creator and publisher of LA Observed, a widely cited news website that Forbes rated as Best of the Web.

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