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  2. Crenshaw, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Crenshaw, or the Crenshaw District, is a neighborhood in South Los Angeles, California. [2] [3] In the post–World War II era, a Japanese American community was established in Crenshaw. African Americans started migrating to the district in the mid 1960s, and by the early 1970s were the majority. [4]

  3. Destination Crenshaw - Wikipedia

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    The major commercial corridor for the Crenshaw district, Hyde Park and Leimert Park is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles". [17] [18] [19] The project was conceived to celebrate the Crenshaw business district as a black community amid fears of gentrification with the arrival of the K Line light rail and the NFL Stadium in Inglewood. [16]

  4. Crenshaw Manor, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The development was located on the west side of Crenshaw Boulevard from Coliseum Street to Santa Barbara Avenue. [2] [3] Crenshaw Manor was described as having "accessibility to an excellent neighborhood shopping district, schools, transportation and recreation". [2] The name Crenshaw Manor remained in use from the 1950s, [4] through the 1990s ...

  5. Crenshaw Boulevard - Wikipedia

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    Crenshaw Boulevard is a north–south thoroughfare that runs through Crenshaw and other neighborhoods along a 23-mile (37 km) route in the west-central part of Los Angeles, California, United States. [1] Angeles Mesa Drive, as shown (7) on this 1927 Los Angeles Times map, was the original name of Crenshaw Boulevard south of Adams Street.

  6. Destination Crenshaw to unveil Sankofa Park, the project's ...

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    The $100-million, 1.3-mile public art corridor known as Destination Crenshaw — with fundraising led by Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan — will debut its first phase, Sankofa Park, this fall.

  7. For historic Black community, Crenshaw/LAX Line is 'a ... - AOL

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    The new Crenshaw/LAX line is already bringing new money to the cultural hub of L.A.'s Black community. But many fear high prices will push residents out.

  8. Baldwin Village, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Baldwin Village was developed in the early 1940s and 1950s by architect Clarence Stein, as an apartment complex for young families.Baldwin Village is occasionally called "The Jungles" by locals because of the tropical trees and foliage (such as palms, banana trees and begonias) that once thrived among the area's tropical-style postwar apartment buildings. [3]

  9. How to spend a day in Crenshaw, LA’s modern hub of art and ...

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    MICROGUIDES: The unveiling of Destination Crenshaw, a $100m outdoor exhibit showcasing Black artists, is positioning the area and neighbouring Leimert Park as the west coast’s new finger-on-the ...