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16 developments sprouting along the Crenshaw Line, mapped
Development is simmering along the rail line.
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Mapping the 1992 LA Uprising
A map guide the major events and places that shaped one of the biggest episodes of civil unrest in U.S. history 27 years ago.
This company is building backyard homes at no cost to Los Angeles homeowners
But homeowners have to be willing to rent out the units.
Actress Issa Rae at Destination Crenshaw groundbreaking: ‘We’re not going anywhere’
The outdoor museum will celebrate black history and culture along Metro’s new rail line.
‘They see the trash... But they have to understand that this is someone’s home’
What it’s like for RV dwellers during a city-sanctioned cleanup.
‘When [voters] passed this measure it made all the difference in the world’
The first homeless housing built with money approved by voters in 2016 is now open in South LA.
Here’s what $589K buys in Los Angeles
Options include a one-bedroom condo off the Sunset Strip and a Spanish-style fixer in Glendale.
6 open houses to check out around LA this weekend
Ranging from a former hunting lodge in La Crescenta to a Palmer and Krisel-designed midcentury modern in the Valley.
Here’s what $449K buys around Los Angeles
Options include two Downtown condos, a TIC in Silver Lake, and a two-bedroom home in Long Beach.
Shipping container apartments with rooftop gardens will house the homeless in South LA
Designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, it will feature a landscaped paseo to buffer apartments from the freeway.
Here’s what $529K buys across Los Angeles
Picks include homes in Hyde Park, a condo in Pasadena, and a tenancy in common in Hollywood.
LA’s answer to scorching sidewalks? Umbrellas
The city is trying to find ways to cool down streets and sidewalks as LA heats up.
As South LA changes, Destination Crenshaw is ‘absolutely necessary’
The open-air museum will celebrate black Los Angeles amid "so many concerns about gentrification," says City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson.
Here’s what $480K buys in Los Angeles
Options include two fixer-uppers and two finished condos.
Do liquor stores like Tom’s still have a place in South LA?
Twenty-seven years after the 1992 LA Uprising, residents are reviving an effort to get the liquor out of Tom’s liquor store.
Is a bike tour through West Adams a sign of gentrification?
"West Adams is selling fast," says the real estate agent who led the tour.
Metro awards $15M to Destination Crenshaw
The open-air museum of public art, parks, and murals will celebrate black Los Angeles along the Crenshaw/LAX light rail line.
South LA bungalow court could be LA’s first in 70 years
At one time, it was the most common form of multifamily housing in Southern California.
Los Angeles gets $19M for LA river bike path
State grants will help complete a path along all 51 miles of the LA River.
How Crenshaw became black LA’s main street
"Crenshaw Boulevard is the main street of black LA. Has been, still is, and hopefully always will be."
8-acre garden apartment complex in Hyde Park slated for major redevelopment
A few blocks away from a future Crenshaw Line station.
Metro keeps door open for light rail, subway on Vermont Avenue
A bus rapid transit line is planned for the busy corridor. But would a train make more sense?
How ’90s movies redefined the real Los Angeles
The 1980s churned out crowd-pleasing fantasies. Then came the 1990s and movies like "Boyz N the Hood."
New map shows which LA neighborhoods might be impacted by California transit density bill
"It’s likely in some of these neighborhoods to be a slow increase in density," researcher says.
It’s called the Crenshaw/LAX Line, but Metro’s newest train won’t actually go to the airport
When the line opens, riders will end their trips more than one mile from the nearest airport terminal.
First look at Destination Crenshaw, an open-air ‘museum’ set to run along the Crenshaw Line
Designed by Perkins + Will, the public art project will celebrate black Los Angeles.
Q&A: The struggle to desegregate LA neighborhoods
A new book documents how black residents battled violence, abuse, and discrimination in LA’s housing market for nearly a century.
1920s Craftsman bungalow asks $625K in Exposition Park
Walking distance to an Expo Line station.
County picks developer to turn vacant Vermont/Manchester lot into big shopping, housing complex
Vacant for decades, the site once hosted a swap meet that burned down in the 1992 Uprising.
5 new buyers talk about owning a home in LA
We asked millennial homeowners how they saved for their down payment, what they wish they had known—and if they have regrets.
The city spent a decade trying to transform Figueroa Street—did it succeed?
The editor of Streetsblog LA calls it "disappointing."
This hieroglyph installation imagined for Crenshaw Boulevard is a tribute to South LA
The carvings include depictions of local landmarks, Egyptian imagery, and the names of black residents in and outside of LA who have been killed by police.
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Mapped: The big development projects headed to South LA
For the first time in decades, major development projects are underway in South Los Angeles.
Demolition underway on South LA’s Vermont and Manchester site seized by county
The site has sat idle for decades. Now, it’s being cleared for a development with affordable housing, a transit plaza, and a public school.
Here’s where LA’s emergency homeless shelters could go
Officials are considering plenty of sites in the San Fernando Valley.
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The historic, stately homes of West Adams Boulevard
Take a walking tour, using this map as your guide.
LA County can seize vacant property at Vermont/Manchester, says court
Affordable housing, community spaces, a school, and a transit plaza will rise on a lot that has been empty for 26 years.
As friends, family mourn cyclist killed by speeding driver in South LA, deaths rack up
In less than a week, three more people have died in hit-and-runs.