Crenshaw Boulevard

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Crenshaw Boulevard is a north–south thoroughfare that runs through Crenshaw and other neighborhoods along a Template:Convert route in the west-central part of Los Angeles, California, United States.[1]

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Angeles Mesa Drive, as shown (7) on this 1927 Los Angeles Times map, was the original name of Crenshaw Boulevard south of Adams Street.
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Crenshaw Boulevard at Stocker Street, 2016

The street extends between Wilshire Boulevard in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles, on the north and Rolling Hills, on the south. Crenshaw marks the eastern boundaries of Torrance, and Hawthorne and the western border of Gardena.

The commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".[2][3]

History

Crenshaw Boulevard was named after banker and Los Angeles real estate developer George Lafayette Crenshaw who also developed the Lafayette Square.[4]

The southern end of Crenshaw Boulevard was at Adams Street until 1916–1918, when the road was extended between Adams on the north and Slauson Avenue on the south that was then known as Angeles Mesa Drive. The extension saved Template:Convert in travel over the nearest through road (Western Avenue) and Template:Convert over the nearest paved road (Vermont Avenue).[5][6]

The street became a major transportation route with tracks for the 5 Line streetcar line[7] in the median between Leimert Boulevard[8] on the north close to Florence Avenue on the south. With the abandonment of the streetcar system in the 1950s, the railway median was narrowed, the driving lanes improved and the street reconfigured for automobiles, buses and trucks.Template:R

Revitalization project

Many local residents were disappointed that 71 mature street-line trees were cut down in 2012 to make way for the Space Shuttle Endeavour to be moved from LAX to the California Science Center in nearby Exposition Park.[9][10] About 1,000 Template:Convert high trees were replanted in 2013.[11] The construction of the K Line required the removal of additional trees in 2014. City officials promised that more trees would be planted than were removed.[12]Template:R The improvements will include bike lanes, wider sidewalks, new Metro bus stops, LED traffic lights and street lights.[9]Template:R The revitalization was coordinated with the construction of Destination Crenshaw.[13] A Template:Convert portion of Crenshaw Boulevard in the Hyde Park and Leimert Park neighborhoods will become an open-air museum dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans.[14] The project includes pocket parks, outdoor sculptures, murals, street furniture, and landscaping.[15]

Malcolm X Route

In 2023, a Template:Convert of Crenshaw Boulevard in Leimert Park, transacting the Rosa Parks Freeway, Obama Boulevard, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and Nipsey Hussle Square, was designated Malcolm X Route in honor of the minister and civil rights leader.[16][17]

Transportation

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Metro Local

Metro Local lines 40 and 210, and Torrance Transit line 10 serve Crenshaw Boulevard; Metro line 210 run through the majority of Crenshaw Boulevard to Artesia Boulevard, Metro line 40 from Crenshaw District to Hyde Park, and Torrance Transit line 10 south of Artesia Boulevard. The Metro C Line serves the Crenshaw station on Crenshaw Boulevard underneath Interstate 105, while the Metro E and K Lines serves Expo/Crenshaw station at the intersection with Exposition Boulevard.

In the Crenshaw district, Crenshaw Boulevard and Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza are served primarily by LADOT trolleys, buses and a light rail subway line Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus lines that are:

Crenshaw Boulevard is also briefly served in the Crenshaw district by the following LA Metro lines:

The Metro K Line runs along the Crenshaw Boulevard alignment from the E Line to 67th Street, serving three more additional stations:

LADOT

Crenshaw Boulevard is served by these LADOT Dash lines:

Notable landmarks

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Christopher Hawthorne, "Crenshaw Boulevard comes to a crossroads", Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2012.
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  5. ↑ "Road Project Is in Peril," Los Angeles Times August 20, 1916, image 23
  6. ↑ "After Many Delays," Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1918, image 82
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  9. ↑ a b Jennings, Angel "Tree removal along Crenshaw has residents stumped" Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2014
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