Crenshaw Light Rail Construction Hovers At 93 Percent Complete, Opening Could Be Delayed
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In 2018 the Crenshaw Line opening was expected by June 2020. Now it looks like October 2020 is more likely.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Crenshaw Corridor
Billionaire Jeff Greene’s Plans to Raze Dorset Village Are About as Awful as You Might Imagine
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The project would displace 206 households from rent-controlled units while coming up short on providing affordable replacement units
![In January, 2012, community members "cruise[d] Afro-central down the River Crenshaw," as poet Conney Williams' verse reads, to the base of "Elixir." The brief pilgrimage along the corridor from Coliseum to Stocker for the dedication of Patrick Henry Johnson's mural honored the connections between people, place, and the creative process. Williams read his poem, "Elixir," as part of the dedication ceremony. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.](https://i2.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/IMGP1380-1.jpg?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Destination Crenshaw and the Rise of We-Built-this-Place-Making
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Crenshaw turns "insult into opportunity” to reclaim space for the celebration of Black life, culture, and contributions via a 1.3-mile-long open-air "People's Museum"
Metro Approves Crenshaw/Green Line Operations Plan Pushed by Hahn, South Bay
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Farther-flung suburban interests won the day, to the detriment of core urban riders
Metro Announces Crenshaw Line Will Open Mid-2020; Crenshaw/Green Operations Plan Debated
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Metro CEO announced that the new Crenshaw light rail line will open in mid-2020. Metro is still determining how Crenshaw will operate, and how it will interact with the Green Line.
Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations
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Given the role public investment can have in reshaping marginalized communities, what responsibilities does Metro have as an entity that seeks to tell stories about the places it moves people through?