Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Oriented Development

This (in-progress) detail by artist Jaime Scholnick will feature in a larger panel of scenes running along one of the underground walls at the Expo/Crenshaw station. Source: Jaime Scholnick

Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 1, 2018

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?

The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

As Metro’s Transportation School at Vermont/Manchester Moves Forward, a Community Reckons with the Past, Wrestles with the Form Change Should Take

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 16, 2018 | 1 Comment

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

The project will straddle Crenshaw Blvd., south of Exposition, at the juncture of the Expo and Crenshaw/LAX Lines. Source: Metro

Project Planned for Lots at Expo/Crenshaw Takes Another Step Forward

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 29, 2018 | 2 Comments

Last Thurday, the Metro Board of Directors approved a 14-month Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with developer WIP-A, LLC, (a subsidiary of Watt Companies), allowing the project planned for the Metro- and County-owned lots at the Expo/Crenshaw station to take the next step forward. The move is a bit more of a head-scratcher than it might […]

The Rosa Parks station in Watts/Willowbrook, looking southward along the Blue Line. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

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Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Oriented Development

Art, the Crenshaw/LAX Line, and the Stories We (Don’t) Tell at Train Stations

As Metro’s Transportation School at Vermont/Manchester Moves Forward, a Community Reckons with the Past, Wrestles with the Form Change Should Take

Project Planned for Lots at Expo/Crenshaw Takes Another Step Forward

Metro Board Directors Tie “Rosa Parks/Willowbrook” Station Overhaul to Community Development at Groundbreaking

County Wins Control of Vermont/Manchester Lots in Superior Court Ruling

New Renderings for Housing, School, Transit Plaza Planned for Vermont/Manchester Posted Ahead of Saturday Forum