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A rendering of the affordable housing, boarding school, and transit plaza planned for Vermont/Manchester. Source: Mark Ridley-Thomas

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

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2018 | 5 Comments

The office of County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has released renderings of the project planned for the lots at Vermont/Manchester ahead of Congresswoman Maxine Waters' community forum this Saturday.

A rendering of the proposed project at Expo/Crenshaw looking south along Crenshaw. Source: Metro

Empowerment Congress West Holds Town Hall on Expo/Crenshaw Development Saturday

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 4, 2018 | 17 Comments

This Saturday, the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council will hold a town hall featuring a presentation from Metro on the mixed-use project proposed for the two lots at Exposition and Crenshaw.

The County voted to condemn the lots at Vermont/Manchester and begin the eminent domain process, nearly 26 years after the structures there burned to the ground. (Image: Sassony Group)

County Board of Supervisors Approves Condemnation of Vermont/Manchester Lots, Moves Forward on Eminent Domain

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 5, 2017 | 2 Comments

The fact that the community has spent nearly 26 years waiting for this project to materialize is just one of many reasons that the County's vote to condemn the lots came as no surprise today.

The lots at Manchester and Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for 25 years. Vendors have helped give the property some life. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

County Looks to Eminent Domain to Rewrite Future of Vacant Lots at Vermont/Manchester

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 30, 2017 | 7 Comments

The proposed project includes a six-story structure housing 180 affordable units, a public charter boarding school, a career technical education center, neighborhood-serving retail, community spaces, and a transit plaza.

Metro Executive Management Cmte. Approves Six-Month ENA for Proposed Expo/Crenshaw Development

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 16, 2017 | 5 Comments

Who will drive the outreach? The question came from Metro Boardmember Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker regarding the proposal for a mixed-use project on two lots at the convergence of the Expo and Crenshaw/LAX Lines in South L.A.

The transformation of Crenshaw at Exposition - the gateway to a historic black neighborhood - apparently also includes the rapture of the entire black population... save one undoubtedly confused person in cargo shorts. Source: Metro

When Your Renderings Suggest the Black Population Has Been Abducted by Aliens, It May Be the Least of Your Problems

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 14, 2017 | 50 Comments

The transformation of Crenshaw at Exposition - the gateway to a historic black neighborhood - apparently also includes the abduction of the entire black population by aliens... save one undoubtedly confused person who appears to be in cargo shorts.

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