Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Legacy of Redlining

A young community activist-in-the-making led chants at the rally for the Florence Library this past September 5. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Florence-Firestone Stands Up for its Library, Lays Down the Foundation for a Movement

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 27, 2019 | No Comments

"What does [a resource like the library] mean to us?" Valadez asks, shaking his head. "It means everything. It means every single thing."

A portrait of Nipsey Hussle by artist Danny Mateo graces the alley adjacent to the strip mall where Nipsey Hussle was killed at Crenshaw and Slauson on March 31. "The Marathon Continues" references both his approach to building his career from the ground up and his understanding of what it took to bring the community along with him. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

L.A. Podcast Segment Begins Unpacking Nipsey Hussle’s Legacy with Chavonne Taylor, Tafarai Bayne, and Streetsblog L.A.’s Sahra Sulaiman

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 16, 2019 | No Comments

Trying to capture the legacy of Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles and beyond is an impossible task. But we give it a try.

Jermaine Welch shows off the shoe he had custom painted in Nipsey Hussle's honor while waiting for Hussle's funeral procession to pass through the intersection at Crenshaw and Slauson on April 11. Hussle was killed in front of his store, The Marathon, on March 31. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn’t You Know Who He Was?

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 15, 2019 | 22 Comments

"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"

South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 12, 2019 | No Comments

Few communities love harder than South Central.

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.

Destination Crenshaw and the Rise of We-Built-this-Place-Making

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 8, 2019 | No Comments

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"

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 | No Comments

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?

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