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On Thursday morning May 27 hundreds of people from the South Los Angeles community went to 1 Gateway Plaza in downtown Los Angeles to support LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas's proposal to build a Metro Station at Leimert Park and to run a section of the Metro along Crenshaw Blvd. underground. Metro board officials…

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This ode to the tennis shoe is filmed in the coolest store - but where is this store? Do you see the Crenshaw T's? Gotta have one.



But the coolest thing (besides eating cereal and drinking milk out of hi-tops) is namedropping Earlez Grill on Crenshaw and…

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Office supply store signs lease; will occupy new building adjacent to the mall

 

The new year is off to a great start at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza with the signing of a lease with Staples, the world’s largest office products company.     

The addition of Staples to Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza builds on the leasing momentum that started in 2010 with the announcements of several new retailers at BHCP, including theater operator Rave Motion…

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It's been quite a year for Leimert Park. We already have World Stage jazz, Sika fashion, Zambezi Bazaar, Eso Won books, Ackee Bamboo Jamaican food, Kaos hip hop, Sunday drum circles, Tavis Smiley,

Lucy Florence Art and more.

 

But one of the most exciting developments has been the Leimert Park Art Walk - held on the last Sunday of the month for the past six months. I admit I was…

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Kwanzaa in Leimert Park/Crenshaw Los Angeles as beautifully captured by Ivory Shehee and L. Watts. Thanks for sharing!…

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The demolition of the dated, and beloved, Magic Johnson Theater has begun with hope that the new movie house will be grand enough to keep us from driving to Culver City and The Grove, according for a Christmas Eve story in the LA Times by Roger…

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Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall owner Capri Urban Investors today announced that Rave Motion Pictures will be the new theater operator for the now shuttered Magic Johnson theaters, according to a press release sent today.



The plan for the theater that was closed in May calls for a state-of-the-art, fifteen-screen multiplex featuring stadium seating, new amenities, digital projection and sound, 3-D screens and new décor.



Target opening Memorial Day, 2011.



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Leimert Park Beat uber member Ivory Shehee covered the largest street festival in Los Angeles - The Taste of Soul. Enjoy Ivory's excellent photos - and please say "Thank… Continue

The 2010 Taste of Soul on the corner of Crenshaw and Rodeo is today from 10AM-6PM. It's the perfect weather for a street fair.



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Los Angeles City Councilmembers Bernard C. Parks, Herb Wesson, and Jan

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Heard on KPCC this morning, the Magic Johnson Theater in Crenshaw Plaza was closing Monday! I talked to a couple of people who should have known and they didn't. So in case you don't know

The mall owners plan on a $30 million upgrade for Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza that will be funded in part by the city. So they are…

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Life Magazine has opened its archives and I found a treasure trove of photos - from the expanse of the Crenshaw Mall to Fats Domino on Central Avenue.

You can see saxophonist Herbert Hardesty playing his instrument on floor as rhythm section of Fats Domino's band accompanies him in "Don't You Know," at 54 Ballroom on Broadway in 1955.…

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