There are 20 acres in our community that everybody knows as a dump, as a shame. But once Marlton Square, aka, Santa Barbara Plaza held 300 stores, stores supported by our community. Banks, dry cleaners, tailors.
Let's try to imagine.
Seem like a lifetime ago because for most of us in the Crenshaw area the only memory is of Marlton Square in shambles.
It was once a destination. Now it is in decay. Development could be just around the corner. Let's hope it is.…
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THIS IS THE LIFE is now
streaming
on HULU.com.FREE.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/150135/this-is-the-life.
The documentary - that
premiered to a nationwide audience on Showtime - chronicles the underground scene that sprouted Freestyle…
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Added by enhager on May 21, 2010 at 2:30pm —
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For the past three years, I have been taking classes at night in order to get my master's of communication at the University of Southern California, where I also work.
As a matter of fact, I created LeimertParkBeat.com as part of a final project in the first class I took in 2007 with Professor Elizabeth Osder, who had worked at Yahoo, New York Times and others.
I am one class away from my degree. But first I need to finish a research paper for my sociology class with Professor…
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Added by enhager on April 25, 2010 at 9:42am —
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Fix Expo leader
Damien Goodmon keeps on fighting - this week in support of Cheviot Hills and Westwood.
He says just because at-grade crossings were forced upon the communities of color from Leimert Park to University Park doesn't mean that anyone should consider this the new standard to justify putting at-grade crossings in the more affluent and whiter areas closer to the beach.…
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Added by enhager on December 24, 2009 at 12:04pm —
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The
last month of the year is a busy one in Leimert Park Village as the square is all lit up for the holidays, a peace and unity tree is decorated and snow is imported.
Oh yeah there's also a lot of
Kwanzaa events - I know they are talking about a lot of the same events but the info, the contact numbers and websites all have slight…
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Added by enhager on December 23, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Shafiq Husayn grew up immersed in the
hip hop of Leimert Park's Project Blowed and The Good Life.
He attended Uncle Jamm’s Army parties in the early ’80s at L.A. Sports Arena,…
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Added by enhager on December 18, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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"Everybody has played at Babe's and Ricky's."
Big Mama Thornton sang her original "Hound Dog" at the club when it was on Central Avenue. Bobby "Blue" Bland, John Lee Hooker, Deacon Jones, Ike Turner, Eric Clapton, T-Bone Walker and Albert Collins.
Thanks to Laura Mae Gross, the
Blues live today in Leimert Park.
Tonight - Monday night - find your way over to Leimert…
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Added by enhager on October 26, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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About 50 people attended last week's meeting to discuss the
$1 billion Crenshaw Corridor, a high-capacity transit system within a 10.5-mile corridor from Wilshire Boulevard south to El Segundo Boulevard, near the Los Angeles Airport.
Metro Project Manager Roderick Diaz presented
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Added by enhager on October 5, 2009 at 10:15pm —
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On Sunday morning at 12:45 a.m. on 5th Avenue
just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard water spilled onto the street, causing minor damage. About 50 customers lost water supply until workers restored service about 9 a.m., according to the L.A. Times' Jack Leonard.
It's part of a rash of hundreds of breaks that have occurred since the city…
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Added by enhager on October 5, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Karimu Alu is a producer of the that huge success, the
Leimert Park Arts & Musical festival, that took place over Labor Day.
After he read Jasmine's ode to the festival,
Comfortable, a beautiful recollection of the day's events, Karimu was quite moved.
Read the…
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Added by enhager on September 18, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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THURSDAY
The
Crenshaw church of christ is giving away free food at the poorly named 10th Avenue Pharmacy on the corner of Sutro and MLK (Leimert Blvd).
The church is across the street and they just came and knocked on my door to let me know. They apparently do this every week. 323-292-2100
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Added by enhager on September 3, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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Of course Obama is Superman - He's trying to give Americans health care that works, fix the economy, withdraw from Iraq, get Afghanistan under control and stop Global Warming.
And when Superman's busy, who do you turn to at the Hall of Justice. There's Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Green Latern and on and on.
Normally in real life, there's only the president. And normally, he's not superman.
Things are…
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Added by enhager on August 9, 2009 at 11:06pm —
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Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth paid a writer and a doctor to write favorable reviews of their products and put those stories in
magazines that DOCTORS read. They did this 26 times.
Their products – hormone replacement therapy - have been linked to…
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Added by enhager on August 5, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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The South Los Angeles, Southeast Los Angeles, and West Adams – Baldwin
Hills – Leimert Community Plan Areas have been selected to participate in the first year
of the citywide survey.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Constituent Service Center
8475 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Regional meeting for SurveyLA, the first-ever citywide survey of Los Angeles’ historic
resources. and we hope you will…
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Added by enhager on June 17, 2009 at 3:16pm —
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Great story in the New York Times and the Boston Globe about
the inspiration created by President Obama:"Perhaps not since John F. Kennedy, whose dusty portraits can still be seen in kitchens and barbershops and alongside the antique beer cans at bars like Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta, has a presidency so fanned the flames of painterly ardor among hobbyist and professional artists," reports Randy Kennedy in the…
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Added by enhager on June 1, 2009 at 2:47pm —
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Because of the drought, Los Angeles is restricting lawn watering effective June 1.
According to the plastic wrapped around the Sundays LA Times, it will be illegal to:
•Water with a sprinkler on any day other than Monday and Thursday.
• Water between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
• Water with sprinklers more than 15 minutes per station or 10 minutes for other irrigation systems.
• Using water on hard surfaces such as sidewalk,…
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Added by enhager on May 25, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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When a
producer from the Tavis Smiley Radio Show asked me to talk with her about Leimert Park Beat.com, I siezed the opportunity. I said sure, just meet me in Leimert Park Village.
A few days later Leshelle Sargent walked less than a block from Tavis Smiley’s office near the Pollo Loco to the fountain at 43rd and Degnan.
I took her around the village for nearly two hours, introducing her to…
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Added by enhager on May 3, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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The LA Weekly highlights Leimert Park Beat's own
Damien Goodmon and his fight to make the Expo Line Light Rail safer no matter the cost.
The MTA’s Expo Line starts in downtown LA, shoots down Flower and heads west on Exposition all the way to Culver City and -
one day - to the ocean.
Goodmon…
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Added by enhager on April 27, 2009 at 2:10pm —
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