Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Mark Ridley-Thomas

South L.A. Still Fuming Over Metro Leimert Park/Crenshaw Subway Vote

By Damien Newton | Jun 7, 2011 | 12 Comments

Leimert Park from Mark Ridley-Thomas on Vimeo. After the Metro Board of Directors voted for Richard Katz’s “compromise” motion on the Leimert Park Village Station over the proposal by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Metro Board Chair Don Knabe commented to the disappointed crowd that remained that they hoped they would see the vote as a step […]

Ridley-Thomas, South L.A. Residents Want Leimert Park Station, But at What Cost?

By Damien Newton | Apr 19, 2011 | 16 Comments

A motion by County Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas would grade-separate the planned Crenshaw Light Rail Line for twelve blocks from 48th Street to 59th Street along the Crenshaw Corridor and would require the construction of a station at Leimert Park. Both grade-separating the Crenshaw Line and the Leimert Park Station are listed […]

StreetVids: Politicians Laud the Crenshaw Line

By Damien Newton | Oct 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

Yesterday was a rare treat for me, as Streetsblog had two writers at the press event in the Crenshaw District’s Leimart Park celebrating the $545 million loan from the federal government to accelerate construction of the Crenshaw Line. Since Carter Rubin did the yeoman’s work of writing the story, I had a chance to capture […]