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The vacant lots encompassing the 8400 and 8500 blocks on Vermont have held the community hostage to blight for over 26 years. The 8300 block (from which this photo was taken) had also remained vacant for a number of years and was originally going to be incorporated into the Vermont Entertainment Village project. In the mid-2000s, Eli Sasson sold off his 8300 block parcels (helping to doom the mall project) and the County services building rose on it instead in 2007. Source: County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

As Vermont/Manchester Transportation School Moves Forward, Community Reckons with Past, Wrestles with Form Change Should Take

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 16, 2018 | 2 Comments

For black stakeholders eager to shed the despised "Death Alley" label and address the damage rooted in segregationist policies, the stakes feel especially high

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Oct 3, 2018 | No Comments

More On Advocates Protesting Garcetti Yesterday (LAist, Biking in L.A.) Carnage: Driver Kills West Hollywood Pedestrian (WeHoVille) …Fatal Crash On 5 Freeway In Sun Valley (Daily News) Two Mixed-Use Towers Planned For Downtown Long Beach (Urbanize) Sherman Oaks Rallies In Favor Of Homeless Shelter (Daily News) Polling Shows Gas Tax Staying, Rent Control Losing (SGV […]

Long Beach Post Maps Pedestrian Crashes

By Brian Addison | Oct 2, 2018 | No Comments

This story originally appeared on LongBeachize at the Long Beach Post. To read the original post, or work with the interactive map, click here. Over the past five and a half years, there have been almost 2,000 times when someone walking through Long Beach was hit by a car, motorcycle, bicycle or other type of vehicle. There were 1,982 […]

The Paul R. Williams Apartments at 1010 E. Jefferson Blvd. in Historic South Central. Williams was the first African-American architect to receive the AIA Gold Medal (it was awarded posthumously in 2017; Williams died in 1980). Source: Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

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Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Uncategorized

As Vermont/Manchester Transportation School Moves Forward, Community Reckons with Past, Wrestles with Form Change Should Take

Today’s Headlines

Long Beach Post Maps Pedestrian Crashes

In Questionable Move, Affordable Housing Developer Awards Leasing Applications to First 400 Callers

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As L.A. Ramps up Efforts to Get People off the Streets, a Young Man Struggles to Stay Housed