RTN Crew’s proposed mural The Struggle Continues to replace the group’s 2001 Our Mighty Contribution with Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission approval secured by Destination Crenshaw LOS ANGELES, CA,
Aerial view of Destination Crenshaw’s Sankofa Park, renderings by Perkins&Will, courtesy of Destination Crenshaw (LOS ANGELES, CA | February 1, 2024) — Destination Crenshaw (DC)
When Darren “Buttah Man” Brin moved to L.A. from the U.S. Virgin Islands to pursue a career in comedy, he felt confused. Where, he wondered,
Celebrity hairstylist Tiffanie Dixon grew up mingling with young Hollywood while attending Beverly Hills High School, but for lessons in glamour, fashion and style, she
Shomari Davis and Effie Turnbull Sanders Join Destination Crenshaw’s All-Star Board of Directors LOS ANGELES, October 6, 2022 — Destination Crenshaw is delighted to welcome
Charles Slay has come a long way. After spending 27 years in prison, Slay is now an electrician and a foreman on the premier Destination
Light outside had just begun to wane as the drum meditation class at Crenshaw Yoga and Dance began. Lei Lei Lashawn gathered a djembe and
Design-builder Zerik Scales wants to bring the neighborhood surrounding his remodeled Airbnb back to economic and cultural life. For Zerik Scales, being a young,
With their construction firm, K. W. Kinslow Construction, Kenneth Kinslow, above, and his wife Heidi have been helping Black families stay in the Crenshaw area.
Make no mistake: the idea that an inner-city Black community should be safe, prosperous, rich with cultural assets, green with nature and aesthetically beautiful, remains almost unimaginable. If it weren’t, we wouldn’t have to struggle for equitable investment. But equitable investment in Black communities is more than financial, it’s also showing what we have known all along. Black is beautiful.
