Destination Crenshaw breaks ground on 1.3-mile-long outdoor "cultural experience"

On Saturday February 29th, over 2,000 community residents, business owners, and artists came together to attend Destination Crenshaw's groundbreaking for the 1.3-mile-long "cultural experience" to celebrate Black Los Angeles along Crenshaw Blvd. The project will transform sidewalks, storefronts, and various other structures with permanent and rotating art installations. 10 pocket parks will also be introduced as part of the project in addition to culturally-themes street and landscaping interventions.

“Destination Crenshaw has been entirely driven by the community itself, and honors not just the neighborhood as a creative hub, but also Black L.A.’s impact on popular culture and social change. Our role as architects is to translate, through design, the very real, very significant voices and energy o...