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Edroy Flowers is a junior at Cal State Northridge studying political science. He talks about the effect of the Benny H. Potter West Adams Avenues Memorial Park on the community. Click here to listen to...
View ArticleWest Adams church fire aftermath
Firefighters follow up at the Church fire. Burnt fragments of wood and stained glass are all that remain after the fire destroyed Crouch Memorial Church of God in Christ in West Adams. Today,...
View ArticleNot your typical office building
On the corner of Adams Boulevard and Gramercy Place sits a three-story, red brick Colonial Revival style building. Its six, strong, white columns and perfectly manicured lawn separate it from many of...
View ArticleNonprofit Spotlight: 24th Street Theatre
Teatro del Pueblo project at the 24th St. Theatre | Daina Beth Solomon What is the 24th Street Theatre’s purpose? To engage, educate, and provoke our diverse community with excellent theatre and arts...
View ArticleSouth Seas House: Abandoned home turned community center
The fully-restored South Seas House | www.laparks.org On the corner of Arlington and 24th Street in West Adams stands a house adorned with Tiki-style window gables whose 112-year history is even more...
View ArticleWest Adams architecture, Watts Riots yearbooks + South LA assemblyman to pay...
A historic home in West Adams. | Erin Leiker / Intersections Slate: A new book explores the unique architecture of West Adams, with styles ranging from Victorian to Craftsman to Beaux Arts. KCET: Erin...
View ArticleUntold LA: West Adams homes through a photographer’s lens
Jett Loe set out to document the architecture of a South L.A. neighborhood’s past eras in an e-book A home built in the “Queen Anne” style. | Jett Loe Conspicuously absent from tour books and...
View ArticleCommunity seeks environmental study for South LA oil site
A packed house turned out at City Hall to discuss plans for the Budlong drill site. | Matt Tinoco More than 150 Angelenos showed up at City Hall on Tuesday to voice concerns about oil giant Freeport...
View ArticleCecil Murray, South LA’s civic leader and spiritual guide
The respected pastor who helped put out fires of the 1992 riots now fosters religious dialogue at USC. Cecil Murray gets settled in his USC office. | Jordyn Holman Since late November, residents from...
View ArticleSCLARC Opens New Headquarters + L.A. Extends Shelter Program for Homeless
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center Opens New Headquarters: South Central Los Angeles Regional Center (SCLARC), celebrated the grand opening of Legacy Plaza— the agency’s new headquarters —...
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