Stories matching tag 'Marlton Square'

How shutting down the CRA will impact South LA

The California Redevelopment Agency ceases to exist today. Dozens of projects in South LA will be affected, but will it be the end of economic development in the area? [...]

City Councilman Bernard Parks discusses the future of Marlton Square

For years, Marlton Square has been an eye-sore for the Crenshaw community. That’s one of the issues City Councilman Bernard Parks will talk about tonight when he delivers the 9th Annual “State of the Eighth” address. Check out an interview with park with Annenberg Radio News to hear about what’s next for the square and Crenshaw. [...]

VIDEO: The transformation of Santa Barbara Plaza

Photojournalist David Roy captures the transformation of Santa Barbara Plaza in this audio slideshow. [...]

Demolition begins on Marlton Square in South LA

Residents of the Crenshaw neighborhood have been waiting more than 25 years for something to happen with the Marlton Square property. [...]

Redevelopment Hell

The story of Santa Barbara Plaza: How a prime opportunity for redevelopment in South Los Angeles became the bane of the community. [...]

Collaborators in South Los Angeles

Working journalists are teaming up with community members in a bid to take "citizen journalism" to a new level and investigate the status of Marlton Square. [...]

Bringing business back to Marlton Square

The long decaying area is closer than ever to redevelopment, according to officials. But how close is close after two decades? [...]