Crenshaw Boulevard
Major street in Los Angeles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crenshaw Boulevard is a north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California, United States, that runs through Crenshaw and other neighborhoods along a 23-mile (37.76 km) route in the west-central part of the city.[1]
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Former name(s) | Angeles Mesa Drive |
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Namesake | George L. Crenshaw |
Length | 23.46 mi (37.76 km) |
Location | Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes California, U.S. |
Nearest metro station | |
North end | Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles |
South end | Burrell Lane in Rancho Palos Verdes |
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The street extends between Wilshire Boulevard in Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles, on the north and Rolling Hills, on the south. Crenshaw marks the eastern boundaries of Torrance, and Hawthorne and the western border of Gardena.
The commercial corridor in the Hyde Park neighborhood is known as "the heart of African American commerce in Los Angeles".[2][3]