Crenshaw Manor, Los Angeles

By city council action in October 2001 (C.F. #01-1874), "Crenshaw Manor" was officially named and designated as being bounded by the following streets: Exposition Boulevard on the north, Crenshaw Boulevard on the west, Chesapeake Avenue on the east, and Martin Luther King Boulevard on the south.{{cite news |title=Council Fire 01-1874 |url=https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2001/01-1874.PDF |access-date=31 August 2020 |issue=10 |publisher=City of Los Angeles |date=February 15, 2002}}

The Department of Transportation was instructed to install signage in the general vicinity of the above-mentioned locations and remove any existing City of Los Angeles signs in those areas and replace them with signs designating the newly adopted boundaries.

Crenshaw Manor began in 1942 as a development built to serve WWII defense workers and their families.{{cite news |title=Crenshaw Manor works on homes worth $900,000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118762948/crenshaw-manor-construction/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |publisher=Los Angeles Daily News |date=March 6, 1942}} The development was located on the west side of Crenshaw Boulevard from Coliseum Street to Santa Barbara Avenue.{{cite news |title=Crenshaw Area Lots in Demand |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118762710/crenshaw-manor-creation/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 20, 1943 |quote=...Crenshaw Manor, home community at the west side of Crenshaw Blvd. between Coliseum St. and Santa Barbara Ave.}} Crenshaw Manor was described as having "accessibility to an excellent neighborhood shopping district, schools, transportation and recreation". The name Crenshaw Manor remained in use from the 1950s,{{cite news |title=1951 Advertisement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118763685/crenshaw-manor-listing-1951/|access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 20, 1951}} through the 1990s.{{cite news |title=1972 Advertisement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118763179/crenshaw-manor-advertisment/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 20, 1972}}{{cite news |title=1991 Advertisement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118763491/crenshaw-manor-advertisment/ |access-date=16 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 28, 1991}}

Beginning in 2000, the Eighth District Empowerment Congress began working on the "Naming Neighborhoods Project" to identify and name the communities with the neighborhood council area. The first focus group was held at Hebrew Union College in June 2000. Through research, a meeting with an urban historian, and numerous community meetings, the Empowerment Congress ultimately outlined sixteen unique neighborhoods, including the neighborhood of Crenshaw Manor. The names were submitted to City Council in October 2001 and approved in February 2002.{{cite news |title=Council File 01-1874 |url=https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2001/01-1874.PDF |access-date=31 August 2020 |issue=16 |publisher=City of Los Angeles |date=January 2005}}

Because the neighborhood is within two different council districts,{{cite news |title=Council File 01-1874 |url=https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2001/01-1874.PDF |access-date=31 August 2020 |issue=10 |publisher=City of Los Angeles |date=January 2005|quote=... mainly located in Council District Ten, while the Northwest intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave is in Council District Eight}} a motion was made in November 2002 to "delete" the area named as Crenshaw Manor.{{cite news |title=Council File 01-1874 |url=https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2001/01-1874.PDF |access-date=31 August 2020 |issue=11 |publisher=City of Los Angeles |date=January 2005|quote=I HEREBY MOVE that Council AMEND the Motion...and the official name designation...in Council District Eight as follows: DELETE the area designated as Crenshaw Manor, inasmuch as it is located in Council District Ten}}

In November 2004, citing that "the stakeholders in the area have continued to express their support of the designation of Crenshaw Manor", the motion was amended and the designation of Crenshaw Manor was restored.{{cite news |title=Council File 01-1874 |url=https://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2001/01-1874.PDF |access-date=31 August 2020 |issue=10 |publisher=City of Los Angeles |date=January 2005|quote=I THEREFORE MOVE that Council AMEND the Motion (Ridley-Thomas/Reyes) to ADD the area designated as Crenshaw Manor, given that the stakeholders in the area support the subject name designation }}

In 2014, the Los Angeles Times reported that neighborhoods within the Crenshaw area were experiencing soaring home prices as young professionals were purchasing homes in the community and new shops and restaurants were opening up.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-property-report-20140501,0,6994180,full.story |title=Soaring home prices spur a resurgence near USC|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Andrew |last=Khouri |access-date=2014-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501194315/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-property-report-20140501,0,6994180,full.story |archive-date=2014-05-01 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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• Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza - The Macys building opened in 1947 as the May Company.{{cite news |title=Opening set tomorrow for May Co. Crenshaw |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52749435/opening-set-tomorrow-for-may-co/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 9, 1947}} Crenshaw Manor signage is installed in front of the building on both Crenshaw Boulevard and on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Crenshaw Manor lies mostly within Los Angeles City Council District 10, while the northwest intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave is in Council District 8.{{cite web |title=Council District 8 Map |url=http://navigatela.lacity.org/common/mapgallery/pdf/council_districts/cd8.pdf|access-date=3 May 2022}}

Per official neighborhood council maps, the section of Crenshaw Manor south of Coliseum Boulevard is served by the Empowerment Congress West Neighborhood Council.{{cite web |title=Empowerment Congress West |url=https://ecwandc.org/about-ecwa |access-date=3 May 2022}} Crenshaw Manor north of Coliseum Boulevard is served by the West Adams Neighborhood Council.{{cite web |title=About the West Adams Neighborhood Council |url=https://westadamsnc.org/about/ |website=West Adams Neighborhood Council |access-date=18 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=West Adams Neighborhood Council Map |url=https://empowerla.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/West-Adams-Neighborhood-Council-Map.pdf|access-date=18 July 2022}}

One Fire Department Station is located within the boundaries of Crenshaw Manor:

• Los Angeles Fire Dept. Station 94 - 4470 Coliseum Street {{cite web |title=Station 94 |url=https://www.lafd.org/fire-stations/station-94 |website=LAFD.org}}

Two public schools are located within the boundaries of Crenshaw Manor:

• Coliseum Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 4400 Coliseum Street {{cite web |title=Coliseum Street Elementary School |url=https://schooldirectory.lausd.net/schooldirectory/SchoolPage?locationId=3178 |website=LAUSD.net |access-date=3 May 2022}}
• Stella Middle Charter Academy, federally funded public charter school, 4301 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.{{cite web |title=Stella Middle Charter Academy |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/schooldirectory/details?cdscode=19647330100669 |website=CDE.CA.gov |access-date=24 May 2022 }}

Crenshaw Manor is served by both the Metro E Line and the Metro K Line, with stations at the north and south ends of the neighborhood.

• Map of Crenshaw Manor {{cite web |title=Los Angeles - Crenshaw Manor Neighborhood Map |url= https://www.zipdatamaps.com/neighborhood/california/los-angeles/crenshaw-manor |access-date=13 May 2022}}
• A Los Angeles Sentinel story about Crenshaw Manor {{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Brian |title=Crenshaw Manor Celebrates National Night Out |url=https://lasentinel.net/crenshaw-manor-celebrates-national-night-out-2.html |access-date=24 May 2022 |publisher=Los Angeles Sentinel |date=August 10, 2017}}

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