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Destination Crenshaw President and COO Jason W. Foster recently announced that Sankofa Park, the first major component of this $100 million public-private initiative, will open with a public celebration in early fall 2023.
This week Destination Crenshaw revealed that Sankofa Park, the centerpiece of its Crenshaw Boulevard placemaking project, will open this fall.
The $100-million, 1.3-mile public art corridor known as Destination Crenshaw — with fundraising led by Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan — will debut its first phase, Sankofa Park, this fall.
Destination Crenshaw, the $100 million public-private initiative to redesign 1.3 miles of Crenshaw Boulevard as an economically thriving business and cultural corridor for Black L.A., took a major step forward on Thursday, as the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission approved plans for the permanent installation of seven outdoor sculptures along the route. Destination Crenshaw has now unveiled the designs by the seven outstanding artists, all closely connected to the Black community of ...
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