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Central Avenue
9 articles
Friday, March 28, 2008
Living with staggering violence
California | Local |
March 28, 2008
The sun splashed onto the roof of a church, filling the faces of two golden statues of angels who opened their arms to the sky. Read more
Sunday, February 12, 2006
L.A. Aims to Jazz Up Central Avenue
California | Local |
February 12, 2006
Nearly half a century has passed since Central Avenue slipped out of
the limelight as the jazz mecca and heart of African American Los Angeles. Read more
Sunday, July 11, 2004
Swinging Again to the Up-Tempo Sounds of Central Avenue
California | Local |
July 11, 2004
Streets can age and die like people, and Los Angeles’ Central Avenue
– once the West Coast’s jazz capital – is no exception. Read more
Tuesday, October 31, 2000
To Preserve and Protect
News |
October 31, 2000
In the anguished aftermath of the 1992 riots, L.A.’s Central Avenue
district set out to salvage its cultural memory. Read more
Sunday, August 29, 1999
Jazz - L.A.’s Lost Street of Dreams - The great musicians who once strode Central Avenue played from the heart.
Entertainment |
August 29, 1999
On Tuesday, Rhino Records is releasing “Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz
in Los Angeles (1921-1956),” a four-CD boxed set that has been assembled
as a companion to the paperback version of the acclaimed book by the same name. Read more
Sunday, June 27, 1999
Volunteers Jazz Up a Famous L.A. Thoroughfare
California | Local |
June 27, 1999
For a few hours, Central Avenue’s past as the heart of L.A.’s jazz
scene came alive Saturday and that gave one-time trumpeter and vocalist
Clora Bryant goose bumps. Read more
Thursday, September 10, 1998
Council Plans Revamping of Central Avenue
California | Local |
September 10, 1998
In response to complaints from residents, city officials are
working on a plan to reduce the volume and speed of traffic on
residential Central Avenue between 4th and 2nd streets. Read more
Thursday, July 30, 1998
Echoes of Central Avenue
Entertainment |
July 30, 1998
Central Avenue: a long thoroughfare slicing through East Los
Angeles from East 1st Street on the north to Del Amo on the south. Read more
Sunday, April 5, 1998
Jazz Book Rescues Memories of Central Avenue Players
California | Local |
April 5, 1998
It was a race against time and mortality to preserve the memories
of jazz musicians who made Central Avenue in Los Angeles such a hot spot
in the ’30s and ’40s. Read more
