The Angels Walk Central Avenue Tour

When: This event is in the past
July 27 11:00am – 7:00pm, 2018

Location: Central Avenue between MLK Boulevard and Vernon Avenue Metro Blue Line Vernon Station Los Angeles, CA 90011

The Angels Walk Central Avenue tour will be introduced to music lovers who flock to the annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival at a festival booth. Angels Walk LA is planning the installation of 15 stanchions highlighting some of the 65 sites along the trail that stretches roughly from 24^th Street to Vernon Avenue later this year. Central Avenue, the hub of Black life in Los Angeles during the Jim Crow era, is now more associated with the taquerias and vibrant Spanish-speaking community that share the sidewalks today.

Alison Rose Jefferson. Photo: Pomona College News

Illuminating both the past and present of this important South L.A. neighborhood, historian Alison Rose Jefferson co-created this self-guided walking tour with Angels Walk LA. Jefferson and collaborator Martha Groves chose an inclusive embrace, highlighting both the 27^th Street Bakery – owned by 1984 Olympic sprinter Jeanette Bolden and known for its Southern sweet potato pies – and the nearby Las Palmas Carniceria, known for its chorizo.

Angels Walk LA, a nonprofit, is dedicated to enhancing pedestrian environments throughout Los Angeles by developing self-guided walking trails. Their walks exist to bring light to the rich and diverse history of our city by encouraging exploration and discovery of significant locations, people, and events that have contributed to the unique development of each neighborhood.

Fore more information about the tour, click here.