At one time the Crenshaw shopping district in Liemert Park ( these were areas of the city of L.A. that had names like where I grew up in Westchester, others you may have heard of would be Venice, Hollywood, North Hollywood, Paya del Rey, San Pedro, Mar Vista, Palasades, Wilmington, Carson, Watts etc. just to name a few) Anyroad at one time Liemert park was a nice upper middle class neighborhood. My uncle had a house not far from Majestic Pontiac, but as blight/crime spread from the inner city in all directions Liemert park fell into or became a poverty area. My parents house in Westchester was about 30 minutes on a good day away. The Crenshaw shopping district shopping center was where us white kids would sometimes go on a Friday night to look for street races. One of the famous street racers from that area was a guy some of you all have heard of called Big Willie. Later in the early 90's Big Willie was the guy who did most of the organizing with the city of L.A. to open up Brotherhood Raceway Park in the L.A. Port terminal area. My company donated several pre- production vehicles for use of the facility to use. I liked it cause I got to run for free. This track, along with L.A.C.R. is where some of us guys who belonged to a GTO club called Southern California Gathering of Goats used to run.
BTW: the last time I know of seeing the Majestic sign was in the movie "White Men Can't Jump" . It's a night shot and their driving north down Crenshaw Blvd. That will give you a idea of how badly a nice area has gone to ruin.
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