The corner of Rodeo Road and Crenshaw Boulevard. While the sidewalk is closed due to construction, businesses remain open – just use the rear entrance. Photo: Anna Chen/Metro

Construction continues along Crenshaw Boulevard for the Crenshaw/LAX Line. As you can see in the photo above, this stretch of businesses on the west side of Crenshaw south of Rodeo Road looks pretty closed off from the street.

However, the businesses located there are absolutely open during construction. For motorists traveling on Crenshaw, turn west on Rodeo Road and use the parking lot located in the back of the businesses. You can also get there from the Expo/Crenshaw Station –from the station, walk south on Crenshaw Blvd. It takes about two minutes.

Parking is available in back of the businesses on the west side of Crenshaw Boulevard. Photo: Google Maps.

Some of the businesses in the area have been around for quite some time and provide important services for those in the neighborhood — and many of the merchants live in the community. Over the next few months, we’ll be featuring some of the Crenshaw businesses here on the Source to remind everyone that they are open and worth checking out. The first in the series is the Women, Infants and Children Center: