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Old Posted Nov 8, 2020, 1:21 AM
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SKID ROW SLIDES



re: The man hanging laundry on the rooftop clothesline.

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Originally Posted by HossC
e_r, the photographer was on the roof of 443 S Los Angeles Street
Thanks, Hoss. I honestly thought it was a SRO and not the Los Angeles Mission. I'm glad you cleared that up for me.




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The bricks make me think of Olvera St....
I thought the same, ScottyB, but the lettering doesn't seem to be. . how do I say this?. . .um. . .touristy.


And then I noticed that one of the other slides from the Skid Row group (shown below) shows an arrest at the end of a brick alley.


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So perhaps the down-and-out man is in one of the brick alleys in the Skid Row area? (hmmm. . . are there any brick alleys left in downtown Los Angeles?)



Here's a closer look at the arrest. (it appears to be two dudes on motorcycles)


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