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  2. Skid Row, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Skid Row is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles [1] officially known as Central City East. [2]Skid Row contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s. [3]

  3. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.

  4. Skid row - Wikipedia

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    Tents of homeless people on the sidewalk in Skid Row, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Skid Row is an area on the East side of Downtown Los Angeles, roughly bounded by Los Angeles Street on the West, Central Avenue on the East, 4th Street on the North, and 8th Street on the South.

  5. In Skid Row, a 19-story residential tower for homeless people ...

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    The 19-story building on Skid Row has 278 units for formerly homeless people. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) ... The current kitchen, in a one-story building on San Pedro Street, will be ...

  6. LA honors homeless lives lost as overdose, violence and ...

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    (The Center Square) – Los Angeles will be recognizing the homeless individuals that died before escaping the streets of the city. Dec. 21, the longest night of the year, marks the annual day of ...

  7. List of tent cities in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Smaller homeless tent cities or tents may exist in Jacksonville. Lubbock, Texas: Avenue A and 13th Street encampment [48] Norfolk, Virginia [49] St. Louis, Missouri had a camp at a park near downtown which was cleared in January 2021, and homeless camps still exist in the Saint Louis area [50] Pensacola, Florida; Tampa, Florida [51]

  8. 'Morrison Hotel' made famous by The Doors burns down in ...

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    The Brief. A large fire destroyed the historic Morrison Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, a vacant building that had been used by homeless people. More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene ...

  9. Mayfair Hotel (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia

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    The Mayfair Hotel is a historic hotel in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The Sun Realty Company commissioned the building in 1926 and architectural firm Curlett & Beelman designed it in the Renaissance Revival style. The hotel opened on February 1, 1927. It closed in 2020 and was converted to homeless housing.