these are the faces of Skid Row

City Flags

I love the “You are Here” flags for designated areas of the city like “The Flower District”, “Toy District”, “Business District” . . . I feel a little discriminated against that none of the flags say “Skid Row”

Los Angeles Mission Clinic and LAMP

Every other week the LA Mission Clinic comes into LAMP and does Diabetesm blood pressure and HIV Screenings.

A”Treasure of Los Angeles”, Lamp was honored on Thursday for it’s achievements. These men live in an independent apartment building owned and run by Lamp. Lamp has placed Supportive Services into the building to help the tenants transition form homelessness to successful independent adults.

Dignity Even in the shelter, he irons his clothing

These are some of the men who keep us up and running. They fix everything.

Sometimes I forget to come back and show you the beauty of Skid Row. Some philanthopist will say the beauty is the social work, but I believe it is the faces of the people on the street. Majestic or withered, people are beautiful.

You know you are on Skid Row when this is how the streets are cleaned! Yes, the police are guarding the workers. I am dtrying my best not to mention that you can sell drugs right next to the police cars while they are out on guard duty and you won’t get arrested and unless […]

This is Stoney, I knew if Ilooked hard enough I could find a picture I had taken of him,I told him about the NPR article and he smiled ad said “yeah, they paid me 10 bucks for that”.

It is odd to see someone you know in the news . . . this NPR article has a picture of Stoney whom I have known for years. He is not exactly who I would pick to write a story on homelessness about; but on the other hand, this man is a scrapper. He can […]