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Title
Rex Apartments, exterior view
Alternative Title
Housing Authority Photo Collection;
Creator
Nadel, Leonard
Contributor
This is a reproduction made from the original print owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Date Created and/or Issued
1952
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Exterior view of the front of a building identified as Rex Apartments by a sign, and is owned by Lawrence Young. It has 4 floors plus a penthouse, with 12 units on each floor for a total of 49 units. There are 3 toilets and 2 baths per floor except the third floor which has only 2 toilets and one bath. 40 units (1 room plus kitchen) rent for $20 per month, 4 units rent for $22, and 4 units (2 rooms plus kitchen) rent for $34. Total income per month is approximately $1059. Electricity is included in the rent but not gas. No hot water.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00033584
Housing Authority Collection;
GPC_b30_f1; A-005-100 4x5
CARL0000035605
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1079
Subject
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Poor families--California--Los Angeles
Housing Authority Collection photographs

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