Two men stand near "The Wall", which is located on 5th Street, near Crocker Street in the Downtown area known as Skid Row. The Wall is a place where the homeless can write poetry, thoughts, relate their particular stories, hardships, sorrows, or leave their legacies - if only by name. The unofficial boundaries of skid row are Third and Seventh Streets to the north and south, and Alameda and Main Streets to the east and west; this area is also known as Central City East. It is home to one of the largest stable populations of homeless persons in the United States, with a population estimate of anywhere from 7,000 to 8,000 persons. Photograph dated March 2000.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 31 cm. on sheet 28 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Homeless persons--California--Los Angeles Homelessness--California--Los Angeles Skid row--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Concrete walls Barbed wire Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs
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