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The Story of Homelessness in L.A.

Tent City came down on Jan. 2, 1984, in the shadow of City Hall.
A homeless man who lives among the bushes near the 134 Freeway and the Colorado Boulevard Bridge is seen in 1992.
A 48-year-old man, homeless for two years, rests in a shelter at Culver City Veterans Park gym.
Bryan OTennesseeO Harrison says OI canOt go home this wayO while living in the part at 1st and Spring on January 12, 1987.
A man naps on a bench inside the gym at Penman Recreation Center on Jan. 21, 1988.
Two people prepare dinner on top of an office building that was halted from construction on February 1992. Some of the cityOs poorest people are living on the most expensive real estate in Los Angeles.
On E. 5th St., in skid row, a group of homeless people try to find some comfort against the wind and the driving rain on January 18, 1993.
A homeless woman sleeps on a bus bench decorated with cartoons and a slogan saying "Cruel World."
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