Dog Town (William Mead Homes) (Los Angeles, California)

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450 units of public housing were built on 15 acres in 1942. The Dog Town housing projects are nestled between the Los Angeles County Jail and the Los Angeles River. The nickname of the projects - Dog Town - comes from its proximity to LA's first dog pound.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Mead_Homes
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Coordinates:   34°3'49"N   118°13'47"W

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  • William Mead Homes is the name of the Housing Projects on North Main Street, but the neighborhood name of DOG TOWN goes back to the prior century, and plenty of newspaper articles testify to the name being in use for the neighborhood. The old Dog Town was centered on Cardinal Street which ran all across the L.A. river from around present day College Street, to Clover Street on the east side.
  • i hear they are going to tear the neighbor hood down how sad there is so much history about the place
  • how about the key-lite and the boxing club there
  • I've Been Living At The DogTown Projects For About 14 Years and So Far They're So Many Cool People Around. Friends Are From The Back To The Front. They Said They Were Going To Tear It Down But As Us Residents We Fought To Keep The Projects. So Far Us William Mead's Residence Are Still Around. 2/15/12
  • I was born at the county general hospital year 1951- I grew up in the william mead projects in the early 1950's till 1971. The people that were lived there at that time were hard working people. Mostley they all came from the south, they were part of a migration, mostley blacks mexican and a few native americans. Some were leaveing the south because jim crow was alive and well, The native americans were promise good jobs and such, but the bottom line was that the goverment wanted to take more of our land.I remember the 1968 or 1969 watt riots, And the only high building was city hall. There is lots of history in this area of los angeles. I can go on forever.
  • last name is williams
  • Hey Lonewolf, reyboy, Turkz, and v.williams. I'm a grad student at UCLA working on a project about the history of Dogtown. I would love to talk with any of you about your experiences and knowledge of Dogtown. My email is: tfitzgibbon at ucla.edu Thanks!
  • so did u know a gilbert leal was there since 1942
  • My uncle, aunt and cousin lived here after he came back from the Navy in 1947, in the old Dogtown housing. I remember visiting and playing here with my cousin Margaret, before they moved on. Years later, as a Boy Scout I came back with LAPD Troop 63X to deliver food and toys at Christmas.
  • I to was born at the County General Hospital. J. S. ANGUIANO is my name, I was raised there for about ten years. 344 E. Bloom Street unit 414 Los Angeles, Ca 90012 will always be the only place I will ever call home...
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