The above post
was inspired by Beaudry:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=33344
Alester Young:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=33354
Text from Chapter 1 of John Fante's novel
Ask the Dust.
(Note: He calls the hotel Alta Loma, instead of Alta Vista, in the book.)
By the way, when he writes, "if you wanted to go down to the truck room,"
does anyone know what a "truck room" is?
And these links...
Photo #1 from:
http://www.electricearl.com/labh/AltaVista.html
Photo #2:
Nadel, CRA/slums/1955Sept30/255SBHA
Photo #3:
http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/2...-then-now.html