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The Mayor of Gladys Park
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Aug 16, 2008
The Mayor of Gladys Park
Meet the man who looks after a little park in L.A.'s Skid Row. He says it's an oasis of sanity.
A homeless man sleeps in Gladys Park, 1984.
A homeless man sleeps in Gladys Park, 1984.
(
Courtesy of LAPL/Herald-Examiner Collection
)

Meet the man who looks after a little park in L.A.'s Skid Row. He says it's an oasis of sanity.

Meet the man who looks after a little park in L.A.'s Skid Row. He says it's an oasis of sanity.