118 Winston St.

My studio is located at 118 Winston St. in downtown Los Angeles. Winston is a small side street that runs for 3 blocks from the edge of skid row into the heart of it. In the 1940's it was a mission for alcoholic veterans returning from the war in Europe run by a nun name Sister Sylvia Creswell under the dba of Sister Sylvia's Soul Patrol.

From 1974 until 1985 it was a mission called United Indian Involvement where homeless native Americans with no where else to go could eat and sleep and get help.

Although the UII hasn't been here for 25 years I still occasionally get some native men and women stopping by and asking if there are still AA meetings happening there.
This man is still around. He is from the mighty Navajo Nation and lived at 118 Winston for several years in the early 80's.