19-Story High-Rise for the Homeless Opens in Downtown LA’s Skid Row

Published on June 26, 2024

Los Angeles elected officials and homeless service providers gathered June 19 to celebrate the opening of a new 19-story shelter in downtown’s Skid Row, the epicenter of the city’s homeless crisis. Known as the Weingart Towers, the first of two opened, boasting 228 studio apartments and 50 one-bedroom units—with three set aside for onsite managers. The building also has a dining area, commercial kitchen, community center and outdoor decks, as well as rooms for art, music and computers, according to the building’s construction company Swinerton. “This is not just a building, this is about people … this is about giving people dignity and respect,” Kevin Murray, president and CEO of the Weingart Center Association—a nonprofit offering homeless services, which owns the building—said during the building’s unveiling....

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