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Be Your Own Dirty Old Man: Bukowski's Los Angeles
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- December 05, 2008
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If you had to name a writer associated with the dregs of Los Angeles -- someone forever linked to hard drinking, womanizing, and shady characters -- it would have to be Charles Bukowski. L.A.'s long suffering "poet laureate of Skid Row" lived and died as a quintessential Angeleno. So fill up your flask and take on the town the way Buk would have: hard, fast and drunk.
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3911 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90037
When Bukowski was in 5th Grade, his teacher instructed him (and the rest of his class) to attend a ceremony here where President Herbert Hoover was to speak and then write an essay about it. Bukowski wrote the best essay in the class — and then confessed that he hadn’t attended the ceremony. This apocryphal tale epitomizes Bukowski’s nonchalant dedication to realistic fiction, even at 10 years old.
When Bukowski was in 5th Grade, his teacher instructed him (and the rest of his class) to attend a ceremony here where President Herbert Hoover was to speak and then write an essay about it. Bukowski wrote the best essay in the class — and then confessed that he hadn’t attended the ceremony. This apocryphal tale epitomizes Bukowski’s nonchalant dedication to realistic fiction, even at 10 years old.
The Colesium
Los Angeles Senior High
4650 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019
Because of deep and frightening acne scars, Bukowski did not attend his own graduation and instead lingered outside while his classmates celebrated. He was then unceremoniously kicked off of the school premises by a janitor who insisted he was too old to be a student.
Because of deep and frightening acne scars, Bukowski did not attend his own graduation and instead lingered outside while his classmates celebrated. He was then unceremoniously kicked off of the school premises by a janitor who insisted he was too old to be a student.
Bukowski for Beginners
Even I wasn’t born an expert on the Poet Laureate of Skid Row, so this book helped me out on this guide a lot.
Hollywood Bowl
2301 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90068
In 1941, after the U.S. had invaded Germany, Bukowski was sure that this was a mistake. The aviator Charles Lindbergh expressed the same sentiment and gave a rousing speech to some 20,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl that Bukowski attended in support.
In 1941, after the U.S. had invaded Germany, Bukowski was sure that this was a mistake. The aviator Charles Lindbergh expressed the same sentiment and gave a rousing speech to some 20,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl that Bukowski attended in support.
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Taking money and food from his mother and living in a flophouse downtown, Bukowski spent a lot of time at the Public Library and wandering through Pershing Square.
Taking money and food from his mother and living in a flophouse downtown, Bukowski spent a lot of time at the Public Library and wandering through Pershing Square.
Pershing Square
532 S. Olive St. Los Angeles, CA 90013
Pershing Square
Pink Elephant Liquors
1836 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Where better to prepare for a day of Bukowskiesque sightseeing than one of his favorite liquor stores. And oh, they deliver.
Where better to prepare for a day of Bukowskiesque sightseeing than one of his favorite liquor stores. And oh, they deliver.
No minimum!
Los Angeles City College
855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
Bukowski enrolled at Los Angeles City College after high school where he took courses in journalism, dramatic art, English and history. It was at LACC where Bukowski, by his own admission found that defending the Nazis in Germany held more interest than writing for the school paper.
Bukowski enrolled at Los Angeles City College after high school where he took courses in journalism, dramatic art, English and history. It was at LACC where Bukowski, by his own admission found that defending the Nazis in Germany held more interest than writing for the school paper.
Sears and Roebuck
2650 E Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90023
After leaving home and eking by in downtown Los Angeles on handouts from his mother, Bukowski got his first job at the age of 21 at the Union Pacific Railroad. When that got to be too much for the aspiring writer, he left and got a job as a stockboy at this Sears on Olympic Blvd.
Esotouric: "Haunts of a Dirty Old Man"
This offbeat Los Angeles tour company offers all kind of interesting trips around the city, including one that focuses on Bukowski’s favorite haunts. $58 is more than a a postal employee could afford, though, and sort of irks me so I’ve never taken the tour myself.
Bukowski Court
5124 W. De Longpre Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027
This is the apartment building where Bukowski lived between 1963-1972. In 2008, in a victory for Bukowski fan’s everywhere, the Los Angeles City Council saved it from destruction by declaring it a culturally significant landmark. And hey, if people really want to visit apartments where guys used to binge drink and use a lot of filthy words, my old apartment is right nearby.
Yes, this is a cultural landmark.
Craby Joe's
656 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90014
Recently closed (gentrification?) this downtown dive bar was one of his favorites.
Santa Anita Race Track
924 W. Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA 91016
A lifelong gambler, Bukowski spent many afternoons drinking and losing money on the ponies here at Santa Anita or at Hollywood Park.
A lifelong gambler, Bukowski spent many afternoons drinking and losing money on the ponies here at Santa Anita or at Hollywood Park.
The races at Santa Anita.
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Loooove. Someone just emailed me a Bukowski poem, and I realize I really know very little of his work. If I ever make it to LA, this guide shall come in handy…
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