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LOS ANGELES, CA JUNE 26, 2018: Leneace Pope, known as ÒNiecyÓ for short moves her mattress into her tent near West 39th Street and South Broadway in Los Angeles, CA June 26, 2018. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)
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Life on the streets of Los Angeles

For the residents of Broadway Place, every hour is a struggle

LOS ANGELES, CA JUNE 26, 2018: Leneace Pope, known as ÒNiecyÓ for short moves her mattress into her tent near West 39th Street and South Broadway in Los Angeles, CA June 26, 2018. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

After leaving her friends at Broadway Place (“too much drama”), Leneace Pope moves a mattress into her tent a block away. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA MAY 31, 2018: A pit bull named Caesar WATCHES OVER Old Man Mike, as he sits inside a small tent eating on Broadway Place and 39th Street Los Angeles, CA MAY 31, 2018. Old Man Mike is a not a full time resident on the sidewalk. He stays occasionally. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

A pit bull named Caesar watches over “Old Man Mike,” an occasional resident of the homeless encampment on Broadway Place. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA SEPTEMBER 6, 2018: Duanne Hardaway, 44, stands holding his blanket in the middle of the street on Broadway Place and 39th in Los Angeles, CA September 6, 2018. Duanne is waiting to be housed in the Encampment to Home program when another sanitation crew swept through the encampment. ÒIf I let the streets upset me, he said, Òthen I feel that I let the streets win.Ó (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Duanne Hardaway, 44, stands in the middle of Broadway Place. A recent cleaning sweep by the city’s sanitation department forced him to move his tent and belongings across the street. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA APRIL 25, 2018: Big Mama, Top Shelf and others move their belongings across the street during a sanitation sweep at their encampment West 39th Street and Broadway Place in Los Angeles, CA April 25, 2018. Their encampment is orderly and relatively clean compared to other homeless encampments in Los Angeles. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

During a cleaning sweep by the city’s sanitation department, Big Mama and the other residents of Broadway Place had to relocate their tents and possessions across the street in order to give crews access to their sidewalk. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA APRIL 4, 2018: Duanne Hardaway, known on the street as X, as in extra-large, steps out of his home – a tent located in a small homeless encampment where he lives on Broadway Place in Los Angeles, CA APRIL 4, 2018. He is 6-foot-3. Has a tattoo on his left arm read X and he has a deep baritone voice. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Duanne Hardaway, who was known on the street as X, as in extra large, steps outside his tent on Broadway Place. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 28, 2018: Big MamaÕs name is Yvette Grant. She is 51, homeless, and in pain following back surgery. Outreach workers from the Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System (HOPICS) have her sign paper work in small homeless encampment north of Martin Luther King Boulevard, on Broadway Place in Los Angeles, CA March 28, 2018. HOPICS and varies agencies are working in collaboration to move the entire encampment Ð and others into housing. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Before Big Mama could move into housing, outreach workers from a homeless services agency had her sign countless forms verifying her background, income and status. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA APRIL 25, 2018: A man who goes by the name ÒBearÓ helps ÒNiecyÓ move her mattress from her tent on the sidewalk at 39th and Broadway Place in Los Angeles, CA April 25, 2018. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Despite living in a tent among the homeless encampments near Broadway Place, Leneace Pope slept on a large mattress that needed to be moved whenever she moved. Friends would often help.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA MARCH 28, 2018: Sitting outside her tent Big Mama share a rose with Jewel, a little girl being pushed in a stroller by her mother on the sidewalk at 39th and Broadway Place in Los Angeles, CA March 28, 2018. ItÕs a common to see Big Mama sharing her belongings. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Sitting outside her tent on Broadway Place, Big Mama hands a rose to a little girl in a stroller. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CAAPRIL 25, 2018: A brown dog named Coco stands in front of Top Shelf as she takes a break from moving her belongings back and forth across the street in prep for of another sanitation sweep on Broadway Place and 39th in Los Angeles, CA APRIL 25, 2018. Top Shelf is waiting to be housed through the Encampment to Home program. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Top Shelf takes a break from moving her tent and belongings across the street before a cleaning sweep by the city’s sanitation department. Coco, one of the dogs of the encampment on Broadway Place, never wandered far. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA AUGUST 2, 2018: Keith Gaston, known as ÒKey-KeyÓ sits outside of his tent after just hearing the news they will be moving from the street into housing in four days in Los Angeles, CA AUGUST 2, 2018. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Keith Gaston sits outside his tent after hearing the news he will be moving from the street into his own apartment. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA JUNE 26, 2018: Leneace Pope, known as ÒNiecyÓ for short stands outside her tent near West 39th Street and Broadway in Los Angeles, CA June 26, 2018. (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Leneace Pope finished moving her tent and possession a block away from Broadway Place just as night was falling. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

LOS ANGELES, CA July 31, 2018: Duanne Hardaway, know as ÒXÓ, age 44, stands outside of his tent scanning for any activity around the encampment in Los Angeles, CA July 31, 2018. His neighbors Horace, Keith, and Niecy have been moved from their encampment into supportive housing. Duanne, Big Mama, and Top Shelf wait their turn. Duanne tried to contain his disappointment while he still waits his trun. ÒIf I let the streets upset me,Ó he said, Òthen I feel that I let the streets win.Ó (*Editors Note: Contact photo editor Mary Cooney should you have any questions. Please do not use this image for other stories. This image is for a future project by writer Tom Curwen.) (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Duanne Hardaway keeps an eye out for himself and his neighbors, especially after some of the residents of the encampment began to move into their new apartments. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

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