1. residence — 826 S. Berendo St. [map] — Fante wrote Ask the Dust here
2. Central Library’s Children’s Reading Room (used to be the main reading room) — 630 W. 5th St. [map] — where Bukowski found/read(?) Ask the Dust
3. Angel’s Flight — 4th St. and Hill St. [map] — setting of Bandini’s home in Ask the Dust (at its old location at 3rd and Hill)
4. Pershing Square — [map] — where Bandini finds himself after the earthquake; there is a walkway resembling an earthquake faultline designed by artist Barbara McCarren
5. Clifton’s Cafeteria — 648 S Broadway [map] — “pay what you can”; still alive historic Fante and Bukowski territory
6. King Eddy Saloon — 131 E. Fifth St. [map]
7. La Placita Church — 535 N. Main Street [map] — another Ask the Dust location

This entry was posted on June 18, 2008 and is filed under history/memory, literature, los angeles, travel.