tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392098995578110896.post1953816033594073258..comments2024-01-27T14:53:49.272-08:00Comments on Los Angeles Past: Temple and Main Streets, Los Angeles: Then and NowJ Scott Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07526017264458431798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392098995578110896.post-74016527397294841742015-03-09T15:32:15.228-07:002015-03-09T15:32:15.228-07:00Caitlin and Scott are both right. I believe Caitli...Caitlin and Scott are both right. I believe Caitlin's comment was based on this: http://tumblr.lareviewofbooks.org/post/29983080210/then-and-now-the-downey-block-of-downtown-laowney. Wendy Cheng was a bit misleading in that she identifies the Downey Block, rather than the location of the Downey Block, as the Indian slave market. John Temple, I think, had a small store there at the earlier time, across from his Temple Block buildings. <br /><br />As the Federal Courthouse, which currently occupies the location, is to be demolished next year, a memorial park at this site is literally the least that can be done now.tovangar2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10420616447094676200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392098995578110896.post-53417948176034683322014-07-26T13:32:26.626-07:002014-07-26T13:32:26.626-07:00@Caitlin: That statement cannot be true. The Downe...@Caitlin: That statement cannot be true. The Downey Block wasn't even built until 1869, years after slavery of any kind was abolished by the 13th amendment.J Scott Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526017264458431798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392098995578110896.post-43233649460828564042014-07-26T11:02:22.107-07:002014-07-26T11:02:22.107-07:00The Downey Block was actually a marketplace for Na...The Downey Block was actually a marketplace for Native American slaves in the 1850s and 1860s, where Native Americans arrested for drunkenness and begging were auctioned off for one week of labor for one to three dollars. Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526718379675600742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392098995578110896.post-1832719915018411802012-04-21T17:10:50.580-07:002012-04-21T17:10:50.580-07:00Great pictures. Photos like these need to be kept...Great pictures. Photos like these need to be kept in circulation.Bobbynoreply@blogger.com