Leroy Looper
Leroy Looper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leroy Branch Looper November 24, 1924 |
| Died | September 11, 2011 (aged 86) San Francisco, CA, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Antioch University West |
| Occupation(s) | Activist, Community organizer, Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founding the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the Cadillac Hotel, Reality House West, and YouthBuild USA. |
| Awards | NEN Hall of Fame 2011 [2] |
Leroy Branch Looper (November 24, 1924 – September 11, 2011), was an American community organizer and founder of several low-income housing facilities, programs for addiction recovery, and education initiatives in San Francisco. He was known by locals as "the father of the Tenderloin".[3]
In 1979, Looper purchased the Cadillac Hotel in the Tenderloin, with the goal of saving the building and creating housing for the unhoused in the city within the single-residence occupancy (SRO) building.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Autobiography of Leroy Looper". BeyondChron. 4 December 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ video: NEN Awards 2011 - NEN Hall of Fame - Leroy Looper Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Leroy Looper, Champion of the Down and Out, Dies". SFGate. 24 September 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ Young, Kerri (2021-01-19). "Landmark Tuesdays: The Cadillac Hotel". San Francisco Heritage. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ Barich, Bill (1987-10-04). "Board and Care". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
External links[edit]
- Leroy Looper Memorial Page.
- Looper, Leroy (2006-12-04). "The Autobiography of Leroy Looper". Beyond Chron.
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