When I was about 4 or 5 years old, my paternal grandmother moved from Silver Lake to Little Tokyo Towers. It's a senior housing complex on Third Street. They live independently in small apartments.

I remember visiting her and going up the elevator. I can't recall exactly what floor she was on, but it was a double digit floor number. The elevator went up pretty fast, and came to a pretty abrupt stop, so that I always felt a little queasy by the time the doors opened.

Inside was my Murakami Ba-chan's neat little living room with attached small kitchen. It also had a small bedroom and bathroom. In the living room was a wooden display case with glass sliding doors which held a variety of small wooden kokeshi and other Japanese folk dolls.

My Oba-chan lived here until it became necessary to move her to Keiro.
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Conservancy Walking Tour: Little Tokyo Towers

View of Little Tokyo Towers, an apartment complex for senior citizens, from the Irvine Garden in Little Tokyo on Los Angeles Conservancy walking tour, August 9, 2006. Photograph posted by the Little Tokyo Historical Society (lthistory@gmail.com).