Leroy Looper

Leroy Looper
Born
Leroy Branch Looper

(1924-11-24)November 24, 1924
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
DiedSeptember 11, 2011(2011-09-11) (aged 86)
San Francisco, CA, U.S.
Alma materAntioch University West
Occupation(s)Activist, Community organizer, Entrepreneur
Known forCo-founding the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the Cadillac Hotel, Reality House West, and YouthBuild USA.
AwardsNEN 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

  1. ^ "The Autobiography of Leroy Looper". BeyondChron. 4 December 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  2. ^ video: NEN Awards 2011 - NEN Hall of Fame - Leroy Looper Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Leroy Looper, Champion of the Down and Out, Dies". SFGate. 24 September 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Young, Kerri (2021-01-19). "Landmark Tuesdays: The Cadillac Hotel". San Francisco Heritage. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ^ Barich, Bill (1987-10-04). "Board and Care". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-01-15.


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