Street People

Photographed by Paul Shoul

Memories

Libby Spencer: I remember the Do You Have a Dollar lady. I recall her counting her dollars when I walked by. Was her name Alice?
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Paul Shoul: I am pretty sure she is not the dollar lady.
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Tammy Johnson: Her name was Irene

Sandra Dias: I remember the woman with the cigarette used to always say, “do you have a dollar?”

Martin Carrera: When people say there are too many people asking for money. I say then go to those real clean places. I always something of reminder of “by the grace of God go I. Am sorry I never minded them sitting on the bench in front of my restaurant. I have survived the con job that changed my life. I am living because I witnessed that they were living in one way or another. You have the right to ignore there struggles or throw a dollar there way without judgement. Viva la Gente de la Calle. There my people.