When the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company factory built their factory at 6701 South Central Ave south of downtown Los Angeles between 1919 and 1920, the land around them was empty. And it was still largely empty a few years later when this aerial photo was taken in 1923. I presume that a factory which produces tires probably doesn’t smell great, so I doubt many people would want to build home nearby—even the employees! (Source: Pinterest.)

The Ghost of Mr Hand on BlueSky said: “The tire factories were among the few industries that hired blacks after the war, and the south central area wasn’t red-lined so it was one of the few areas middle class blacks could own homes.”

Timothy B. said, “The factory closed in February 1979.”

That location is now home to a Post Office facility This is roughly how that view looked in 2025.