Throughout Bukowski's work, he often references the time he spent in a sun-lit library reading many classic books. That library was the Baldwin Hills branch of the Los Angeles Public Library system.

Later on he said, "A library was a good place to be when you had nothing to drink or to eat, and the landlady was looking for you and the back rent money."

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The Bukowski's family home, Charles lived here off and on from 1926 onward. While at this residence, Bukowski started at the Mount Vernon Junior High School in 1933. In 1936, he enrolled at Susan Miller Dorsey High School, and transferred to Los Angeles High School in 1937.

It was at this location that Bukowski's father threw his writings and possessions on the front lawn after reading his short stories. Charles moved to a room on Temple Street after that.

His first publications occurred while at this location.

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A young Charles Bukowski lived at this location from 1926 to 1930. He attended the Virginia Road Elementary School. While the family was at this address, Bukowski's father drove a dairy truck for L.A. Creamery.

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After Bukowski's family moved from Germany, sailed across the ocean to Baltimore, and traversed the country, they arrived to live with some relatives at this address.

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Born to an American soldier father and a German mother, Charles Bukowski started life at this location as Heinrich Karl Bukowski on August 16, 1920. Although his family left for America in 1923, Adernach still features the home with a plaque marking the site. There is a group trying to rent out the first floor of the home to make a Bukowski museum. The photo is Bukowski revisiting his birthplace.

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