Rodger Young Village and Basilone Homes housing, 1954

12 images. Rodger Young Village and Basilone Homes housing, January 7 1954. Scenes in almost deserted Rodger Young Village; Scenes in Basilone Homes housing tract.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: McCarty. Date: 1954-01-07. Reporter: Brown. Assignment: Housing -- Monday. 43/44/45/46/47/48: Scenes in almost-deserted Rodger Young Village. 49/50/51/52/53/54: Scenes in Basilone Homes housing tract". The Rodger Young Village was temporary mass housing (and very large), composed of 750 quonset huts, each housing 2 families. It existed between 1946-1954. Its site became the parking lots for the LA Zoo and the Autry Museum. The I-5 Interstate Highway now also passes through the site.The Basilone homes were built in Pacoima, near Hansen Dam, and had actual housing. It, too, was demolished in 1954.