Carlton way and Western ave. is probably that many steps away from Hollywood Blvd...I've never counted, but I've walked the distance so many times over the years and it sounds about right.
...or, his apartment at 1623 Mariposa wasnt too far from Hollywood Blvd. either. About half a block or so, a real quick walk. Every building that he ever lived in is still a low-rent, grimy ass shithole.Even after all these years. It makes your soul feel good to see that. I'll bet that most of the people that live in his former dwellings have never even heard of the man. Lots of central-American immigrants, for the most part.
The post office that he wrote about in post office (the one where the Stone reined) is now a Korean Medical clinic of some sort...it was a temporary library location for the Wilshire branch library while it was undergoing repairs caused by an earthquake in 87, I used to always go there as a kid, of course I had no idea of who Bukowski was back then...I walk by there at least every 2 days on my way to the wilshire branch library, which is now back at it's original location a few blocks south/west of the 'post office'.