Hi Eryn,
I did a cursory search of the LA City Directories and got a hit for 1956:
Apollon, Dave
1750 N Serrano Ave Apt 601
The building still stands today (you can Google it). The next time I'm up in the city I can swing by and take a photo. It's very near my Mom's place. From the satellite photo it looks to be quite a large building. It was built in 1929 and remodeled in '59. Not sure what condition it's in today - this part of town is now known as Los Feliz/Little Armenia, at the foot of the Hollywood Hills. It's within sight of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House for you Architecture buffs.
The 1956 directory only lists names on six floors, and there are only 1-2 apartments listed per floor. Right now, the building is listed as having 55 bedrooms, 29 bathrooms, and 28 total units. Either the other residents in 1956 did not want their names and numbers listed, or the 1959 remodel seriously changed the layout of the place and Dave had a huge penthouse suite.
Don't know when I'll be up at the main Library again, but the next time I go I can do an actual search of the microfilm. That ususally can find things that slip through the web searches.
I wonder if Dave did any teaching while he lived here.
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