Jack Hoy helmed the home that time forgot
Forty-seven-year tenant Robi Hutas takes the air. Photo by Alexandra Mandekic For decades Jack Hoy and his neighbors watched Hermosa go by from low-backed chairs outside the funky 1950s-built apartment building they called home, just blocks from the beach and around the corner from downtown. Time warp landlord Jack Hoy Nearby, the buildings of a commercial district revolved again and again through the throes of changing occupancy, renovations, re-paintings, decay and renewal. Down the block, civic pooh-bahs fought tooth and claw over a swelling nightlife scene. Right across the alley, one of Hermosa’s new tattoo parlors became a lightning rod for long argument and courthouse briefs. It all seemed miles away from the little strip of patio upon which Hoy and a few others lounged and slowly aged. A time-lapse video would have shown no change on the patio, save a slow graying of heads and beards. It is the home that time forgot. Residents have stayed put for decades. Rents are low and life is good. And his neighbors have had Jack to thank for that. Hoy, a retired aerospace engineer, bought the white, two-story building with 13 irregularly shaped and sized units, on the corner of…
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