The sky blue tiny-house shelter built by a Woodland Hills artist and sheltering a young homeless man was removed from Tampa Avenue near the Ventura Freeway by L.A. City Sanitation crew members Friday.

Because the item was classified as a homeless encampment personal item, it has been taken to a holding site near Skid Row downtown. That’s according to the paper notice provided to Julian, the unhoused person sleeping in the structure.

But Alex Gano, the artist who built the three by six foot structure in a midcentury modern style, has 90 days to retrieve the tiny house he calls a “cart” before it sees that fate.

“I don’t know if I’m likely to really [pick it up] as much as I would want Julien to have it,” said Gano. “I just really feel bad for him. He was really loving it in there, sleeping warm, and now he’s back to sleeping on the sidewalk.”

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Julien could not be reached directly Friday, but Gano said the 28-year-old tucked the little house into an alleyway and covered it with a tarp when sanitation crews found the structure and confiscated it before 10:00 a.m Friday morning.

The artist said he hopes to use the shelter as a “prototype” for future projects, and possibly work with local officials to erect city-sanctioned emergency and temporary shelter sites.

A city sanitation spokesperson did not return calls by Friday evening.