May 2003
Monthly Archive
5.29.03
Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2003 | Tagged as: historic preservation, citizens committee to save elysian park
This must be a first. The LA Times Real Estate section listed Grace E. Simons former home in the Hot Property section.
In the Downtown News: The Ugly Truth, Echo Park Duo Uncovers Success Story With Mystery Books & the Angelino Heights Trolley.
Recently several articles regarding the Culture Clash production of Chavez Ravine have been printed, unfortunately the link to the LA Times piece Requiem for a Ravine is gone but here’s a link to the LA Alternative Press’ piece Breaking Ground.
5.14.03
Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2003 | Tagged as: historic preservation
“We are absolutely stunned to see that it was so wantonly and willfully destroyed,” Christine Peters, a member of the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council, told the City Council during a discussion of the razing of the Giese Residence on Bunker Hill, in the LA Times.
5.13.03
Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2003 | Tagged as: flora
The Echo Park Community Garden is featured in an article regarding community gardens, at AScribe, the Public Interest Newswire.
5.11.03
Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2003 | Tagged as: news, art, elysian park, citizens committee to save elysian park
Sad news of two recent deaths of longtime Echo Park activist.
Julie Rosen, artist and founding member of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park succumb to cancer last week. Julie moved to San Francisco last year to be near her children due to her failing health. Her last among her many deeds for the Citizens Committee was spearheading the drive to install the new children’s play area at Stadium Way and Scott Avenue and another play area on Casanova Terrace on the east side of the Pasadena Freeway.
We’ve also just been informed of the death of longtime vocal activist Sue Nelson, reportedly after being struck while crossing Sunset Boulevard at McDuff. For Andrew Garsten’s Eulogy visit the Neighborhood Councils discussion group.
Incase you don’t receive your copy in the mail you can now read the Spring 2003 Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park newsletter online here (PDF). In this issue: The upcoming Fundraising Dinner, news about the funding of a new Elysian Park Master Plan, upcoming Walking Tours and Remembering Geneva Williams.
5.4.03
Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2003 | Tagged as: history
Hum, seems the LA Times has listed us among some of LA’s oldest neighborhood sites. Unfortunately for those visiting for the first time a great deal of the sites content is hidden away, waiting for the inevitable reformatting…if you are looking for something specific, do a site search of EchoPark.Net at Google or look here for a view of Echo Park postcards (and a lot of backdoor extinct links) from version 2 of the site.
