April 2005
Monthly Archive
4.22.05
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 | Tagged as: politics, landscape
Councilmember Eric Garcetti was the first guest to speak live to Air Talks Larry Mantle from beyond the Arctic Circle where he is visiting with the environmental organization Global Green to highlight Earth Day and the importance of energy conservation and sustainability.
4.21.05
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 | Tagged as: event, citizens committee to save elysian park
Yesterday the Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Department presented their Community Environmental Project Recognition award to the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park and posthumously to Ron Emler in recognition of community service benefiting the environment.
4.19.05
Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 | Tagged as: historic preservation, retail, books
973 Days Later, Terra Firma! What began as a gargantuan task, moving a four-family craftsman bungalow 1-mile down Sunset Blvd., turned out to be the easy part. In one quick early morning drive the building was on its new site then things became difficult and the house sat…but today we can report that home owner Kevin Kuzma is a happy camper–all the wood and steel that had held the building 3-feet off the ground has been removed and the Kevin and his house are sitting pretty! With a significant amount of work already complete Kevin & Dari should be moving in before we know it…lets all keep our fingers crossed. Congratulations Kevin!
A long shelf life: This past Sunday Echo Park Bookseller Michael Dawson and over 200 family and friends celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dawson’s Bookshop, Los Angeles‘ oldest book shop.
4.15.05
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 | Tagged as: event, art
Heads up, Outpost for Contemporary Art is coming to the Empty Lot on Sunset Blvd (between Alvarado and Park at 2014 Sunset Blvd) to create an outdoor project entitled “Construction Site“–a socially interactive environment… Bad public art or enlightened constructs, we’ll have to wait to see.
4.07.05
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2005 | Tagged as: art, elysian park, architecture
Echo Park locals in the press: Illustrator Chandler Wood’s fine work shows up again on the LA Weekly cover while Barbara Bestor’s Silver Lake architecture office cum canvas/billboard is in the LA Times.
In today’s New York Times Home section Nestling In (east of Hollywood) featured new architecture in Echo Park (not presently online). The Elysian Park House by COA at the top of Morton and a second home designed by Greg Chasen a stones throw away on Duane Street.
4.06.05
Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 | Tagged as: gentrification
Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg will be presenting Gentrification in Los Angeles (flyer) April 14, 2005, 7.30 PM at the Highlands Hall, 104 North Avenue 56. The forum will feature the screening of Echo Park high school student Stephanie Cisneros’ gentrification documentary followed by a panel discussion. Additional information via BloggingLA.
4.05.05
Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 | Tagged as: event, art, hip, cinema
The New York Post describes San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood as a cross between Echo Park and Brooklyn’s Park Slope while Hipsters Send Times Into Tizzies, and Gary Leonard loses his nest egg to the rain.
The Echo Park Film Center is looking for LA filmmakers under 25 to submit work for the First Annual EPFC Youth Film Festival to be held May 20, 21 and 22.
