List/Grid Monthly Archives: September 2008
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the American West as well as second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed…
Gigantic Mega-Development Coming!!!
Maybe you missed it, I almost did too. The news item in the L.A. Times made it seem like a joke. But they are in escrow for 55 acres and…
Central City Action
Well, it’s summer at CCAC again. You can tell by all the kids that are at the center. Some come at 8 am to start work with SYEP (the summer…
Green world : An echo revaluation in chemical & construction sector
With green chemistry, leverage innovation and competitiveness for European industry, chemical industry provides solutions and production methods (E.g.- outdoor fountains) which respect the environment. Today, the chemical industry is involved,…
Library Happenings
You probably remember the “Summer of Love.” This year, at the library at least, it’s the “Summer of Youth”! The library is hosting lots of interesting events just for Echo…
Echo Park Tours
The Los Angeles Visitors & Convention Bureau has selected Echo Park as one of about two dozen communities that will be featured in a $2.5 million campaign to promote neighborhood…
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!
Echo Park Night at Dodger Stadium will be held on Monday, August 30 at 7:00 P.M. when the Dodgers play the Brewers at our local ballpark. The baseball game has…
ECHOES FROM THE PAST
Visitors to Echo Park have long enjoyed a variety of recreational activities. A swimming pool, tennis courts and a softball diamond may be found on park land south of the…
ECHO PARK DOES ITS PART
A recent article in “US News” discussed the alarming tree loss in American cities. Satellite images taken in 1972 of Puget Sound in the Seattle region were compared to images…
L.A. Volunteer Festival
Make a Difference LA has a message for all of us ? VOLUNTEER! And to let us all know about volunteer and service opportunities, the Volunteer Bureau of Mayor Richard…
Lotus Festival “99
Dragon boat races, lotus blossoms, fireworks, people selling scents, clothes, and jewelry. Smells of exotic foods in the air. Where are you” In the Far East” No, it”s in your…
Growing the Garden: Summer Gardening
There was a serious incident of vandalism and burglary at the garden on the Monday after the fourth of July weekend. The perpetrators painted graffiti on the front wall and…
Leaving Echo Park: Karen Jaeger Retires
By her own admission she’s always been a fighter and a hell-raiser. Activist Karen Jaeger’s strongly held — and worded — opinions have enlivened life in Echo Park for some…
Echo Park Improvement Association
Echo Park Improvement Association is a grass roots group which welcomes everyone who wants this charming, historic neighborhood to live up to its potential as a clean, safe and attractive…
Elysian Park History
In 1769, Gaspar de Portola and Father Juan Crespi camped on the river bank opposite Buena Vista Hill, as shown by California Registered Historical landmark Number 655 (1958) at the…
Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park
Founded 1965 Los Angeles’ First Park The oldest park in Los Angeles is 112 this year. It remains a park in perpetual peril. Bargain hunting, land-grabbers gaze over the green,…
Echo park Postcards
Echo park East Lake Park [Lincoln] Elysian Park Hollenbeck Park West Lake Park [Mac Arthur] Downtown Buildings Downtown…
Echo Park Historical Society
The Echo Park Historical Society was founded in the Fall of 1995 to promote interest in Echo Park?s heritage, to preserve and protect natural sites and buildings of historic significance…