List/Grid Monthly Archives: September 2008
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…
A Brief History of Echo Park
Echo Park and its lake have always been a touchstone for the community that grew up around it. Initially, the area we now know as the park was a natural…
2008 Schedule
All tours begin at 10 am on Saturdays. Dates are subject to change. January 26 Echo Park Stairways February 9 Echo Park Lake March 15 Elysian Park April 26 Echo…