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Echo Park Farmers Market

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:45:35 +0000

Finally, after years of trying, Echo Park is getting its very own certified Farmers’ Market! Join your neighbors for the Grand Opening Carrot Cutting Ceremony on Friday, October 13th, at 3pm.Fresh fruits and vegetables direct from farmers can be found in city parking lot #663 at Logan 1/2 block south of Sunset Blvd. 3-7pm.Artwork by Katrina Alexy with Holly Hampton

Turning a Lens Homeward

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:14:47 +0000

Gentrification, hipsters, and a blessed dog.

In the LA Times Turning a Lens Homeward chronicles Echo Park resident and high school junior Stephanie Cisneros video documentary of our changing neighborhood.

The Times also probes around Mr. T’s Bowl and finds that hipsters are supposedly ruining the scene: Chavez blames the arrival of Silver Lake and Echo Park hipsters, obsessed with the coolest and the newest.

“People from over there come out here to ‘hang out,’ ” Chavez said, making sarcastic quotation marks in the air with her hands. “You know, the ‘rough part’ of town. The regulars feel intimidated.”

It’s funny to hear some folks around here reminisce about the days when Echo Park was a rough part of town, not that most of LA County doesn’t believe it still is.

On a miraculous note Councilmember Garcetti’s Planning Deputy Alison has been reunited with her Wonder Dog Eugene who was swept into the raging Arroyo Seco near Hermon over 10 days ago. He was found by a trucker in Vernon where he must have made it out of the LA River to safety!

Meanwhile at the business booster Downtown News the counter at the Brite Spot is the place to be.

Scene of the Crime, Photographs from the LAPD Archive

admin — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:15:03 +0000

In bookstores now Scene of the Crime, Photographs from the LAPD Archive may be of limited interest to many but beyond the graphic crime scene photos are the eyes of some talented photographers and a view into Los Angeles’ always crime ridden core. As many will recall the photos were first compiled by locals Merrick Morton and Robin Blackman for an exhibit at their now closed storefront gallery Fototeka.

In other news while I was away:

Longtime local and Reggae historian Roger Steffens is profiled in the Orion, Cal State Chico’s online magazine.

In the New York Times the Insurance Premiums Take a Toll tells the story of Pioneer Markets recent closing.

9/11 Tribute at the Fire Department Academy adjacent to Elysian Park, where the largest steel portion of the WTC serves as a memorial.

The LA Times Calendar Live (unavailable without paid subscription) ran another bohemian, hipster, softer-kinder-gentrification article that at least focused on all the great shops and clubs in Echo Park.

Speaking of new shops, Masa is now serving breakfast and Chango at Chicken Corner is now up and selling coffee, ice cream and other baked goods.

On another note I’ve posted some photos of the beast that is the new Caltrans Building, affectionately referred to as the Death Star, on Archinect where I’m a contributor. You can also find my comments on an article that ran recently about the architect Harwell H. Harris in the Los Angeles Times Home section. Harris’ 1935 home still stands in Echo Park.