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Echo Park & Silver Lake get a gang injunction
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday approved a preliminary gang injunction against the Temple Street gang, which claims the southern edge of Silver Lake and Echo Park. Nearly 40 gang…
LAistory: Griffith Park
It all started with the ostriches. Well, not really, but don’t you think it should have? In fact, Griffith Park started with a curse. When the original owner of Griffith…
CurbedWire: Echo Park Ugly, Echo Park Sweet
ECHO PARK: Not sure when it happened, but some bonehead assaulted the crap–with a purple weapon—out of that under construction five-unit apartment project at 1478 West Sunset Boulevard. Local firm…
Settlement Reached in Echo Park 9A Case
Citing the Echo Park Historical Society e-newsletter, Echo Park blogger Jenny Burman says that the long battle over site 9A is over. Well, at least the part about the Los…
Echo Park Historic Heart
Echo Park didn’t start out as a man-made lake. Instead, its earliest use by the city was as a reservoir, storing water in a section sometimes known as the city’s…
Echo Park Animal Alliance
The Echo Park Animal Alliance is a 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization. Our mission is to promote responsible care of companion animals within the Echo Park community through advocacy, assistance and…
Elysian Valley United
This December, Elysian Valley United will begin organizing our new Food and Clothing Bank, which will operate out of the EVU Community Services Center, located at 2812 Newell Street in…
Franklin Hills area of Los Angeles
FRANKLIN HILLS is a lovely, historic neighborhood in the midst of the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles. The distinctive Shakespeare Bridge, completed in 1926, led the way for development of…
Harry Bosch the echo park
ECHO PARK features the return of Harry Bosch, and fans of the Bosch series will not be disappointed. Bosch is working in the open-unsolved unit of the LAPD and he…
Echo Park
Echo Park is a neighborhood in Los Angeles northwest of downtown. According to the website “Historic Echo Park” the neighborhood has no official boundaries or borders. Generally, it is east…
Tips for tourist
This is a self-guided tour. You will need your own vehicle. You will be able to pick up your tickets, maps and directions at the Home Tour Headquarters beginning at 11 AM and…
Love found in the restroom of Little Joy.
Two struggling artist, holed-up in a rustic cabin high in the Echo Park hills, have found love, now will they be able to afford health insurance? Now we are really…
Important Meeting regarding Barlow Hospital
The next Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park meeting on Wednesday, June 7 will focus on the future of Barlow Respiratory Hospital located within Elysian Park. Attorney Phyl Van Ammers…
California’s seismic codes will force the brick
Well it seems that the deep-rooted Barlow Hospital is up for sale. California’s seismic codes will force the brick and mortar main hospital building to shutter its door come 2013….
Barlow Hospital is up for sale
Well it seems that the deep-rooted Barlow Hospital is up for sale. California’s seismic codes will force the brick and mortar main hospital building to shutter its door come 2013….
Matt Welch continues his queries regarding
Matt Welch continues his queries regarding the 9A Site, this time he asks the LA Times why the paper hasn’t been reporting on LAUSD land grabs throughout LA. After a…
A Los Angeles Story reveals
Now we are really back… Premiering on PBS June 8th, Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story reveals the saga of the lost communities of La Loma, Palo Verde and Bishop,…
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…