Come learn about our neighborhood’s heritage on Saturday, Nov. 6! That’s when the EPHS will hold the third Echo Park History Day, an all-day event celebrating our neighborhood’s past with guest speakers, a photographic exhibit, walking tours, oral histories, a raffle, a bake sale and more. (more…)
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 within our community, to document and collect materials pertaining to the rich and eclectic history of our neighborhood, and to chronicle the lives of our past and present residents whose deeds and contributions lend pride and substance to our lives here today. (more…)
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 arroyo that filled with water from a spring-fed stream that originated at Baxter Street and flowed down what is now Echo Park Avenue. In 1868 the Los Angeles Canal and Reservoir Co. dammed the arroyo to make a reservoir that aided in powering a woolen mill at what is now 6th and Figueroa (then known as Pearl St.) and was to eventually serve local residents, walnut orchards and vineyards to the south along Alvarado. The immigrants that worked these orchards and vineyards settled here and began to build small homes along Sunset Boulevard, between Echo Park Avenue and Lemoyne Street. (more…)
Whatever happen to…El Santo Nino Chapel at 1034 Effie Street; find out in The Tidings the weekly newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
NPR’s Day to Day visited Echo Park to interview reggae historian Roger Steffens about his vast archive of Bob Marley memorabilia. Previously on EP.Net
Living Inside a Mystery-Intrigued by clues their older homes reveal, owners turn to sleuthing features the home of Mathew Debois, President of the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council.
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, through interviews with former residents and the evocative photos of Don Normark. Check out the PBS mini-website for some great info and a gallery of Don’s photos. KCET: Wednesday at 9.30PM and Saturday at 9.00PM.
Yesterday from my office downtown I witnessed a seemingly instantaneous thick black column of smoke rise from the hills of Echo Park. That smoke was the now destroyed home of Neighborhood Council Rep Larry Pickens. The family and dogs are okay, the house and Larry’s car are a total loss. No word yet on what happen, what we do know is they will need there communities help to get through this. Check back later, when we have more information we’ll let you to see how you can help. [Insurance has covered the family’s needs]. (more…)
As the settlement Stone Museum located about 250 km from Pico Truncado in the province of Santa Cruz, shows, it seems that the first Argentines were living there 13,000 years ago. The inhabitants of this place, located in the northwest of the province, were nomadic and had a subsistence economy in which priority was given to the gathering of fruits and hunting. (more…)
An urban oasis: Echo Lake Park is a true symbol Angelino. His image has been captured in photographs, films, murals and even promotional postcards that were sent from one side to another country at the beginning of the 20th century. Because after all what they can image better remember to Echo Park to its red bridge connecting the island in the middle of the lake with the rest of the park? (more…)
Skylight books is one of the premier independent bookstores in Los Angeles. A member of the American Booksellers Association and Southern California Booksellers Association, Skylight is locally-owned by a small group of people who love books. Located in the fashionable Los Feliz neighborhood, Skylight Books specializes in Contemporary Literature and Poetry. (more…)