Echo Park, California

Echo Park Architects to Work in NYC?

echo — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:00:35 +0000

Local architects Ball-Nogues have been short listed for P.S.1 and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) eighth annual Young Architects Program. The winner will design PS1’s annual Summer Pavilion. Via Archinect.

“When I say the word ‘Santa,’ Cora gets excited”

echo — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:02:25 +0000

The Echo Park Animal Alliance annual fundraiser, dog portraits with Santa, earned a good story in the L.A. Times. Check out the print edition for a couple of photos sans the ExP frieze above Santa’s head that was cropped out by the paper.

echo — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:49:47 +0000

Elizabeth Stromme 59 was the author of Joe’s Word, an excellent tale from the last Echo Park.

Previously.

Echo Park Holiday Parade

echo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:59:10 +0000

Head down to Sunset Blvd this Saturday, December 9th from 12-3 PM for the this year’s holiday event!

Pet Photos with Santa $10

echo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:58:26 +0000

Well mannered humans and their dogs are welcome to attend the annual Echo Park Animal Alliance fund raiser at the Echo Park Pottery Sale this Sunday December 10, 12-5pm.

The Bohemian Havens of Elysian Heights

echo — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:22:09 +0000

Coming this Sunday is the 2006 Historic Echo Park Home Tour.

A home designed and built the late architectural photographer Maynard L. Parker will be one of the featured properties at this year’s Historic Echo Park Home Tour on Sunday, Nov. 12.

The year’s theme, “The Bohemian Havens of Elysian Heights” reflects the tour’s focus on the northern edge of the neighborhood, where secluded canyons and steep hillsides have served as refuge and inspiration to generations of artists.

The self-guided tour will feature 10 properties ranging from nearly century old bungalows to mid-century cottages to Spanish colonial compounds. Most of these dwellings continue to serve as home to individuals involved in artistic fields, including dance, tile making and the entertainment industry.

One of the properties featured on the tour was built by Maynard L. Parker, a prolific photographs whose images were a frequent sight in home décor pages of the Los Angeles Times and other national publications from the 1940s through the early 1970s. Parker’s photos, which are housed at the Huntington Library, ranged from typical Southern California tract homes to interiors designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The 1940s era home was built out of garage kits that Parker, an Elysian Heights resident who died in 1976, customized with mid-century finishes and styling.

Tour Tickets & Details

The self-guided tour will be held on Sunday, November 12 from 11 am to 4 pm. The tour starts at Williams Hall, 2000 Stadium Way near Dodger Stadium. Tour visitors will pick up tickets, a program and map at Williams Hall before touring the homes in any order they want.

Admission is $20, and tickets can be purchased online at www.HistoricEchoPark.org.

Delta Street

echo — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:46:45 +0000

In response to Tuesday’s L.A. Times article on one Delta Street family struggling to find affordable housing in Los Angeles, Hexod.us thoughtfully asks, “Is Rent Really a Racial Issue?”

Dave Z

echo — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:13:01 +0000

After reading the L.A. Observed post on friend and neighbor Dave Z, I ran out and grabbed a copy of the November issue of Los Angeles magazine. I laughed out loud when I turned to page 86 and saw Dave’s photo—just as I’d expected—looking like the quote to the left of his image, “David Zahniser, the city hall reporter for the L.A. Weekly, doesn’t look so happy most of the times I see him.”

Well, while the article focuses on Dave Z the City Hall reporter, and does note that he wants people to know that, “…politics is fun and that engaging themselves in the life of the city is fun”, people should know that Dave Z is one of those Echo Park icons that’s always exuding neighborhood pride and sharing his enthusiasm of its history.

Echo Park Farmers Market

echo — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:08:40 +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

Great Horned Owls Celebrate Dodger Post Season

echo — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 17:10:03 +0000

Big fans of the New York Mets, the two Bubo virginianus behind our house in Elysian Park celebrated the teams win early this morning. Throughout the course of the baseball season only the deep calls of the male owl could be heard after dark and we had feared for the fate of his partner. That all changed this morning when his female mate returned his call with her own soft hoo-hoo hoooooo hoo-hoo. With her return it appears that order has been restored in Elysian Park…at least until next season.

In other Elysian Park bird news, the LA Weekly celebrates the mystery of the Bird Man of Elysian Park.