http://echopark.net Serving Echo Park since March 1998 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:01:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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.  http://echopark.net/2007/02/17/echo-park-architects-to-work-in-nyc/ 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. http://echopark.net/2006/12/11/when-i-say-the-word-santa-cora-gets-excited/ Elizabeth Stromme 59 was the author of Joe’s Word, an excellent tale from the last Echo Park. Previously. http://echopark.net/2006/12/11/206/ Head down to Sunset Blvd this Saturday, December 9th from 12-3 PM for the this year's holiday event! http://echopark.net/2006/12/06/echo-park-holiday-parade/ 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. http://echopark.net/2006/12/06/pet-photos-with-santa-10/ 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" ... http://echopark.net/2006/11/09/the-bohemian-havens-of-elysian-heights/ 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?” http://echopark.net/2006/10/25/202/ 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 ... http://echopark.net/2006/10/22/dave-z/ 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 ... http://echopark.net/2006/10/09/echo-park-farmers-market/ 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 ... http://echopark.net/2006/10/08/great-horned-owls-celebrate-dodger-post-season/