The American Planning Association (APA) announced today that Echo Park has been named one of Top 10 Neighborhoods for 2008 through the APA, Best Places in America (Great Places in America). Best Places is a national program that exemplifies the APA community with a “personality” and highlights the unique role of planning in creating communities with a value that will endure over time. Echo Park is a community of 120 years, located west of downtown Los Angeles, you can travel on foot. On October 8 at 8:30 AM will be a ceremony of acceptance in Echo Park Lake.
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Echo Park named one of 2008’s Top 10 Neighborhoods
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Echo Park chosen as “Best Neighborhood”, with fewer Latinos
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Luis Uribe
Los Angeles, October 9 (EFE) .- Echo Park, an area traditionally occupied by Latinos and is now changing its image with modern apartments for executives, has been named as one of the “Best Neighborhood” in united states.The designation adopted by the American Planning Association (APA in English) places the district as one of the “10 Best Neighborhoods” in the nation, renowned for the excellence of their homes, streets and public spaces.
“Echo Park is one of the brightest lights in a city full of stars …”, said the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villarraigosa, in making the announcement on Wednesday of the name.”A neighborhood that prides itself on its rich cultural heritage,” he added.The industry, which gets its name from the public park located at the intersection of Park and Glendale avenues, has traditionally been a seat of a large Latino population.The area was populated mostly by Mexicans after the Second World War and the 80 received a high migration centroamericana.