Through the tireless lobbying efforts of The Echo Park Historical Society, Lady of the Lake, an art deco sculpture that graced the shores of Echo Park Lake for more than fifty years before it was placed in storage in 1986, has been restored to her lake side home. (more…)
Echo Park Lake Los Angeles is a true icon. Its image has been captured in photographs, movies, murals, even in promotional postcards sent across the country in the early part of the 20 th century. After all, what says more than the Echo Park bridge network that reaches from the inner lake’s shore to the island? (more…)
Climbing the more than 230 steps will leave you in awe or in cardiac arrest.The top of the stairs is across the street from Elysian Park and its many walking trails. Located on Baxter Street, three blocks east of Echo Park Ave.
Laveta Terrace Stairway:
A wide, elegant stairway with multiple landings that leads to a row of palm trees at the top of the hill. Located on Laveta Terrace, one block east of Echo Park Avenue, north of Sunset Blvd. (more…)
As EPHS marks the 110 th anniversary of Echo Park Lake , We also honor the 40 th anniversary of a sister
organization: The Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park. CCSEP was founded by a group of local activists, which was led by Grace E. Simons, who - perhaps more than any other individual - played a role in protecting Elysian Park from the best-laid plans of developers and in providing a template for INFORMS activism that many of us to this day.
Under Simons’ watch CCSEP successfully Fought off encroachments such as oil fields, an airport, a convention center, condominiums and numerous other construction efforts that would have chipped away masses of the park. At about 550 acres, Elysian Park is unique in offering a real experience of the outdoors to hundreds of thousands of hikers, soccer players, bird-watchers, picnic-ers, Wanderers, dogs and the occasional horse. In its present, hard-won form, the park offers solitude, community and beauty to the entire surrounding area. Simons’ most significant loss was in a battle to halt the expansion of the police academy.
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.