List/Grid Tag Archives: History
El Santo Nino Chapel
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…
Living Inside a Mystery
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.
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
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,…
walking tours in Los Angeles
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…
When I say the word ‘Santa,’ Cora gets excited
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…
A Brief History of Echo Park
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…
photo
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…
Q&A with Councilmember Garcetti
Q&A with Councilmember Garcetti in the Los Angeles Garment & Citizen. The Seattle Times interviews Seattle native Don Normark regarding his Chavez Ravine photographs that provide a timeless snapshot of…
We may own these homes, but we think they belong to the people of Los Angeles
The New York Times visits Angeleno Heights and finds Murray Burns peering out his front window: It was a sunny March morning, and a white rental sedan was parked in…