Recreation and Parks staff has put the finishing touches on the reconstructed Echo Park Lake Bridge, completing their work an entire week before the 29th Annual Lotus Festival.
Deteriorated to the point where it was unsafe to cross, the bridge and island were closed to park users. In the interim, with the exception of the occasional filming or special event, the island has become a de facto bird sanctuary. (more…)
Sad news of two recent deaths of longtime Echo Park activist.
Julie Rosen, artist and founding member of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park succumb to cancer last week. Julie moved to San Francisco last year to be near her children due to her failing health. Her last among her many deeds for the Citizens Committee was spearheading the drive to install the new children’s play area at Stadium Way and Scott Avenue and another play area on Casanova Terrace on the east side of the Pasadena Freeway. (more…)
According to local Michael O’Brien: “That’s right, Pioneer Market, our local community institution, is closing. In its place will be a Walgreen’s in the southern (eastern?) half of the building, and an unidentified “retail space” in the other half. Building permits are in the process of being approved.” (more…)
On Thursday morning Echo Park lost one of its hero’s when Ron Emler passed away. Founder of the Echo Park Security Association, cofounder of the Echo Park Improvement Association and co-author of The Ghost of Echo Park, Ron was a tireless advocate for Echo Park. We’ll all miss Ron and his great travel postcards.
Update: Per Ron’s request no formal memorial will be held.
The LA Times Real Estate section cultivates Gen-X stereotypes in Angeleno Heights!
Our former landlords and old-school Echo Park resident’s Jeb & Sandy lost their Hi-Desert Hide-a-way in last weeks Morongo Valley fire. They fell in love with their little place and shared it’s plantings with us for our desert cabin; we wish them all the best with their inevitable rebuild!
Today Curbed LA picked up Matt Welch’s blog on the eviction plight facing the residents of LAUSD’s next unnecessary school site. Check back tomorrow for additional information on why this is a poor school site and how you can help the neighbors fight the taking of their homes.
EchoPark.Net is back with a blog-powered 7th version of the Echo Park community website.
First off I want to thank Angeleno Heights resident David Gee for setting up the WordPress software on my server! David’s offer of assistance ended the hiatus and motivated me to sit down and figure out how to manipulate, through trial and a lot of error, the CSS code that I’ve never played with before.
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According to local Michael O’Brien: “That’s right, Pioneer Market, our local community institution, is closing. In its place will be a Walgreen’s in the southern (eastern?) half of the building, and an unidentified “retail space” in the other half. Building permits are in the process of being approved.”