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All this talk about the oil spill and approval ratings is turning me prematurely gray. Let’s discuss something lighthearted and fun this Friday, shall we? Once upon a time, way back in the early 1950s, there lived a cat called Room 8. He was a stray tabby that wandered into Elysian Heights Elementary School one […]
The other day, I noticed a facade emblazoned with the Spacecraft Group logo outside of the old abandoned theater on Sunset next to the Elf Cafe. Spacecraft Group is the construction and design firm behind a whole mess of Hollywood restaurants, bars and nightclubs. We emailed them, but at the moment, they can’t tell us […]
Thanks to the efforts of the Echo Park Historical Society, the Lento Brick Courtyard (at 1288 Sunset Blvd) has been declared a Los Angeles historic-cultural monument. We wrote about this nifty little Echo Park landmark a couple of months ago when the EPHS’s application was being reviewed by the Cultural Heritage Commission. Historic monument status […]
Ballard’s Artwork Framing, formerly located next to The Clinic on Sunset, has found a new home in Echo Park: 1568 West Sunset Blvd. (right next to the Gold Room and Barragan’s). Aaron Ballard creates custom frames using archival-quality, sustainable materials. Check out the website here.
At the beginning of this month, Havana Travel relocated from the 1800 block of Sunset Blvd to 922 North Alvarado Street. The travel agency was the last remaining Cuban-run business on a strip of Sunset Blvd. that used to be dominated by them. The EastsiderLA wrote a bit about the history of Echo Park’s Cuban […]
Echo Park filmmaker E.E. Cassidy’s debut Film We Are the Mods is now playing at the Downtown Independent Theater. The film will be showing there through through this week (ending July 23). Here’s a little synopsis: Sadie’s art is her photography. Nico’s art is her life. Together they explore Britain’s 60’s mod culture of music, […]
Both Kelly and I (on separate occasions) dug up a rather interesting article from the L.A. Times circa 1971. The article, entitled “Which Way for Echo Park – Inner City Oasis or Slum?”, describes Echo Park at the dawn of the ’70s as: …the hilly, multiracial, multiethnic home of both the poor and better off. […]
Today, at the end of my street, I noticed something I’ve never seen before: artists at work painting one of those giant telephone boxes in broad daylight. I stopped to take some pictures and talk to the artist, Carlos. Carlos is part of a small group of people that have been hired by the city […]
Here are a couple of 826LA’s upcoming writing and tutoring workshops for kids: Write to Create on Saturday, July 17 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm – Imagine you are shown a mysterious, intricate object. Your critical mission is to write a description of how to build this object, only using words. No drawing allowed! […]
I’m not going to name any names, let’s just call her my friend. Well, during the U.S. vs. Ghana match, my friend may have gotten a bit too much into the spirit of things and may have imbibed a few too many alcoholic beverages. Then, once the game had ended and the barbecue begun, she […]
We just got our (at the least) weekly email from the Echo Park Film Center. The Center will be closed for the month of July so that they can “tour, make films, and plot and plan for the coming season.” It seems that a couple of them are even taking the Trans-Siberian Railway through China, […]
It took me a while, but I finally figured out who’s moving into 1528 1/2 W. Sunset Blvd after finding this post on the Eastsider LA. The newest addition to Echo Park’s businesses will be Montana LA, a boutique spray paint store. The brand Montana has been around for a while (at least ten years)* […]
Echo Park Lake began its life as Los Angeles Reservoir No. 4. It was built in 1868 by a private company called The Los Angeles Canal and Reservoir Company. Water flowed to the reservoir from the L.A. River in Los Feliz. Legend has it that the name Echo Park comes from the fact that the […]
Thursday, June 17 @ 8:00 pm – OPEN SCREEN Our quarterly cinematic free-for-all dares you to share your film with the feisty EPFC audience. Any genre! Any style! New, old, work-in-progress! First come, first screened; one film per filmmaker; 10 minute maximum. DVD, VHS, mini-DV, DV-CAM, Super 8, 8mm, 16mm. FILMMAKERS GET IN FREE! Monday, […]
You think there’s gonna be a protest against Arizona’s new immigration law? This Saturday, June 12, the Los Angeles Aftershockers face off against the Arizona Derby Dames at 1910 W. Temple St. Cost of admission is $17.00 online and $20.00 at the door. They suggest that you purchase your tickets online as they “WILL SELL […]
