Photo: A rooftop view of Echo Park
This awesome photo was emailed to us by Arturo Rivera, taken from a rooftop in Echo Park. Nice view from up there!
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Is Echo Park “anti-fun” when it comes to parties?
Now that Halloween is officially over, we’re reflecting on the crazy weekend full of parties, drink specials, and drunken hipsters shouting about the girl’s number they almost got at the Little Joy. We had a lot of fun at a couple of neighborhood parties, ultimately avoiding any questionable driving by staying in the ‘hood.Yet there […]
Echo Park Farmers’ Market pumpkin contest for kids
The Echo Park Farmers’ Market is celebrating Halloween during Friday’s market with a pumpkin decorating contest for kids! The Fifth Annual Halloween Pumpkin Decorating Contest starts at 3:00 pm, with free pumpkins provided to the first 100 kids. Judging starts at 5:30 pm. The Echo Park Farmers’ Market is located at Parking lot #663 , […]
Echo Park group holding meeting in response to Temple Street accident
You may remember a traffic accident on September 27, 2011 at around 8:00 am in Echo Park, that left three girls ages five, ten and six injured. According to The Eastsider LA at that time, the accident was cause because the driver was blinded by the sun. If you’ve ever driven down this area – […]
Your Saturday guide to Echo Park festivities
Lots of cool stuff going on today – grand opening parties and other festivities all around Echo Park. Here’s the calendar breakdown in case you missed something: Día de los Muertos celebration Holiday altars and vendors along with the Echo Park Mariachi Festival. From 4:00 – 6:00 pm at El Centro Del Pueblo. The Warehouse […]
Sunset Beer Grand Opening Party tonight!
Sunset Beer is hosting its grand opening party today just a month after it opened, the beer bottle shop and bar celebrating with, what else? Beer! They’ve recently added Golden Road Brewing Hefeweizen and the Golden Road Point the Way IPA (which I’ve had and it’s tasty!). There will certainly be some other beer-related shenanigans […]
Villainy fills in the former Echo Curio space nicely
Villainy General Store opened its doors just last month, on September 15, 2011, taking over the former Echo Curio space after a couple of different places tried and failed to renovate and rent the space (a coffee shop/bakery type place, the a tattoo shop). After repainting the walls, rehabbing the original floor, replacing the stained […]
Celebrate Día de los Muertos at El Centro Del Pueblo
The annual commemoration of Día de los Muertos along with the Echo Park Mariachi Festival takes place at El Centro Del Pueblo on Saturday, October 15, 2011. Entrance to the festival is free! Everyone is welcome to create a free altar in commemoration of Día de los Muertos at the center, which goes on from […]
The Warehouse vintage store celebrating one year anniversary
One of our favorite vintage shops in Echo Park is celebrating its one year anniversary! Though owner Justin Warwick isn’t new to the store ownership thing in Echo Park (his first establishment was called Warwick Vintage at a couple of different locations on Sunset Boulevard), he and his team have done a fabulous job turning […]
Echo Park’s Week(end) in Music
For the week of Thursday, October 13 through Sunday, October 16, 2011 Thursday Wild Beasts, Ema @ Echoplex Manimal 2011 Showcase with Papercranes, Cameras, The Child, Guineafowl @ Echo Family of the Year EP Release Show, Maniac, Black Flamingo @ Bootleg Theater/Bar Missions, Black Mambas, John Carpenter @ Lot 1 Cafe Flying Platforms, Heart of […]
Echo Park/Elysian Park house fire this evening
A house fire broke out early this evening up near Douglas Street and Montana Street, north of Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park. There was a huge response to the densely populated neighborhood by the LAFD. Over 74 firefighters responded along with two water dropping helicopters, according to the LAFD Twitter. As of 6:15 pm, the […]
Calling all those who are “haunted” by memories in Echo Park
Los Angeles-based artist Artemisa wants you to think about all the haunted spaces of the Echo Park neighborhood. We know you’ve all got Halloween on the brain, but it’s not the typical haunting you might be thinking of. Artemisa is putting together a book as a personal project the “haunted” spaces in and around Los […]
Echo Park beauty salon volunteers makeovers for job-seekers in need
Beauty Box in Echo Park is a great example of the giving spirit of our local businesses. Since 2006, just a few months after opening the store (its original location is where Rock Paper Scissors is now), owners and sisters Vanessa Arce-Mendez and Lydia Guido were inspired to give back to their Los Angeles community […]
New pizza joint coming to Echo Park
Pizza lovers rejoice! We’ve got a new pizza place joining the ranks of new Echo Park restaurants – this time, however, on the other side of Sunset Boulevard. Taking over an empty storefront in the same mini-mall as Beauty Box, Sunset Beer, and the computer repair shop, the new restaurant promises to fill in a […]
Echo Park resident crafts his own spooky Halloween decorations
As an overworked adult these days, it’s easy to forget about the Halloween holiday. Not to mention, there are fewer decorations than the days of growing up in a small town, our mini suburbs full of kids trick-or-treating and haunted houses (remember the house that gave out full-size candy bars?!). Thankfully, however, we’ve got our […]