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Inspired by a recent LAist post and the Foodlatio post, “One Man’s Love Letter to L.A.: If You Don’t Like It Here, ‘Get The Fuck Out’” I think we need to write a love letter to Echo Park to remind everyone (especially with the Echo Park Lake rehab project) why we love this ‘hood. We’ve […]
You may have read that Echo Park’s famous goose Maria (made famous by an OK Go music video, then a Facebook page, then the brilliant snowball effect that comes with celebrity life in Los Angeles) was moved to the Los Angeles Zoo in preparation for the upcoming Echo Park Lake rehab project this summer. Well, […]
Betty Plasencia Elementary School was on lockdown Monday morning after reports of an armed man on campus. Turns out, there was no reason for alarm. Echo Park Patch. A shut-down of Sunset Boulevard for paving in Echo Park was a huge pain in the you-know-what for those of us living on the detour routes. The […]
Everyone has a series of New Year’s Resolutions – weight loss, healthier eating habits, quitting smoking, saying “I love you” more often. Ours aren’t that different, but we really want to get out and do more locally. That brings us to our Echo Park resolutions, perhaps you’ll join in: Read The Madonnas of Echo Park […]
For Thursday’s town hall meeting, the EPIA has invited officers from the Rampart Division to talk about the swap meet since the sweep, and, according to the website, to “appreciate our local law enforcement officers for the Echo Park flea market clean up. Show up and give thanks!” Here’s the agenda for the meeting on […]
There are a couple of things going on this week that I recommend you, as interested and super excited Echo Park residents, attend this week. See you there! Must-go-to Meetings: Echo Park Lake Rehab Project meeting: Wednesday, August 4 at 6:30 pm at Barlow Hospital (Williams Hall) Big items are: the Draft EIR and the […]
No plans to watch the Laker game tonight? Join your neighbors for the monthly Echo Park Improvement Association meeting to learn about what’s going on in the area. On the agenda tonight, CD1 and CD13 council reps will update us on any district news (for instance, Alejandra Marroquin, Field Deputy for Garcetti’s office, usually provides […]
Echo Park Advisory Board Meeting Agenda Monday, April 19, 2010 at 7:00 pm Echo Park Recreation Center, 1632 Bellevue Avenue Meeting called to order Roll Call Approval of Minutes – January/February/March 2010 Mitch O’Farrell (Sr. Advisory, Special Projects, Office of Council President, Eric Garcetti): Echo Park Updates and Discussion Public comment of non-agenda items (10 […]
Militant Angeleno is reporting that the Lotus Festival will indeed return again despite another year of, well, a lotus-less lake. Last year the Lotus Festival was canceled due to budgetary cuts, and instead turned into the first Echo Park Community Festival. According the Militant Angeleno blog, L.A. Lotus Festival, Inc. filed the paperwork for the […]
We had posted last week about the Echo Park Advisory Board Meeting that was supposed to take place on Monday, March 15, but “due to a typo on the posted agendas,” the meeting was canceled. The next meeting information is as follows: Echo Park Advisory Board Meeting: Monday, March 22, 2010 at 7:00 pm Echo […]
It’s a busy week for the involved citizens of Echo Park. Here’s your schedule for all the Echo Park community meetings this week: Echo Park Advisory Board Monday, March 15 at 7:00 pm (Every 3rd Monday) Echo Park Rec Center Update: Click here to view the agenda Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project Community Workshop Tuesday, […]
Despite confirmations in April that the Lotus Festival was going on even without Echo Park Lake as a backdrop, the final word is there’s definitely no Lotus Festival for 2012. Planned for July 14-15, the festival was supposed to be a scaled-back version with vendors and stages set in the nearby parking lot. The festival […]
The annual Curbed Cup is back – where website Curbed LA pegs sixteen neighborhoods against each other, competing for LA’s best neighborhood by popular vote over several rounds. Echo Park went up for the challenge last year and lost to Old Bank (ultimately, Hollywood took the title). Today, Curbed LA features Echo Park versus North […]
Join thousands of volunteers at over 60 cleanup sites in Southern California beaches, rivers and parks for Heal the Bay’s 2011 Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday (tomorrow!). In past years, Echo Park Lake has been a major concentration for these cleanups – in 2009, 120 volunteers cleaned up 1,000 pounds of trash and over 6,000 […]
We received an email from one of our readers yesterday, asking the question on many local’s minds: I live on Belmont ave. above the lake. How much is the upcoming rehabilitation expected to impact quality of life for nearby residents? The answer is unfortunate but simple: It’s not going to be pleasant. While the Prop […]
