When Eugene Kinn Choy wanted to buy a lot and build a home in Silver Lake in the late 1940s, the Chinese-American architect had to overcome not only financial and design challenges but a racial one as well. Faced with racial property covenants that would prevent ... Read More »
Daily Archives: February 1, 2012
City Council offers reward in Lincoln Heights murders; Coroner identifies remains of missing mother
The City Council today approved $100,000 in reward money in connection with the murders of two Lincoln Heights women – Bree’Anna Guzman and Michelle Lozano. An official said that the county coroner has determined that the body found last week next to a Silver Lake freeway ... Read More »
PETA leaves its mark on Echo Park architecture
[portfolio_slideshow id=29709 autoplay=false portfolio_slideshow carousel=false portfolio_slideshow carouselsize=8 ] Many of the old and buildings that line Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park have over the years been either demolished or had their historic features and character stripped away or covered up under sheets of plywood, metal screens ... Read More »
News & Notes from East L.A., Echo Park & Lincoln Heights
Disco Ball & Palms, Silver Lake | Photo by Jennifer Porter/Flickr LAPD says it cannot find a connection between two Lincoln Heights homicide cases. ABC7 Councilman Garcetti gets tweaked by fake Twitter feed . L.A. Now More birds take wing from Echo Park Lake. Patch Glendale ... Read More »