It will soon be nearly a year since Echo Park Lake was closed, drained and hidden from view by a nearly mile-long green screen. But the screen, designed to cut down on construction dust during a $65 million clean up, has been torn open in places, providing windows from which passersby can sneak a peak of the construction underway. Expect ... Read More »
Swimmers arriving at the Glassell Park Swimming Pool have recently been greeted by an unwelcome sight: a front-door sign announcing that the year-around pool will close on August 12. Budget cuts will force the Recreation and Parks Department to close three year-around, municipal pools in Glassell Park, Pacoima and San Pedro for much of the year. Department spokeswoman Andrea Epstein ... Read More »
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