Councilman and mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti today announced that Echo Park Lake will reopen to the public on June 15 after a nearly two-year-long, $85 million clean up and renovation. Garcetti, who will face off against Wendy Greuel in the May 21 election, made the announcement ... Read More »
The clean up and rebuilding of Echo Park Lake is 99% complete but the park remains officially off limits to the public. But with its newly refilled lake and freshly planted lawns and trees, it has been hard for many to wait until the temporary fence ... Read More »
Plans to replace Elysian Park’s ailing Avenue of the Palms and an equally troubled irrigation system are scheduled to be discussed at a community meeting tonight. The stately rows of Canary Island Date Palms near Stadium Way and Scott Avenue have become infected with a deadly ... Read More »
A proposal to open up the L.A River through Cypress Park and Elysian Valley to boating this summer conjures up images of a lazy afternoon spent drifting down stream. The reality, however, will be much different. In fact, it sounds like anyone who attempts to kayak ... Read More »
Workers carry tubs of lotus that will be planted in Echo Park Lake. If you remember the Echo Park lotus as pom-pom sized pink blossoms floating over floppy emerald leaves, then the plants that arrived this morning at Echo Park Lake will disappoint. No blossoms. No ... Read More »
Residents and officials gather around L.A. River map during recreation zone meeting. A pilot program to open a five-mile section of the L.A. River between Atwater Village and Elysian Valley to canoeing, hiking and other recreational uses this summer will be much smaller than expected because ... Read More »
Dogs – even on a leash – would be banned from the L.A River Recreational Zone. Photo by D. Hibbs A proposal to open a stretch of the L.A. River between Atwater Village to Elysian Valley to recreational uses this summer will permit everything from boating ... Read More »
Echo Park Lake is beginning to look like its old self. Photo by Jeremy Simon Jeremy Simon’s photo of palm trees and a boathouse reflected in the waters Echo Park Lake might give the impression that the lake had been refilled after being emptied for a ... Read More »
Pump house demolished. Photo by Stephen Roullier A heavy-duty construction shovel today demolished the cinder-block pump house on the north end of Echo Park Lake as part of an $85-million lake clean up project. Few if any residents objected when city engineers announced that the pump ... Read More »
Kids explore the new playground. Photos courtesy Council District 14 There are an estimated 4,000 children living within a mile of the new El Sereno Arroyo Playground and, on Saturday, it looked like many of them (in addition to a contingent of elected officials and other ... Read More »