Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Recent News, Features, etc.

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Echo Park Lake unwrapped

Echo Park Lake two days before reopening 6-13-2013 4-25-054

Workers on Thursday began removing a  section of the green construction screen that has blocked the view of Echo Park Lake for the past two years as the park prepares to reopen on Saturday.  The removal of the screen near the corner of Echo Park and ... Read More »

Planned Atwater “mega church” draws neighborhood opposition

After contentious discussion and multiple amendments, the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council on Thursday night sided with residents seeking more time to review a proposed  85,000-square-foot “mega-church” that would rise behind the Costco shopping center on Los Feliz Boulevard. The supermarket-sized church, athletic facility and sprawling parking ... Read More »

Echo Park and Silver Lake residents make noise over freeway sound walls

Glendale Freeway Terminus meeting  6-13-2013 7-52-38 AM

Many of the noise-weary neighbors who live next to freeways would welcome some relief. In fact, the demand for sound proofing is so great in California that state highway agency Caltrans has a waiting list of requests for sound walls.   But a proposal to build sound ... Read More »

News & Notes From Boyle Heights, Echo Park And Highland Park

Wrongful death suit filed in CHP pursuit that ended with deadly crash next to a  Boyle Heights taco truck. Dodger deal with McCourt may make it more difficult to bring football stadium to Chavez Ravine. Boyle Heights students get to know Mayor-elect Garcetti. Meet the new ... Read More »

Eastside Property: A loft-bungalow combo comes up for sale in Silver Lake

House and storefront for sale in Silver Lake on Bellevue 6-11-2013 3-24-42 AM

There are the real estate shoppers whose ideal property  is a classic bungalow with wood siding, hardwood floors and a front porch. Then there are the buyers whose Dwell magazine-fantasies lead them hunting for lofts with open spaces,  exposed ceilings,  concrete floor, etc.  Both  housing types ... Read More »

They may not be as cute or as young but “Moses Campbell” musicians still wow their fans

The name Moses Campbell means plenty to a lot of people, but there is no singular person with said name. There’s a small group of musicians from Echo Park and elsewhere who march under the Moses Campbell flag, who put out music, play shows, scream, holler ... Read More »

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Does Echo Park need another new school?

Site of new echo park charter school on beverly 6-11-2013 2-44-08 AM

Apparently so, according to a charter school operator that wants to build a high school campus on vacant lots across the street from the Belmont High football field. A proposal by Alliance College-Ready Public Schools to build a 1.22-acre campus in the 1500 block of Beverly ... Read More »

New bike lanes rolling into Atwater Village

City crews are in the process of restriping Glendale Boulevard in the heart of Atwater Village to make room for bike lanes in both directions. The lanes will be installed between Glenhurst Avenue to just north of Seneca Avenue near the Glendale city limit, said Nate ... Read More »

On The Agenda: Atwater proposal to curb political mailings

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In the wake of  the torrent of political mailers sent out during the recent municipal elections, the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council tonight is scheduled to review a resolution urging City Hall to offer residents the option of not receive political mailings, mirroring the National Do Not ... Read More »

Boyle Heights’ “haunted hospital” takes a step to a new life

More than twenty years after it closed, the first phase in the transformation of the former Linda Vista Community Hospital in Boyle Heights into an affordable senior housing complex has been completed with the renovation of a  nurses’ dormitory into 23 apartments. The renovation of the ... Read More »

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