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    Anybody want to buy a merry-go-round? Former Lincoln Park carousel takes a spin on ebay

    It was nearly 4-1/2 years ago when city officials and Lincoln Heights residents gathered in Lincoln Park to celebrate the return of a carousel equipped with 20 wood-carved horses and chariots to carry a new generation of riders.  The park had been without a carousel since the original merry-go-round was destroyed by fire in 1976. [...]

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    No power means no work for this Lincoln Heights freelancer

    Janine Marie was at home in Lincoln Heights during Wednesday night’s windstorm, watching  the lights go on and off. Then, at 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, the lights and electrical power went off for good. While the power outage left many people without TV or a working fridge, Marie, a freelance web designer who works from [...]

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    Neighborhood Fixture: DWP Lincoln Heights office combines movie-house style with bill paying

    If Emerald City had a utility office, it would resemble the DWP’s customer service center in Lincoln Heights. Sheathed in green ceramic tile and  opal glass, the streamlined facade of the Daly Street building includes a marquee featuring two-foot-high letters made from green glass that read: Municipal Light Water Power. All that’s missing are Munchkins [...]

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    Eastside Property: Views and despair at the top of Lincoln Heights

    You can’t get much higher in Lincoln Heights than Two Tree Avenue, a narrow lane that cuts across a grassy hill and provides views of the downtown skyline and Dodger Stadium. But the city view is not the only eye-catching sight on Two Tree. A trio of boarded up and partially built, three-story homes that [...]

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    Buckle up for the holidays

    The Arts Refoundry of Lincoln Heights has come up with a new DIY holiday present: bronze belt buckles.  The foundry, started up by Cypress Park resident and artist Gorden Bowen, will be offering three “Make Your Own Buckle” workshops in November and December that will show participants how to design and sculpt buckles out of [...]

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    Neighborhood Fixture: Lincoln Heights Library bends for books

    Photo by Martha Benedict Walking up the front steps of the Lincoln Heights Library. the Italian Renaissance-style building appears ready to embrace patrons as the 100-f00t-long facade bends to form a quarter-circle. The elbow-macaroni shape of what is now the city’s second oldest library was unusual even when it was completed in 1916 as one [...]

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    Copper wire thieves leave freeway drivers in the dark

    Alex Graber of Montecito Heights drives frequently through the tangle of lanes where the 110 and  5 freeways meet near Lincoln Heights and Cypress Park.  But Graber said getting through this busy interchange has been made  more challenging since so many of the lights have gone dark and have stayed that way for the past [...]

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    Colored by foreclosure

    Dozens of people threatened or concerned about losing their homes through foreclosure  attended today’s Northeast L.A. Home Rescue Fair in Lincoln Heights.   After checking in, homeowners were directed to an auditorium where they waited in chairs that had color-coded signs – representing major lenders – taped on the back. Pink signs were for people with  [...]

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    A month of cabaret, silent film, burlesque & more at HM157

    This folks at HM157 In Lincoln Heights are certainly not taking a summer vacation in August. In addition to musical acts, the performance and events space will host silent film screenings, burlesque acts and a cabaret act  as part of HM157′s updated version of the classic variety show. Here’s a sample of this month’s  line [...]

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    Trash truck tumbles into Lincoln Heights front yard *

    A driver of a city sanitation truck was injured this morning after his truck crashed into the front yard of a Lincoln Heights home.  Maria Paredes said she and her family were in the back of the house in the 2500 block of Johnston Street singing “Happy Birthday” to her husband when they heard the [...]

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    A photographer’s focus on L.A. River bridges

    Photographer Kevin Break lived in a loft for nearly 20 years next to the North Main Street Bridge where it crosses the concrete lined Los Angeles River. Break developed an interest in the architecture of the bridges and eventually began to document the spans, with many of his images ending up on the website of [...]

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    Lincoln Heights grass fire scorches three acres

    Photo by James Breeden It took fire fighters a little more than hour to put out the blaze that broke out at about 4 a.m. today, according to LAFD. No injuries were reported. Some reports said the blaze, which started near 3008 North Eva Terrace, took place in Montecito Heights but residents said the fire [...]

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    The Planning Lady

    By Christine Peters aka The Planning Lady Here’s the latest batch of notable city planning filings and notices: What’s on the Rise? Silver Lake 3425 Larissa Drive: Yet another small lot -subdivision for this narrow hillside street.  This application is just a block away from 3310 Larissa (ZA-2011-1102-ZV), another vacant lot proposed to be carved [...]

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    Eastside Mix: A Sunday of pop punk or radio pop

    By Alfred Montez The Ataris are making a surprising stop tonight, June 12, at The Airliner as part of a month-long tour that appears to been created on they fly. Some of the later dates in New Mexico still show “Need Show” even though the band is already on the road! New Music Pick XX [...]

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    Will new plans for North Spring Street Bridge win over critics?

    The city’s efforts to repair and strengthen the historic bridges across the Los Angeles River have not always gone as planned.  A replacement for the Sixth Street Bridge and viaduct connecting Boyle Heights and downtown Los Angeles has been widely criticized by historic preservationists. The widening of the First Street Bridge as part of the [...]

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    Eastside affordable housing projects tainted by fraud charges

    Manitou Vistas I & II, Lincoln Heights. Photo from Google Maps. A quartet of affordable housing developments in Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown and Lincoln Heights built by Advanced Development & Investment are hard to miss, with three stories of low-income apartments stacked on parking garages that loom above the streets.  Now, these four ADI projects [...]

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