A recap of some of the past week’s scenes, sightings and stories from across the Eastside.
ECHO PARK -- Concert and events giant Live Nation said today it has purchased the owner of The Echo and Echoplex -- which have transformed the neighborhood's nightlife -- in a reported multi-million dollar deal.
The Brite Spot will once again cater to night owls. A police chase left some cars banged up. And voters are sending Echo Park local Jackie Goldberg back to the school board.
ECHO PARK -- A shooting suspect apparently collided with several cars during a brief police pursuit this afternoon.
A Roundup of Eastside News & Info
A recap of some of the past week’s scenes, sightings and stories from across the Eastside.
Here’s your weekly rundown of Eastside dining and shopping news.
A Roundup of Eastside News & Info
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New from Take Sunset: This bungalow, circa 1919, located on the border of Silver Lake and Echo Park. Now on the market for the first time in 60 years!
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Plans for building a hillside home on Kite Hill have triggered opposition. Police flooded the neighborhood following trouble at a liquor store. And meet the woman who turned an Angelino Heights Victorian into a haven for atheists.
Prices on about 55 condos, apartments and other Eastside properties dropped during the past week.
ECHO PARK -- Officers with guns drawn were seen this morning in the 1800 block of Echo Park Avenue, according to reports on Twitter.
A Roundup of Eastside News & Info
Here’s your weekly rundown of Eastside dining and shopping news.
A new book showcases designer Gere Kavanaugh of Angelino Heights. Someone turned a billboard into a tribute to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle. And Mayor Eric Garcetti celebrated Arbor Day with a "Tree Summit" in Elysian Park.
A Roundup of Eastside News & Info
Two large apartment buildings are in the works for Echo Park and Silver Lake, singer-songwriter Jake Shears sells his Los Feliz home for $2.325 million and Goodwill is getting into the development business in Lincoln Heights.
ECHO PARK -- Azniv Korkejian, the recording artist known as Bedouine, has released Echo Park, a song inspired in part by crowded cafes and the gentrification of the neighborhood she calls home.
Here’s your weekly rundown of Eastside dining and shopping news.
ECHO PARK -- More housing development is coming to Alvarado Street, with two separate projects preparing to bring 72 units of housing on a single block north of the 101 Freeway.
The creator of the comic book "hero" The Tick welcomes a visitor to his Echo Park home. Some local murals will be getting a touch-up. And Echo Park hosted the 28th Congressional District's Women of the Year - including a neighborhood favorite.
33-year-old Christopher Kwok recently took time off to talk to the Eastsider about his first year in business and what life has been like since ditching the corporate life and starting an Echo Park tea house.
ECHO PARK -- A billboard facing the southbound 101 Freeway at Glendale Boulevard has been turned into a tribute to slain rapper Nipsey Hussle. It's not known who is responsible but the word "Thrash" is included in two spots on the billboard.
Echo Park mural project gets a lift, Mayor Garcetti delivers the State of the City speech at Lincoln High and Occidental researchers find replacing asphalt playgrounds with greenery reduces fights at schools.
ECHO PARK -- Firefighters snuffed out a garage fire that broke out early this morning along the 1300 block of N Allesandro Street.
Good luck on your Easter egg hunt and springtime celebrations.
A motorcyclist died this afternoon after his bike struck a guard rail at the southbound exit of the 2 Freeway on the border of Echo Park and Silver Lake, said the L.A. Fire Department.
This issue of the Echo Park Weekly includes preliminary results from the race for Neighborhood Council. John Tottenham, whom you might have seen at Stories Books & Cafe, is putting out a new collection of poetry. And Maurice Harris from Bloom & Plume Coffee talks business with NPR.
A presidential candidate in E.L.A., composer Disasterpeace hits his stride and an Echo Park poet debuts Hate Poems. Monday’s News & Notes is here.
Here’s your weekly rundown of Eastside dining and shopping news.
On The MarketNew Eastside Listings
Prices on around 40 condos, apartments and other Eastside properties dropped during the past week. Here are some examples, followed by a breakdown by neighborhood:
This year's crop of fuzzy goslings are skimming across the water of Echo Park Lake and waddling across the lawns and paths of the park. But don't get too close,
This shiny metallic family welcomes visitors to the Peter Shire studio in Echo Park. Thanks to Allan Gerson for sharing the photo
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