July 2011 Blog Posts (5)

Stairs serving residents of Echo Park turn scary after sundown...

Bellevue Avenue stairs between Glendale Blvd and Belmont Avenue



What would be a nice walk down to Echo Park Lake becomes a scary dark journey which may be populated by drug-users, prostitute seekers, and other shady characters. This is the Bellevue stairs experience, and it needs to change now! LA City Streets and lights is unresponsive and the stairs continue to gather used condoms, broken glass, trash, shopping carts, graffiti, and a general feeling of nastiness, did I mention… Continue

Added by cameron horgan on July 21, 2011 at 12:56am — No Comments

Will Mohawk Bend open or won't it? They aren't sayin

For two years Mohawk Bend, under a host of different names, has said any day now we'll be open.

 

And two years later, several websites, newspapers and bloggers are saying any day, and…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on July 20, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Town Hall Meeting on Echo Park Lake Rehab - When the fence goes up & will the lotus return

Council President Eric Garcetti's office will host a Town Hall Meeting July 20th to discuss the Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project. The City's Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project team will be on-hand to answer questions.

 

Though the city's Echo Park Lake website said a fence would be erected this week around the permieter, Jenny Burman of Chicken Corner said she was told that…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on July 11, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Lotus Festival in Echo Park - last one before Echo Park lake closes for two years

The 33rd annual Lotus Festival at Echo Park Lake is sure to be memorable because it will be the last at the lake for probably two years as the lake is repaired.

The splendor of previous years has…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on July 8, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

An alternate itenerary for Will and Kate for the Royal Couple's trip to Los Angeles



Prince William and his wife, Catherine, will be visiting Los Angeles from July 8 to July 10. Their itinerary is packed with official visits, businesses events to encourage U.K. investment, and, inevitably, a charity polo match. But since they’re in town anyway, we thought we’d suggest some other places we think they would like in our fair city. And some you might like,…

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Added by Eddie North-Hager on July 8, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

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