The Echo Park Historical Society’s Stairway Walking Tour on Saturday, October 20 at 10 a.m. includes the Baxter Stairs (possibly the city’s longest) as well as Fellowship Park, Red Hill, the modernist Harwell Hamilton Harris house and the restored long lost Lautner house. This is a modestly strenuous tour that includes one long stairway and several steep hills. The […]
ECHO PARK – Free movies at the Lake continue as we gear up for the next screening on Saturday, August 11: Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. The movie begins at 8 pm near the northwest corner of the lake by Glendale Boulevard and Park Avenue. This theme of this year’s Echo Park […]
Join us for Echo Park Lake Walking Tours during the Lotus Festival, Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at Echo Park Lake. Walking tours are scheduled for 1 pm on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15. Sponsored by the Echo Park Historical Society, the tour includes a discussion of the origins of Echo […]
Join us for Echo Park Lake Walking Tours during the Lotus Festival, Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 at Echo Park Lake. Walking tours are scheduled for 1 pm on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15. Sponsored by the Echo Park Historical Society, the tour includes a discussion of the origins of Echo […]
The Lotus Festival returns to Echo Park Lake this month, and the Echo Park Historical Society will be there with a display of historic photos. Please be sure to stop by. But, better yet, please help us staff our booth, which has traditionally offered a front row seat to the blooming lotus bed. We are seeking volunteers […]
The Lotus Festival returns to Echo Park Lake this month, and the Echo Park Historical Society will be there with a display of historic photos. Please be sure to stop by. But, better yet, please help us staff our booth, which has traditionally offered a front row seat to the blooming lotus bed. We are seeking volunteers […]
The Echo Park Historical Society’s Stairway Walking Tour on Saturday, April 21 at 10 am includes the Baxter Stairs (possibly the city’s longest) as well as Fellowship Park, Red Hill and the modernist Harwell Hamilton Harris house. This is a modestly strenuous tour that includes one long stairway and several steep hills. The tour is […]
Remember how fun it was going to an Echo Park Home Tour? Neighbors opened up their Craftsman bungalows, Spanish-Colonial homes and Mid Century residences to visitors as part of our effort to promote neighborhood history and historic preservation. Even Huell Howser should up for one! After putting the home tour on hiatus for several years, […]
Please join us on Friday, October 27 to watch and celebrate the relighting of the historic sign at the top of the landmark Jensen’s Recreation Center. (Please see the updated ceremony schedule at the bottom of this post) The 28-foot-high animated rooftop sign made up of 1,300 red, green and white light bulbs depicts a bowler […]
Please join us on Friday, October 27 to watch and celebrate the relighting of the historic sign at the top of the landmark Jensen’s Recreation Center. The 28-foot-high animated rooftop sign made up of 1,300 red, green and white light bulbs depicts a bowler throwing a strike. It is believed to be the only sign of […]
Echo Park Historical Society’s Stairway Walking Tour...October 18, 2018 - 11:45 pm
Come watch “Wonder Woman” with us at Echo Park...August 11, 2018 - 1:20 am
Join us for this weekend’s Echo Park Lotus Festival...July 11, 2018 - 11:09 am
Delightful as well as informative! Thank you.April 29, 2017 - 5:29 pm by Susan Borden
I have started a Facebook page in memory of room 8:
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Please...August 15, 2016 - 9:15 pm by Dan West
Fascinating history. And a very beautiful house now !February 24, 2016 - 2:08 am by John Wingler
For anybody who listened to ; K R O Q ,Radio station with...May 5, 2015 - 7:07 am by Anonymous
