by Kelly Erickson

Towering above the 1600 block of Lemoyne Street is an Echo Park landmark – an enormous glass sculpture taking shape of Madonna, or “The Giant Glass Virgin of Guadalupe.” Neighbors know this sculpture well, but even though artist and owner Randlett Lawrences started the installation in 2001, a lot of Echo Parkians . . . → Read More: A dazzling display of glass and sun on Lemoyne Street]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/a-dazzling-display-of-glass-and-sun-on-lemoyne-street/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/neighborhood-issues-committee-meeting-agenda-for-wednesday-april-17/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/neighborhood-issues-committee-meeting-agenda-for-wednesday-april-17/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:40:44 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=764 ECHO PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Neighborhood Issues Committee Agenda Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 7 pm Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way

If you’re shopping with little ones at the weekly Farmers’ Market, be sure to bring them to the free craft table! The kiddos get to socialize, make art, and even organize their own events. There’s even talk of bringing in an instructor to teach sign language to the children!

The Farmers’ Market is also now . . . → Read More: Echo Park Farmers’ Market Spotlight: Kids’ Craft Table]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-farmers-market-spotlight-kids-craft-table/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-lake-to-reopen-in-mid-may/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-lake-to-reopen-in-mid-may/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:41:07 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=754 by Kelly Erickson

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two years since I’ve walked along the shores of Echo Park Lake, and it won’t be long until we can all enjoy it again. Recently, the final Echo Park Lake Oversight Committee meeting took place before the grand opening, where representatives from the Bureau of Engineering . . . → Read More: Echo Park Lake to reopen in mid-May]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-lake-to-reopen-in-mid-may/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/los-angeles-city-elections-2013-report/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/los-angeles-city-elections-2013-report/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:36:23 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=751 by Andrew Garsten

The proposed development at Barlow Hospital remains a central divider between the candidates in CD1 and CD13 in the upcoming run-off election, and may be representative of the type of direction these council offices will take on future issues of concern to the community. Echo Park residents need to pay attention to these candidates, . . . → Read More: Los Angeles City Elections 2013 Report]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/los-angeles-city-elections-2013-report/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-avenue-ficus-trees-removed-without-notice/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-avenue-ficus-trees-removed-without-notice/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:17:14 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=743 Photo credit: Kelly Erickson

by Peter Lassen

Community members have been complaining for years about the broken sidewalk around the bus stop at Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard. The roots of the two ficus trees that shaded the bus stop had undermined the sidewalk, and it was a lawsuit just waiting to happen. Realizing that inevitability, . . . → Read More: Echo Park Avenue Ficus trees removed without notice]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/04/echo-park-avenue-ficus-trees-removed-without-notice/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/03/neighborhood-issues-committee-meeting-agenda-for-wednesday-march-20/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/03/neighborhood-issues-committee-meeting-agenda-for-wednesday-march-20/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:04:25 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=737 ECHO PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Neighborhood Issues Committee Agenda Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 7 pm Williams Hall, Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way

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To view a version in your browser without downloading a PDF, . . . → Read More: The February-March 2013 issue of EPIAn Ways is now available!]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/02/the-february-march-2013-issue-of-epian-ways-is-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/02/updates-from-elysian-heights-elementary-school/ http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/02/updates-from-elysian-heights-elementary-school/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:32:48 +0000 Secretary http://www.epia-echopark.org/?p=726 Submitted by Becky Mazel, Parent, School Site Council Secretary, FoEHES Treasurer

Staff, students and parents have a lot to be proud of at Elysian Heights Elementary School, an LAUSD public school serving pre-K (four year olds) through sixth grade students in Echo Park, as well as many students from beyond the Echo Park district of Los Angeles. . . . → Read More: Updates from Elysian Heights Elementary School]]> http://www.epia-echopark.org/2013/02/updates-from-elysian-heights-elementary-school/feed/ 0