It's the centennial for Leo Politi, the artist who lived in Angelino Heights, known in part for remarkable children's books and for his love of Bunker Hill. Politi already has a strange, lovely, underused section of Elysian Park named after him, but he's getting more name-space in Echo Park this year -- the corner of Sunset and Echo Park Ave., which will be called Leo Politi Square. Cecilia Rasmussen wrote about it in a Sunday Times story. One hundred is an important number, and there are also events celebrating the man, the art and the number 100, including a presentation by the artist's son at the Echo Park Historical Society quarterly meeting on February 13 (7 p.m. Williams Hall at Barlow Hospital, 2000 Stadium Way).

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