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June 30, 2008
Photo:Night for Day By Nathan Britton (c) Nathan Britton sent me this gorgeous photograph -- a time lapse photo...
Speaking of fonts. These Chicken Corner shirts were designed and sold circa 2002. They are artifacts of the era...
June 27, 2008
Recently, Melena Ryzik dashed off the following in the NewYorkTimes.com: In the era of immediate hyper-personalization, you could.not.possibly write with...
Starting with beyond: As in beyond belief the variety of Grand Theft Auto-style obstacles the city threw at my...
June 26, 2008
David Futch takes a look at Echo Park vis a vis the neighborhood council elections in the most recent issue...
June 25, 2008
For years I have been a fan of Ruben Ortiz-Torres' art (and his blog) as well as a mural that...
June 24, 2008
A couple days late on this, but it's still worth noting that Doug Eppherhart of City Watch blog showed up...
June 21, 2008
Photo: Abandoned Couches, 2007 For the longest time I felt I had no right to say anything because once...
June 19, 2008
Noon-ish and it feels 100-ish as I get out of the car. But it's cooler by the lake. There are...
June 18, 2008
...is the name of the marketing site for the Angeles Group, which wants to sell you a life in Echo...
June 12, 2008
...to elect Echo Park representatives on the neighborhood council (Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council). But City Clerk's office isn't...
June 10, 2008
Some background on a mural that is history -- i.e., whitewashed. I spoke with Gary Leonard, the photographer who owns...
June 9, 2008
A clarification, concerning the lack of a mural -- replaced by graffiti -- on Echo Park Avenue. I heard from...
June 6, 2008
It's not a joke -- the famous lotus of Echo Park Lake won't be attending the Lotus Festival this year....
The trees got a reprieve, but ... Chuy is one of the many dogs that are found in Elysian Park...
June 5, 2008
Let's hear it for an open mind. At 1 p.m. Thursday I drove past the Morton Ave. bungalow courtyard whose...
June 4, 2008
It's all possible... when you have enough to eat. Every now and then I check in on the Daily Coyote...
June 3, 2008
Don't look if you can't. Here are some views of two junipers that may be cut down tomorrow. Portraits of...
It was almost cute the first day. Maybe you saw it. All day a skywriter wrote "Welcome Home Tori &...
Some people like trees, and some people don't. They want them felled. There's always a "reason," but to my mind...
A few seem to be thriving. Such as these mallard ducklings, recorded on the banks of Echo Park Lake (below)...
June 2, 2008
A few weeks ago, there were two murals on one building, which stands at the southeast corner of Duane and...
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