Tag: Westlake

Ask Silver Lake — If Silver Lake isn’t in the Eastside, Where is it?

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This piece was originally written for โ€œAsk Silver Lake.โ€ โ€œAsk Silver Lakeโ€ is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas youโ€™d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org. INTRODUCTION On 5 February 2014, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council considered a motion … Continue reading Ask Silver Lake — If Silver Lake isn’t in the Eastside, Where is it?

Southland Parks — Visiting MacArthur Park

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Neighborhoods often take their names from significant features within them, which in Los Angeles are often major street intersections and parks. Neighborhoods named after intersections include Vermont-Slauson, Broadway-Manchester, Central-Alameda, and Adams-Normandie. Neighborhoods named after parks include South Park, Alondra Park, Cypress Park, and, of course, MacArthur Park. MacArthur Park, however, was for half a century … Continue reading Southland Parks — Visiting MacArthur Park

California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Westlake, Garden Spot of the Old Westside

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INTRODUCTION TO WESTLAKE Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography's oil paint map of Westlake -- currently misplaced so no art prints or merchandise available Los Angeles's Westlake neighborhood is home to more people than the entire populations of well-known California cities like Berkeley, Inglewood, Burbank, Compton, Santa Monica, and Santa Barbara. In fact, the neighborhood and Pico-Union … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — Exploring Westlake, Garden Spot of the Old Westside

California Fool’s Gold — A Mideast Los Angeles Primer

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As regular (and probably irregular) readers of Eric's Blog know,ย a big part of my focus is writing about the culture, character and history of the many diverse communities of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Although so far there have been around 800 votes from readers, I thought it would be fun (and hopefully entertaining) to … Continue reading California Fool’s Gold — A Mideast Los Angeles Primer