Echo Park resident Josh Post contributed a great article in the most recent issue of EPIAn Ways, as well as organizing a cleanup of Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park. Read his full article below, and mark your calendars for Saturday, November 5 from 9:00 am – noon. Click here for the flyer!

Photo by Josh Post

Call 911!  A street in need of life support.

The portion of Glendale Boulevard that spans from the end of the 2 Freeway through Echo Park was once a thriving thoroughfare. Now, the corridor is blighted to the point where commuters are afraid to take even the slightest detour on their way to downtown, unaware that just blocks from this untended street lies fantastic restaurants, coffee spots, boutiques and art galleries of Echo Park and Silver Lake. The time is now to revive this area.

This corridor of Glendale Boulevard through Echo Park and into downtown has a rich history. In the early 1900s, the area, then known as Edendale, was home to silent movie studios, rail travel and a large artist community.

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