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Commentary: My grandmother opened a restaurant in Echo Park in 1951. The rest is history

Stand in front of 1822 Sunset Blvd., and you’ll see the old sign for the Nayarit restaurant, but where a banner below used to proclaim “authentic Mexican dining,” there’s a marquee advertising upcoming shows at the Echo nightclub. It’s a typical L.A. palimpsest — one history layered over traces of…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 15, 2022

One year after LA evicted the unhoused from a park, few are in stable housing

Revealed: county data and interviews with displaced residents of Echo Park Lake suggest that many ended up back on the streets in worse conditions

The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2022