Echo Park fence: Transforming residents into outsiders
Policies set in place further separate the community as gentrification continues.
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Interactive works lead art frontier
The norm for a gallery visit is to stand back with your drink and admire the art on display — no touching allowed. No matter the type of art, the piece must remain pristine for its eventual buyer and can be viewed only from a distance. Yet that accepted convention didn’t hold true at a […]
Quirky finds flourish at Time Travel Mart
The average person’s life consists of a lot of shopping: roaming the aisles of stores for groceries, clothes, appliances and furniture, and repeatedly doling out money. But the city would be too boring if all the stores in it were just for basic necessities. And if any one store could counteract the everyday shopping experience, […]
Echo Park shop latest victim of LAPD raid
Since 2006, the Echo Curio Curiosity Shop and Art Gallery has hosted experimental all-ages shows in its living room-sized storefront on a popular Echo Park strip of Sunset Boulevard. But earlier this month, the privately owned community space known for its support of the freaky, demented and avant-garde side of Eastside culture was unceremoniously shut […]