Echo Park
Thinking about moving to the Echo Park area? The people that live in Echo Park love this old neighborhood. It has a beautiful lake, a huge park, a lot of history and it is in a central location.
Echo Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Located about two miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park is an incredibly diverse and culturally rich neighborhood that is more than a century old. Echo Park is filled with landmarks, official and unofficial, that span the decades and architectural styles.
The cities neighboring and surrounding Echo Park are Highland Park, Mt. Washington, Angelino Heights, Northern, Eagle Rock, Downtown Los Angeles, Silverlake and Los Feliz.
If you are thinking about moving to this area, we can help you. Silverwood Properties specializes in these cities. We have helped many sellers sell and helped many buyers find that perfect home.
Whether you are looking for that home with lots of "character" or are looking to be close to downtown Los Angeles, we can help you find the right home for you.
Echo Park Lake
Echo Park Lake, featured in countless photographs, movies, murals and postcards,
is the historic heart of the neighborhood and is ringed by several landmarks.
The Art Deco-style Lady of the Lake statue (1934) located near the boathouse
was designed by artist Ada Mae Sharpless. In 1999, after more than a decade
in storage, the statue was restored and returned to the park…
The giant pink flowers that emerge every summer from the Lotus Bed have
dazzled park goers for more than 70 years. Who planted the lotus in the
northwest corner of the lake remains a mystery…
A boathouse has operated at the lake since 1896, with the first
structures built in the Victorian style. The current Spanish-Colonial
style boathouse was built in 1932.
Elysian Park
Elysian Park is the city's oldest public park and, at 575-acres, the second largest after Griffith Park. It is home to numerous historic sites. It is linked by miles of walking trails.
Echo Park Stairways
More than two dozen public stairways cross the hillsides of Echo Park, concrete reminders of a neighborhood designed before the automobile became the dominate form of transportation.
Many are small and practical in scale, rising only a few steps to provide a quick short cut to the next street or a secluded corner reachable only by stairs. But some, including the Laveta Terrace, Baxter and Clinton Stairs, are impressive and stylish public landmarks that reward those who climb them with stunning views. In fact, at more than 230 steps, the Baxter Steps are perhaps the tallest in the city.
While some stairs are rarely used, many of the public walkways provide the only access to the homes located along the steps and are of critical importance to numerous residents.
History of Echo Park
At the end of the 19th century, a horse-drawn trolley rambled up a dirt road that is now Echo Park Avenue, which lead into hills covered with "luxuriant" fields of native grasses and "scores of varieties of beautiful wild flowers."
The small farms and ranches that dotted the hills and canyons of Echo Park, and its sister neighborhoods of Elysian Heights and Angelino Heights, eventually gave way to Victorian mansions, Craftsman bungalows, Spanish Colonial style homes and brick storefronts.
By the Great Depression of the 1930s, there were few empty lots to build upon.
Echo Park may have changed dramatically over the past century, but it has managed to retain the historic character and strong sense of identity that sets it apart in a modern and sprawling metropolis.
Echo Park is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, developing at the end of the 19th century and seeing its greatest surge in growth between 1905 and 1935. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, its rolling hills and steep bluffs became a prime spot for clapboard cottages, Spanish-style bungalows and a sprinkling of postwar and Modern homes.
If you are interested in buying in the Echo Park, Highland Park, Mt. Washington, Angelino Heights and surronding areas, contact us and we'll help you find the right home.