No, it's not Angelino Heights...it's Welcome Hill in SoFa!

You didn't know there was anything so pristine and gorgeous in the South of the Freeway district of Echo Park, did you? This Queen Anne and its later neighbor are the crown jewels of our Welcome Hill. They share a view of the of downtown skyline from their front windows. The Queen Anne (the yellow one) is renovated inside as well to the Victorian period. Note the sign denotes it as the corner of Welcome St. and Council. From here, one can walk down the old steps on Council St. and catch a Glendale Boulevard bus downtown as residents of our street have done for about 125 years.
For a tour of the area and to share my research of Welcome Street's history, contact me.

Welcome Hill Area of Echo Park

From our Welcome Hill you can look over the tops of charming Victorian cottages to the big-city skyline! Pretty neat, right? You should see it at night.

This is taken from the corner of Welcome and Council Streets, looking south.

Nice Paint Job for Kyoto Grand Hotel Formerly the New Otani

Have you seen the brown wall? This is not strictly about Echo Park Architecture, but you can ride your bike there...I have got to get some digital pics to you of a very nice solution to a bland, dated, boring hotel in Little Tokyo that I see several times a week as I go about my business at Second and Los Angeles Streets. They recently painted just the front marquis area of the hotel motor entrance chocolate brown, and with the pinkish-reddish sign on top it looks really great. Very updated, chic look for a relatively cheap price, and no demolition, rebuilding, and filling up the landfill was necessary! Kudos.

Turtle and Other Fishing in Echo Park Lake

I saw people catching fish in the lake, and one couple had hooked A TURTLE! Poor turtle!!
Is this legal?! I do not know if the fishermen in Echo Park lake are eating the fish/turtles, but if they eat from that body of water they may die. It is not exactly Arrowhead Springs. Although it's fun to paddle on.