Echo Park, Los Angeles, California

Echo Park is a district of Los Angeles located northeast of downtown. It is east of Silver Lake, south of Atwater Village.

Attractions

Local attractions include the eponymous Echo Park, with a small lake. Given its large amount of lotus leaves in the lake, the park is the site of the annual Lotus Festival, a pan-Asian celebration complete with Chinese dragon boat races. The event has been held since the late 1970s and it showcases a different Asian ethnicity (such as Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Bangladeshi, and so on) every year. It attracts Asian Americans as well as other local residents.

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Dragon boat race - 1970s - Asian American

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There is also a Cuban festival held on the birthday of Cuban poet and patriot José Martí, who has a statue in the park.

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Cuban - José Martí

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Bordering the park are the cathedral of the Episcopalian diocese of Los Angeles and the famous Angelus Temple, a large Foursquare Gospel church built by Aimee Semple McPherson in 1923.

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Episcopalian - Angelus Temple - Foursquare Gospel - Aimee Semple McPherson - 1923

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Currently, Echo Park is home to many unique grassroots businesses including the Fuct clothing store and art gallery on Sunset Blvd. in the historic Jensen building near Echo Park Boulevard; Sea Level Records, an indie-rock record store on Sunset at Lemoyne; and Blank, a innovative punk rock couture clothing store and art print house, below the Downbeat Cafe at the corner of Sunset and Alvarado Street. The Echo Park Film Center attracts film buffs.

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Art gallery - Alvarado Street - Film - Buffs

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