Echo Park
Echo Park is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, United States.
Echo Park is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California, United States. Located to the northwest of Downtown, it borders with Silver Lake to the west and Chinatown to the east. The culturally diverse neighborhood has become known for its trendy local businesses, as well as its popularity with artists, musicians and creative types. The neighborhood is centered on the eponymous Echo Park Lake.
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Worth seeing in and around Echo Park
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01U.S. Bank Tower
U.S. Bank Tower, known locally as the Library Tower and formerly as the First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot skyscraper located in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles, California. Construction of the tower began in 1987 with completion in 1989.
3.2 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, United States · Wikipedia - 02Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003.
2.8 km · concert hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Wikipedia - 03Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work preserves and advances the heritage of English-language popular music. In addition to celebrating renowned songwriters, the organization supports the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases, and scholarships.
3.9 km · hall of fame for songwriters · Wikipedia - 04Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
1.8 km · Baseball park in Los Angeles, US · Wikipedia - 05Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets, which was the heart of the city's central business district during the 1880s and 1890s.
3.2 km · 1928 building housing the government of the city of Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 06Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum which has two locations in Los Angeles. The main museum is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
3 km · art museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 07Aon Center
Aon Center is a 62-story, 858 ft Modernist office skyscraper at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Site excavation started in late 1970, and the tower was completed in 1973.
3.3 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 08Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest building in the United States west of Chicago.
3.3 km · 335-meter (1,099 ft) skyscraper in Los Angeles · Wikipedia - 09Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, informally known as the COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral, is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It serves as the mother church for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as well as the seat of Archbishop José Horacio Gómez.
2.6 km · Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 10Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center, which is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall.
2.7 km · opera house in Los Angeles, California, part of the Los Angeles Music Center, used by LA Opera · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Angelino Heights
A historic neighborhood between Echo Park and Downtown which contains many Victorian residences that are nationally or locally registered as historic places.
- 02Barnsdall Art Park
- 03Echo Park
A nice lakeside park with views of the Downtown skyline.
- 04Ennis House
- 05MacArthur Park
- 06Music Box Steps
923-925 Vendome Street (Vendome and Del Monte Streets).
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Things to do
- 01Dodger Stadium
Who wouldn't want to grab a Dodger Dog and enjoy watching a game of baseball?
- 02El Cid Theatre
Built around turn of the century and, after several reincarnations, offers one of the only dinner theater options left in Los Angeles.
- 03Greek Theatre
2700 N Vermont Ave (public transit: DASH Observatory bus route).
- 04LA Derby Dolls
LA has revived a sport that peaked in the 1970s, and tickets to roller derby matches can be purchased by those 21 and over.
- 05Silver Lake Reservoir
A scenic lake encircled by a nice walking and jogging path.
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Where to eat
In East Hollywood you can find countless "pupuserias". These thick, hand-made corn tortillas come with quesillo (Salvadorean cheese), pork, chicken, rice, beans, or "queso con loroco" (cheese and vine flower bud). Just look for signs that say "pupuserias." They usually run around $1.50-2 a pupusa. A very delicious food. East Hollywood's Little Armenia district has a few excellent cheap food options.
- 01Falafel Arax
Hole in the wall with what many consider the best falafel and best shawerma sandwiches in Los Angeles.
- 02Sassoun Bakery
Incredibly good Lahmejun (a super thin crust Armenian meat pizza - under a dollar), plus great boreg and zahtar bread.
- 03Carousel Restaurant
Truly fantastic Arabic and Armenian food for cheap.
- 04El Taurino
Utterly delicious and authentic Mexican fast food for those on a budget, and a favorite hangout of the locals.
- 05Fred 62
This hipster diner features a diverse range of foods from Udon to mac and cheese balls, with Thai cobb salad and chicken pot pie in between.
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Getting to Echo Park
- Airports
- Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 17 km · Los Angeles (LAX), 21 km · Long Beach (LGB), 31 km
- Stations
- Los Angeles Union Station, 3.4 km · Pershing Square, 3.4 km · Westlake/MacArthur Park, 3 km · Civic Center/Grand Park station, 2.9 km · Wilshire/Vermont, 3.6 km
- Santa Ana → Echo Park3649 km · quickest by air, 13h 33m · $820–1,220
- Ontario → Echo Park56 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · $5–7
- San Bernardino → Echo Park89 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · $8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Echo Park
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Echo Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir taxi and air charter companies including Los Angeles Private Jets can access private aircraft at any of L.A.'s private aviation airports, as well as planes in your area for flights to Los Angeles.
- Get inIf you're thinking of using Metrolink to day trip on the weekend, you'll want to get the $10 weekend day pass, which is good for unlimited travel on Metrolink (and connecting transit) on either Saturday or Sunday.
- Get inLong Beach also has party boats for large groups such as the Majorca and Ibizza by OnBoat, https://onboat.co/product/long-beach-yacht-charter-115-feet-party-yacht-majorca/ San Pedro has a cruise ship terminal that all of the major cruise ship lines (except Carnival) sail from.
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Next door to Echo Park
Echo Park is 3 km from Los Angeles, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Little Tokyoneighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA3.6 km
- Chinatownneighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States2.6 km
- Silver Lakeneighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States1.9 km
- Financial Districtdistrict in Downtown Los Angeles, California3.2 km
- Historic Filipinotownhuman settlement in Los Angeles, California, United States of America1.6 km
- Northwest Los Angeleshuman settlement in Los Angeles, California, United States of America1.4 km