Recently known as the Williamsburg of the West Coast, Echo Park is a highly dense and diverse neighborhood in Central Los Angeles ... its downtown skyline backdrop, and the palm trees are perfect.

But in 2009, an Echo Park punk rock festival needed ... “FYF became a ‘festival’ upon moving to the park. The Los Angeles skyline as seen from the park was certainly a huge part of the ...

Echo Park Lake with the Downtown Skyline Beyond (Heather Parlato/LAist ... must have felt like eons away from the bustle of early Los Angeles. The Spiritualists were also hoping to stay rooted ...

A homeless encampment that took over a large swath of Echo Park for more than a ... whom insisted on their right to live in the park. Scores of Los Angeles police officers surrounded the park ...

20 Photos View Slide Show › By Debra Kamin LOS ANGELES — Densely populated and unquestionably urban, Echo Park defies convention. Anchored by an eponymous lake dotted with swan boats and ...

And as the number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles just continues to grow, what is the city's long-term plan here? SCOTT: That's a question that applies not just to Echo Park ...

ECHO PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new fight is brewing over a fence around Echo Park Lake, controversially installed two years ago to keep out homeless encampments from the park. Some local ...