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2207 Elsinore Street, 3+2 ~ $699,000

September Echo Park Home Sales

There were several notable sales in Echo Park for the month of September. A beautifully maintained 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on Elsinore — with all the time-honored details of a true Craftsman — sold for $699,000. A cash purchase was needed for an Angeleno Heights HPOZ fixer at 1039 W. Kensington, which got saved [...]

A New Old Fashioned, Mohawk Bend

A New Old-Fashioned, Courtesy of Mohawk Bend

What do U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Don Drapper, Huck Finn, and an Echo Park hipster have in common?  A cocktail, of course! The Old-Fashioned — a titillating marriage of ice, sugar, bitters, whiskey, and fruit garnish, circa 1880s Kentucky — receives an updated, creative twist at Mohawk Bend. Cheekily named the “New Old-Fashioned,” every [...]

817 N. Glendale - Frontage 10.17.2011

817 N. Glendale: A Historic Home for $799,500

Architect John Victor Macka’s Historic Cultural Monument #257, known less formally to locals as “that white house across the lake,”  received a hefty price drop this week.  Initially listed at $999,975, it’s now priced to sell at $799,500. A lush backyard would be perfect for a vegetable garden and a pool. The living room, with [...]

Celaya, An Echo Park Bakery

The Angeleno palate has grown accustomed to baked goodies from Cuban monolith Porto’s Bakery but, in Echo Park, locals prefer a little neighborhood Mexican bakery. Celaya, a cute square-shaped pastry shop on Sunset Blvd., bustles with charm and brims with racks of baked goods.  Sure, it’s frontage is plain and straight-forward, but a visit inside [...]

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