· Nathan Marsak · 1 min read
1449-51 Echo Park Ave
Charles Wiggers built 1449–51 Echo Park Avenue in early 1914. A century later, a giant view-blocking rectangle is slated to land dead-center in a block of irreplaceable vintage charm.
Here’s 1449-51 Echo Park Avenue. Built by Charles Wiggers in early 1914.
Echo Park Ave. as it stretches north is a time machine of one-story houses and vintage two-story apartments. Just for fun let’s look both ways up and down the street:
Naturally, dead-center in the block, they’re gonna put this thing, a giant view-blocking rectangle, three times as high as anything remotely in the vicinity:
This actually went to appeal, because neighbors objected to the eight-unit density bonus and one-story height increase above zoning laws, and City Planning just laughed. Kenihan Development, developers from Marina Del Rey building the thing, laughed so loud you could hear them from Cast & Plow.
56-feet, 27 units, with commercial at the bottom.
Hey, you get what you vote for. Despite Cedillo being demonstrably terrible regarding everything, an identical project across the street was shot down by him; this one was rubber stamped under Terrible O’Farrell, who I guess therefore beats Cedillo in the Terrible Olympics.
