http://blogging.la/2008/05/07/opportunity-at-the-park/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogging.la/2008/05/07/opportunity-at-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-978 faboomama Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:18 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/07/opportunity-at-the-park/#comment-978 I love the LH site. I've learned so much from that site. I love the LH site. I’ve learned so much from that site.

]]> http://blogging.la/2008/05/07/opportunity-at-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-977 chimatli Thu, 08 May 2008 14:50:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/07/opportunity-at-the-park/#comment-977 Glad to hear you are discovering the joys of the Eastside! :) Evergreen Cemetery has a popular jogging track around the perimeter. The city (along with local activists) actually pulled up the concrete pavement and put in a rubberized sidewalk so people's knees won't get damaged when they run. Also, the public art in Lincoln Park is part of Las Memorias, an AIDS memorial. Across the road is El Parque de Mexico, the largest grouping of outdoor statuary in Los Angeles, donated by the Mexican government. The statue of Emiliano Zapata is usually graced with a festival and march every year. An Aztec dance festival is held for Cuatemoc, near his statue, across from Zapata. Lincoln Heights and Lincoln Park has a long history of being home to civic and Chicano activities, festivals, protests etc. For more on the history of Lincoln Park: http://www.lincolnheightsla.com/ Glad to hear you are discovering the joys of the Eastside! :) Evergreen Cemetery has a popular jogging track around the perimeter. The city (along with local activists) actually pulled up the concrete pavement and put in a rubberized sidewalk so people’s knees won’t get damaged when they run.
Also, the public art in Lincoln Park is part of Las Memorias, an AIDS memorial. Across the road is El Parque de Mexico, the largest grouping of outdoor statuary in Los Angeles, donated by the Mexican government. The statue of Emiliano Zapata is usually graced with a festival and march every year. An Aztec dance festival is held for Cuatemoc, near his statue, across from Zapata. Lincoln Heights and Lincoln Park has a long history of being home to civic and Chicano activities, festivals, protests etc.
For more on the history of Lincoln Park:
http://www.lincolnheightsla.com/

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