Elysian Heights, Los Angeles


Elysian Heights is a neighborhood within Echo Park in Los Angeles, California. Located between Echo Park Lake and Elysian Park, Elysian Heights is known for its history as a prominent hub of counterculture and progressivism, popularity with artists and creatives, and steep streets.

Geography

Elysian Heights is bounded by the hills just north of Sunset Boulevard on the south, Glendale Boulevard on the west, Elysian Park on the east, and the 5 Freeway on the north.

History

Elysian Heights started out as a summer getaway. The neighborhood has been home to many of the counter-culture, political radicals, artists, writers, architects and filmmakers in Los Angeles. The children of many progressives attended school there during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. By the 1930s, it was known as Red Hill, for the communists thought to live there.
In 2005, the Los Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club sponsored the "Elysian Heights Stairway Walk".

Education

Notable buildings

Historic-Cultural Monuments

The following Historic-Cultural Monuments are located in Elysian Heights:

Notable residents