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Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

You would think that Echo Park’s Lady of the Lake statue – a 1930s sculpture formally known as Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles – would face in the direction of the lake.  Nope. Instead the  female figure, with arms raised and palms pointed outward,  looks north away from the newly restored lake, leaving her backside [...]

Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

You would think that Echo Park’s Lady of the Lake statue – a 1930s sculpture formally known as Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles – would face in the direction of the lake.  Nope. Instead the  female figure, with arms raised and palms pointed outward,  looks north away from the newly restored lake, leaving her backside [...]

Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

Statue turns its back on Echo Park Lake

You would think that Echo Park’s Lady of the Lake statue – a 1930s sculpture formally known as Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles – would face in the direction of the lake.  Nope. Instead the  female figure, with arms raised and palms pointed outward,  looks north away from the newly restored lake, leaving her backside [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Underground Art Scene: A new vision for a Cypress Park tunnel

Yancey Quinones in freshly painted tunnel entrance/Photo by Nathan Solis Getting excited over tunnel gallery opening Story and Photos by Nathan Solis Yancey Quinones stands in the pedestrian tunnel under North Figueroa Street, his arms stretched out, his voice echoing off the walls. For years the Cypress Park tunnel had been closed to the public, [...]