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Ask Silver Lake – Silver Lake’s Original Libraries
“Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org . The Silver Lake Branch Library, temporarily closed All the best Silver Lakers know and love the Silver Lake Branch Library . As library lovers, though, we sadly have to find other outlets for our affections for the time being because the library was closed on 28 July
Eric Brightwell
5 days ago10 min read


Live Music Venues of Silver Lake, Present and Past
"Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org . When you think of Los Angeles communities known for their famous music venues, you likely first think of Downtown and Hollywood . If you're willing to include other Los Angeles County cities, West Hollywood 's Sunset Strip surely comes to mind. If you're really in
Eric Brightwell
Oct 2917 min read


A History of Silver Lake's Bungalow Courts
his month’s “Ask Silver Lake” is about bungalow courts, which several readers requested as a topic. Bungalow courts are a type of multi-dwelling housing development that were a very popular construction design in the 1920s and ‘30s. A bungalow court consists of multiple dwellings on a single lot.
Eric Brightwell
Oct 12 min read


If Silver Lake isn’t in the Eastside, Where is it? - Ask Silver Lake by Eric Brightwell
On 5 February 2014, the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council considered a motion introduced by councilmembers Anne-Marie Johnson and Dorit Dowler-Guerrero, and stakeholder Al Guerrero, Jr. The motion called for the addition to the Standing Rules a clarification stating that “Silver Lake is not located in the ‘East Side’ of Los Angeles nor is it accurate to refer to Silver Lake as a [sic] ‘East Side’ neighborhood or community.”
Eric Brightwell
Aug 259 min read
“Ask Silver Lake” is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community.
If you have questions or ideas you’d like us to consider, please drop a comment or send them to outreach@silverlakenc.org.
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