If tasked with listing Los Angeles’s “Asian neighborhoods,” you’d probably first think of well-known immigrant enclaves like Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Tokyo – or maybe less well-known ones like Cambodia Town, Little Bangladesh, or Little India. Perhaps you will think of one of the many suburbs of Los Angeles with an Asian American majority – places like Walnut, South San Gabriel, or Cerritos. You’d be forgiven, though, if Silver Lake never came to mind. Silver Lake, after all, has long...

"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 . Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct, Los Angeles, California Postcard 1931 The iconic Victory Memorial Bridge (Glendale-Hyperion Viaduct), connecting Los Feliz and Silver Lake on the Los Angeles River ’s west bank with Atwater on the east, has for years been beset by long-standing...

"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 . MATTACHINE STEPS While there are exceptions, most of Silver Lake’s (and Los Angeles ’s) public stairways have only colloquial names. In 2012, the stairs previously usually referred to as the Cove Avenue Stairs were officially designated the Mattachine Steps. The name was a reference...