During my last year in college in 1998, I interned for the Los Angeles Dodgers up in LA, above the Echo Park neighborhood. Each day, I would make the hour drive from La Mirada to Los Angeles and my exit would always take me past Echo Park Lake. The Park at the time was in a really tough neighborhood and the Lake was the epicenter for a lot of shady activities, drug deals, etc (although it was used as a backdrop to some of the scenes from Michael Jackson's epic music video to "Thriller.").
Each day I would drive by and think to myself, I wonder what they would find if they ever drained that Lake? This question entertained me on a daily basis...
Well today, 13 years later, I finally got my wish as the Echo Park Lake was recently drained and the findings from the bottom of the Lake were made public. Here are some of the treasures that were discovered...(taken from echoparknow.com)
Park Trash Cans – 20
Construction cones – 36
Shopping Carts – 7
Portable Stereos/Boombox – 3
Pay Telephone – 1
Skateboard – 6
Parking Enforcement Boot – 1
Toilet – 1
Glass bottles – Hundreds
Model Boat – 2
Frisbee – 20
Weapons (guns) – 2
Office Chair – 6
Miscellaneous toys, Trash, Debris – Hundreds
The pay telephone and the parking enforcement boot have to be my favorites. I wonder what would possess someone to throw a office chair into a Lake? Office Max said "no" to the return?
It is quite funny to read the list. I was wondering what people thinking to throw office chair, model boat, and even toilet into a lake?? Great post Matt :)
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