Edendale Explained

For those who don’t get the reference to Edendale in the Blog sub-heading, let me take a minute to explain. While Hollywood was still a small farm town, in the early 1900’s, Edendale contained the first major movie studios in Los Angeles. Edendale, to the best of my knowledge encompassed what is now Silver Lake, Echo Park, and possibly even Los Feliz and Atwater.

Classic silent movie icons such as Mack Sennet, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Mix, Laural and Hardy, and The Keystone Cops made their early movies here.

The Edendale Grill's web-site has a succinct over view on this history. I’ll be tracking down more snippits of local history in the weeks to come. The Silver Lake area has a rich history that deserves to be understood and cherished.