Double Trouble on Avon Street

Avon has long been a pleasant stretch of mostly one-story bungalows in a variety of styles. But this pleasant mix has been upset by the recent arrival of some unwelcome neighbors. The bloated McMansion near Cerro Gordo would certainly be better suited to suburban Las Vegas than historic Echo Park. It may be historic...if you think cookie cutter houses from the 1980s are historic. Two blocks south, a worn-looking but charming Spanish-colonial style home was demolished to make way for this two-story box that will become a duplex. AvonStreet, and Echo Park, deserve far better than these two sad samples of Home Depot-design.