I have been participating in a weekly journalism workshop at 826LA, and each time I drive there, I notice how much Echo Park is slowly starting to change. There already were the so-called hipster hotspots, such as Masa or the Echo/Echoplex, but now there is going to be a new bookstore called STORIES, a host of more restaurants and an 826 volunteer said the Jensen Rec Center will be converted into a yoga studio. Wow. Total gentrification.