We are part a diverse community of people and businesses. In our immediate building there is us, the Downbeat Cafe, a family run coffee shop, where you can enjoy friendly service, a relaxing environment, classic jazz, a cappuccino, tasty soup & sandwiches and the best peanut butter cookie in L.A.

The interior is a 50's vintage coffee shop with reading lamps and plugs at the tables making it a perfect place to have lunch and get some work done or to meet a potential client or collaborator.

There is live jazz every Wednesday night played by the band who named themselves after our coffee shop: The Downbeats.

Say hello to your neighbors Dan, Natalie, Darby and Joshua.

To our left there is The Lemon Frog Shop where you can find all sorts of vintage treasures.

Say hello to your neighbor Mickey.

Also on our left is the Edendale Public Library.

Say hello to your library clerk MaryAnn Peters.

To our right The Machine Project takes art to a whole new level. They investigate art, technology natural history, science, music, literature and food.

Say hello to your neighbor Mark Allen.

(Los Angeles Times file photo of Mark Allen)

Machine Project's neighbor, The Echo Park Film Center provides a fabulous place to escape from Hollywood films and to see some experimental film making as well as to learn how to create a film of your own.

Say hello to your neighbors Paolo and Veronica.

On patrol around the neighborhood and a frequenter of the Downbeat Cafe is Jen Diamond our resident Web Designer.

Say hello to your neighbor Jen Diamond.