Elysian Valley

Elysian Valley is a small bedroom community of the City of Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Elysian Park-Silver Lake area. Originally called Gopher Flats at the turn of the century, with housing for railroad workers, Elysian Valley today is sometimes referred to as "Frogtown" based on events related to the area's proximity to the Los Angeles River. Accounts from long-time local residents ascribe the name to annual exoduses of frogs from the nearby Los Angeles River into Elysian Valley. The most recent peak in this phenomenon was in the 1960s and 1970s when frogs literally covered the streets and lawns of the neighborhood. The frog exodus may have also occurred after several major floods in the 1930s, back when the river basin...