Eagle Rock: landmark as art installation

Great article in the Los Angeles Times about the landmark which gave our neighborhood its name, the Eagle Rock: (...)"Already something of a community icon, the designated Los Angeles Cultural Historical Monument appears on stylized street signs and the community flag, and is found in the names of churches, schools and local organizations. It's also visible to commuters on the Ventura Freeway. Rising up wart-like from the Eagle Rock Valley, its round shape (some say the profile looks like George Washington's) is set off by the jagged San Gabriel Mountains to the north, and the low Eagle Rock Valley to the south. But the real spectacle is on the southern face, where an eroded impression looking remarkably like an eagle in flight is visible when the sun's rays cast a shadow on it at midday.
A local artist turned the Eagle Rock into a public art installation which will light up the first time in history Septemer 25. Two projectors will expose the eagle silhouette and project the art installation onto a nearby face of the rock. After that, the rock will be illuminated every weekend.
The formation of Eagle Rock took place 10 million to 15 million years ago, when tons of sediment and rock were deposited at a bend in the stream that once ran through the Eagle Rock Valley. According to one version of Tongva legend, an eagle once made its nest on top of the rock. One day, it swept up a baby in a basket with its talons. Tongva warriors gave chase, shooting arrows at the eagle until it dropped the baby, unharmed, on a soft patch of earth. Unable to regain altitude, the eagle hurtled smack into the rock's steep south face, leaving the imprint of a bird with outspread wings in the stone.
Eagle Rock was first incorporated into the San Rafael Land Grant given to Spanish sergeant Jose Maria Verdugo in 1784, the third private land grant in Alta California. Notorious bandit Tiburcio Vasquez is said to have camped at its base in 1874. What is believed to have been the first Easter Sunrise service in Los Angeles, in 1917, was held on its crown. Before highways, a trolley line once took recreation-seeking Angelenos there to escape the city. In 1923, Eagle Rock was incorporated into the city of Los Angeles.