Few records of the East Lake neighborhood exist in the Chattanooga public archives. But that does not mean that they do not exist.
East Lake's story is a compilation of many overlapping stories tangled among the memories of residents, the flow of creeks, and the state of the soil.
Over the course of seven months, artist, Alea Coble gathered oral histories to begin an oral archive of East Lake. ELLA carries on this project inviting residents to contribute testaments of the colors, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings of East Lake.