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Adaptive Re-Use
Urbanism & Development
A look inside the renovation of Long Beach’s mid-mod gem, the City Center hotel
The City Center hotel always had the bones to become an Ace-like space. Fabulously mid-century modern. Centrally located and within walking distance of everything from the Terrace Theatre to the Promenade. And now, it has the makeover it always deserved.
Urbanism & Development
Historic 115 Pine Ave. building in Downtown Long Beach to be converted to housing
The iconic, 1906 French Renaissance Revival gem that is the Enloe Building at 115 Pine Ave. is set to be converted to 70 housing...
Urbanism & Development
400 Oceangate building in Downtown Long Beach proposed as 275-unit complex
The high-rise at 400 Oceangate, which used to be owned by (and home to) Long Beach law firm Keesal, Young & Logan, faces a new future.
Culture & Commentary
Meet the couple with big dreams for historic 440 Elm Ave. building in Downtown Long Beach
It is one of Long Beach's oldest church structures, having survived the 1933 earthquake after its 1913 construction—and the small business owners who are now overseeing the building at 440 Elm Ave. have big plans for this massive, gorgeous ode to the Classical Revival style from famed Los Angeles architect Elmer Grey.
Events & Festivals
Get a look inside the former Acres of Books in Downtown Long Beach at this free art event
Yes, Long Beach, you will finally get to step back inside Acres of Books—but it will, of course, be nothing like, well, Acres of Books. And that is okay because this is about activating a space that once was, seeing its potential future, and discussing how it can fit into the future of the Downtown Long Beach landscape.
Urbanism & Development
Former Acres of Books site, set to become food hall, begins to take shape
While bibliophiles will seemingly forever lament the formal loss of Acres of Books, its future as a potential food hall serving DTLB takes one step closer to fruition.
