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Architecture
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The municipal auditorium that hosted everyone from Judy Garland to Elvis Presley
The Long Beach Municipal Auditorium was 8,000-person exhibit hall that would host everyone from Elvis Presley to Judy Garland.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach’s Studio One Eleven recognized as Best in Practice by prestigious Architect’s Newspaper
Long Beach’s Studio One Eleven received a rather fantastic recognition from one of the nation’s most prestigious and recognized architectural publications: Best in Practice for a medium firm in the United States.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The mid-mod masterpiece that was the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool
Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings—like the former Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, spaces, and cultural happenings that have have largely been erased, including the forgotten tales attached to existing places and things.
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.
Culture & Commentary
Tour the oil islands, step inside historical homes, and more: Long Beach Architecture Week 2024 arrives
From celebrating the 100th birthday of Downtown Long Beach's historic Cooper Arms building to having a tour of the T.H.U.M.S. Islands, Long Beach Architecture Week is taking 2024 by the foundation with a slew of events for everyone's inner lover of architecture, spatial history, and Long Beach appreciation.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The glorious, sad history of the late modern architectural masterpiece everyone hated
Seemingly uninviting and rubbing shoulders with the Brutalist architectural movement, the former Long Beach City Hall that opened in 1978 was one that was built by a dream team that included mid-mod master Edward Killingsworth and prolific Long Beach architect Don Gibbs.
Urbanism & Development
Paint the town: Historic Lafayette tower in Downtown Long Beach tower restores terra cotta, adds new color
One of Long Beach's most beloved historic buildings is ready to take on the town in an entirely new dress.
Events & Festivals
LA Design Festival creates hub in Downtown Long Beach—and it’s entirely free
The L.A. Design Festival returns for an in-person celebration—the first since the pandemic—and it is including a hub of free events in Downtown Long Beach.
Food & Drink
Gaucho Grill’s beach concept to open on sands of Long Beach in summer; new look at interior
After years of setbacks, the largest of the beach amenity upgrades—those at Alamitos Beach—will have its tenant, Gaucho Grill, finally open this summer.
Food & Drink
Queen Mary’s beloved Observation Bar & Chelsea Chowder Bar reopen; Sir Winston’s reopening pushed to 2024
The art deco masterpiece that is the Observation Bar, along with the ship-window lined chowder hall, have been both popular and cherished—and haven't seen the appearance of patrons since the beginning of the pandemic.
Events & Festivals
Tour of oil islands, sneak inside Villa Riviera penthouses, more events attached to 2023 LB Architecture Week
The annual tradition has not only grown in popularity—its annual THUMS Islands tours are consistently sold-out happenings—but it has grown into an ever-evolving project that refines each year with new locations and events.
Urbanism & Development
First look: Inside DTLB’s newest high-rise, Onni East Village (yes, the one attached to Acres of Books)
DTLB's newest high-rise—the first one since Shoreline Gateway opened last year—is in the heart of Downtown's core and incorporates two other major structures.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The ambitious Shoreline Village revamp that never came to be
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolishe—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: Famed mid-mod SeaPort Marina Hotel was once the gem of the Shore
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings, places, and things that have either been demolished, are set to be demolished, or are in motion to possibly be demolished—or were never even in existence. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Events & Festivals
Tour of oil islands, Doris Sung talk, more events attached to Long Beach Architecture Week
The annual tradition has not just grown in popularity but in clout as the celebration of Long Beach architecture brings with it a set of—in all honesty—some spectacular events.
Culture & Commentary
Celebrating the Latino & Latinx creators that ‘artify’ our urban landscape
We explore how resilient Latino and Latinx neighborhoods from Long Beach to Minneapolis are adapting and reclaiming their built environment to make up for the lack of accommodations architecture and city planning has made for communities of color.
