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Culture & Commentary
West Long Beach staple Gemmae Bake Shop officially takes over a fire station in Bixby Knolls
After months of negotiations with the City—including its Cultural Heritage Commission—it official. Filipino staple Gemmae Bake Shop will move into the now-abandoned Fire Station 9 in Bixby Knolls.
Culture & Commentary
An ode to Golden Burgers—and the immigrant-led diners that have long defined Long Beach and L.A.
Golden Burgers was a staple at the northeast corner of 4th Street and Junipero Avenue for over four decades. Part of the definitive SoCal...
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: The funky, weird ‘worm in a sock’ that was The Loop in DTLB
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.
Food & Drink
Pancho’s Long Beach isn’t under new ownership; it was formally passed to family
Pancho's Long Beach—the Mexican restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway just south of Clark Avenue—recently posted a notice of change in ownership. That prompted some concern that the family had somehow but pushed out of the business. But fear not: Pancho's Long Beach is very much remaining in the hands of the Flores family.
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.
Urbanism & Development
The waves aren’t returning: The Long Beach breakwater is here to stay—and it’s been that way for a while
This isn't news. That's for sure. But it might have been lost as it was released shortly before the pandemic in December of 2019: The Long Beach breakwater—the vast, linear seawall that joins two others in stretching across the coast of Long Beach and largely prevents larger waves hitting our shores—isn't going anywhere. Meaning said waves aren't coming back.
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.
