Urbanism & Development
First look inside Long Beach’s massive Shoemaker Bridge replacement project
City of Long Beach staff met with the community to discuss the replacement of the Shoemaker Bridge, one of the city's largest infrastructure project.
Urbanism & Development
Hard Rock Hotel in Long Beach scores loan, advancing pre-construction development
The Hard Rock Hotel in Long Beach has already taken a massive step forward toward its completion, scoring a $8.75M loan to cover pre-construction costs, per the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Culture & Commentary
Long Beach Lost: With Hard Rock Hotel going on top of Jergins Tunnel, a look into the past
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings and spaces that have either been demolished or were never even in existence—including the forgotten tales attached to existing places. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Urbanism & Development
New renderings for Studio One Eleven’s 21-story tower in Downtown Long Beach
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Long Beach architectural firm Studio One Eleven has released fresh renderings for its design of...
Urbanism & Development
Long vacant Sears building in East Long Beach to become Sports Basement (and why that’s good news)
The experiential active lifestyle store has taken a Bass Pro Shop-approach to its brick-and-mortars, proving success in a world dominated by e-commerce.
Urbanism & Development
Completion nearing on 189-unit Promenade project in DTLB; pedestrian paseo key for business
The Broadstone Promenade—formerly dubbed the Inkwell when the project was entitled nearly five years ago—is beginning to see its scaffolding come down as it...
Urbanism & Development
New renderings revealed for six-story, 160-unit senior housing development east of Wrigley
The Long Beach Planning Commission will determine whether developers can move forward with a six-story, 160-unit senior housing development in the Sunrise neighborhood just west of the edge of Signal Hill and east of Wrigley.
Urbanism & Development
Construction of 32 townhomes in Bixby Knolls takes step forward, renderings released
Initially announced in 2022, a project set to raze what is currently a commercial space and parking lot in order to construct 32, three-story townhomes at the southwest corner of Orange Avenue and San Antonio Drive in Bixby Knolls took a step forward.
Urbanism & Development
A look inside Long Beach’s largest infrastructure project: Connecting Colorado Lagoon to Marine Stadium
The $32.5M project will bring a new tidal flow channel between Colorado Lagoon and Marine Stadium that hasn't been seen since the 1960s.
Urbanism & Development
Foundation ready to be laid for Long Beach’s first new seaside hotel in decades
Crews have officially dug what will be the base for a new seaside hotel on the bluff at 2010 E. Ocean Blvd., replacing the former, aged Beach Plaza Hotel. It marks a dramatic shift for the project, which has been in a tumultuous adventure toward realization since its inception in 2007 and it finally breaking ground in February earlier this year.
Urbanism & Development
Wooden frame begins to go up on 271-unit development at 3rd & Pacific in DTLB
Expected to be completed in 2025, the 271-unit project replaces a much more ambitious project—a 23-story tower with 395 units—that was proposed in 2019.
Urbanism & Development
Long Beach Lost: DTLB’s ‘Gray Ghost’ was an art deco masterpiece that could have been a library
My ongoing series, Long Beach Lost, was launched to examine buildings and spaces that have either been demolished or were never even in existence—including the forgotten tales attached to existing places. This is not a preservationist series but rather a historical series that will help keep a record of our architectural, cultural, and spatial history.
Urbanism & Development
Not as safe as we think: Why are so many fatal crashes in Long Beach being left out of data?
City, state, and federal governments depend on fatal crash data to determine which streets and arterials need money invested into making them safer—but how they can do that soundly when the data is faulty?
