{"id":2555,"date":"2015-06-22T12:36:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T19:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longbeachize.com\/?p=4096"},"modified":"2020-09-21T10:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:08:12","slug":"pedestrians-and-diners-rejoice-dtlb-to-receive-four-parklets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/pedestrians-and-diners-rejoice-dtlb-to-receive-four-parklets","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrians and Diners Rejoice: DTLB to Receive Four Parklets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo\u00a0by Baktaash Sorkhabi.<\/em><\/p>\n

We had long ago rejoiced about the pseudo-parklet over at At Last Cafe<\/a> in Alamitos Beach. And before that, the parklets along Retro Row<\/a>. But now,\u00a0the residents of Downtown Long Beach can smile at the fact that they will not only be getting one but four\u00a0new parklets in their neighborhood: one at Hamburger Mary’s along Pine, one at Ahisma on 4th, and two directly across from each other at District Wine and The Green House in the East Village.<\/p>\n

All four\u00a0parklets are designed by\u00a0City Fabrick, with Hamburger Mary’s slated to open first among the four\u00a0according to the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to collaborate with some local businesses to develop a collection of parklets in DTLB,\u201d City Fabrick Executive Director Brian Ulaszewski told the DLBA<\/a>. \u201cOur hope is to share our knowledge with other businesses, community partners and designers to further expand these enhancements to the pedestrian environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Parklets arose\u00a0out a particular need: the desire of pedestrians and urbanites to take back the public space that had largely been handed over to the vehicle. Originally, they were temporary\u00a0(think Park(ing) Day<\/a>), coming to be assembled and then disassembled; however, as the need for more ped-friendly space continued to grow, the thought of more permanent parklets arose.<\/p>\n

Here’s the thing with the Mary’s parklet and why it is so essential. Firstly, it is mostly due to Mary’s that we can thank for having any pedestrian activity north of 3rd on Pine. Even then, however, it hasn’t been extraordinary activity on the sidewalk because Mary’s is insular in its structure. Brick-walled on all four sides, pedestrians can’t see in and patrons can’t see out. With the parklet, it will not only provide regulars the chance to eat in the sun but provide passersby the knowledge that Mary’s isn’t just a club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have long supported parklets,\u201d said Sean Warner, Placemaking Manager at the DLBA. \u201cIf we can help facilitate the work between city officials and restaurants to garner more parklets as well as sidewalk seating, then we are working toward our goal of making sidewalks safer, more interactive, more social.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo\u00a0by Baktaash Sorkhabi. We had long ago rejoiced about the pseudo-parklet over at At Last Cafe in Alamitos Beach. And before that, the parklets along Retro Row. But now,\u00a0the residents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":4102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[817,533,312,297,524,1133],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2691],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-brian-ulaszewski","tag-dlba","tag-downtown","tag-dtlb","tag-parklet","tag-sean-warner","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}