{"id":462,"date":"2018-10-05T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999921527"},"modified":"2018-10-05T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T22:14:56","slug":"preserving-history-port-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/preserving-history-port-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Conservationists begin tedious work of removing 74-foot wide mural at Port of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction crews and conservationists are a couple of weeks into what&#8217;s expected to be a six-week project to remove the tiles that were used to make the 74-foot-long historical mural at the former Port of Long Beach Administrative Building at 925 Harbor Plaza Drive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999921563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999921563\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999921563 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1005-Peninsula-197-970x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999921563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men on scaffolding work a specialty saw as they remove a mural, one tile at a time, off the vacant Port of Long Beach building In Long Beach October 5, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long Beach Heritage and other groups fought for the preservation of the mural that depicts the history of the port, from Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo&#8217;s arrival in San Pedro Bay in 1592, to the unloading of a &#8220;modern&#8221; freighter in 1960. In between are other significant people and events, including local native tribes, the visit by Sir Francis Drake&#8217;s vessel <em>The Golden Hinde <\/em>and the 1911 opening of the port.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999921562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999921562\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999921562 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1005-Peninsula-095-970x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999921562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Worley wipes down a tile after it was removed from a mural off the vacant Port of Long Beach building In Long Beach October 5, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In removing the tiles, workers are numbering the pieces for eventual reconstruction of the mural at a location still to be decided. Among suggestions to date are the new civic center complex, a location somewhere along the Promenade (site of another significant mural, the\u00a038-foot tall\u00a0 WPA work \u201cLong Beach Recreation\u201d) and Admiral Kidd and other westside parks.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the murals will be stored in crates at a city Public Works yard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999921564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999921564\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999921564 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1005-Peninsula-262-970x1473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"911\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999921564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men on scaffolding cut away between two tiles as they remove a mural, one tile at a time, off the vacant Port of Long Beach building In Long Beach October 5, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. 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