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Feb 4 2020 6:00 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The three roller coasters of the Pike amusement park

Brian Addison

With a massive budget of $140,000, one of the costliest build-outs for an amusement ride in the country, the Cyclone Racer opened on Memorial Day in 1930.

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Apr 23 2019 9:17 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The mid-mod county courthouse building of 1960

Brian Addison

The now-gone courthouse was designed by one of Long Beach’s staple architects, Kenneth S. Wing (along with Francis Heusel).

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Apr 4 2019 10:17 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: Downtown’s ‘Gray Ghost,’ the Art Deco masterpiece known as the Wise Building

Brian Addison

The fate of one of Long Beach’s most respected examples of art deco architecture was dictated by the voters of Long Beach.

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Jan 15 2019 10:04 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The Jungle, Downtown’s play den for ‘immorality and sexual deviation’

Brian Addison

The Jungle was described as a place of “immorality and sexual deviation” that was “beyond the control” of the Long Beach Police Department.

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Dec 4 2018 12:26 pm
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The dramatic tale of the Disney theme park in Downtown

Brian Addison

Disney once wanted a full-scale, $2.8 billion complex dubbed Port Disney and an aquatically themed park called DisneySea in Long Beach.

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Nov 10 2018 1:55 pm
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The Buffums’ department store in Downtown

Brian Addison

Once standing tall at the southwest corner of Broadway and Pine in DTLB, this particular Buffums’ store was one of its most important because it launched the empire of westward-bound brothers Charles and Edwin Buffum.

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Oct 2 2018 1:59 pm
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool

Brian Addison

Long before being demolished, the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool was once dubbed the “Taj Mahal” of swimming for both pros and amateurs.

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Sep 2 2018 2:02 pm
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: Famed mid-mod SeaPort Marina Hotel was once the gem of the Shore

Brian Addison

This is the tale of the SeaPort Marina Hotel that was once at corner of Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street on the easternmost edge of Long Beach, right at the border of Seal Beach and Orange County.

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Aug 19 2018 10:00 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The Jergins Tunnel was Downtown’s gateway to the beach

Brian Addison

Our 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.

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Jul 22 2018 8:00 am
  • Long Beach Lost

Long Beach Lost: The gentleman’s club that opened with a five-day long party and bankruptcy

Brian Addison

The club catered to the most wealthy of white men, mimicking East Coast and English clubs that offered exclusivity, amenities, and bragging rights.

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