Longbeachize • Long Beach Post

August 16, 2018

New video reveals updated design for massive hotel project in Downtown Long Beach

by Brian Addison in Streets & Urban Design

The Jergins Trust building was once the bustling epicenter of Downtown. The developer also plans to somehow incorporate the famed Jergins Tunnel into the design.

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Affordable Housing

August 14, 2018

Renderings revealed for Long Beach affordable complex dubbed Las Ventanas

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

The Las Ventanas development, formerly known as the Pacific Apartments, has released renderings for the project set to house 102 affordable units at Long Beach Blvd. near Pacific Coast Highway.

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things to do

August 12, 2018

Ways to escape Long Beach without leaving Long Beach

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

There are ways to escape Long Beach without venturing far—and they require nothing more than a bit of exploration with your feet or bike.

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El Dorado Park

August 10, 2018

Meet the man creating a mini theme park inside El Dorado Park

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

Meet the man taking over a space where a train has been carrying passengers for 25 years in El Dorado—and wants to build a mini-theme park.

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Affordable Housing

August 9, 2018

Supervisor Hahn directs $1.62M toward affordable housing project in Central Long Beach

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

Located at 1900 Long Beach Blvd., just north of Pacific Coast Highway, The Spark is one of many transit oriented housing projects coming online in the city.

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Blue Line

August 8, 2018

Metro releases bus schedule ahead of 8-month closure of Blue Line in 2019

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

As Metro’s Blue Line continues through its six-year-long, $1.2 billion rehab, the transit authority announced its express bus schedule in contingency with an eight-month long closure will take place next year.

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Housing

August 7, 2018

49-unit Linden residential development in East Village takes shape

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

More housing and commercial space is coming to DTLB as the empty lot at the southwest corner of 4th and Linden slowly becomes the Linden, a 49-unit, six-story mixed-use residential complex.

Streets & Urban Design

August 6, 2018

The Beacon, Long Beach’s latest affordable housing complex, begins to take shape

by Brian Addison in Streets & Urban Design

Beautiful in design, centrally located near transit, and catering to veterans and senior citizens, the $80.4M Beacon project is finally taking shape in DTLB.

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walking

August 5, 2018

Meet the two young men walking day by day from the East Coast to Long Beach

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

Pete Miljevic, 27, and Tyler "Biddy" Bidwell, 24, left Cecil, Maryland, one month, two weeks, and six days ago as they trek toward their final destination of Long Beach.

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North Long Beach

August 1, 2018

The father of the Anti-Mall has ambitious plans for North Long Beach development

by Brian Addison in Longbeachize

Over recent years, Shaheen Sadeghi has developed a new philosophy in approaching communities that center on just that: promoting the local culture itself rather than attempting to import concepts.