Local history: Flicks through the dashboard—the era of drive-in movies
The first drive-in movie theater in Long Beach was the Lakewood Drive-In which opened on Aug. 26, 1948 at 2120 Carson St., where the Long Beach Town Square is located today.
ZIPping through Long Beach: The 90814 neighborhood hits historic Heights
The 90814 enjoys an abundance of recreational opportunities including the continually improving Colorado Lagoon, Recreation Park’s 9-hole golf course and, if they tiptoe into north 90803, Marina Vista Park and Marine Stadium.
Local history: The splendid but short life of the Long Beach Hotel
The Long Beach Land and Water Co. built the $50,000 hotel on the bluff at the foot of Cedar Avenue. It terraced down from Ocean Boulevard to the beach, rising three stories at the street level and five stories above the beach.
A house older than the city moves to start a new life in Drake Park/Willmore Historic District
The four-bedroom, three-bath house has more miles on it than your typical home, having been picked up and relocated four times in the last 126 years.
Local history: The oil islands and how they got their names
Councilman William Graham didn’t see much use in coming up with names, saying, “No matter what we call these things, they are going to be called Island A, B, C and D,” though he nevertheless suggested going with the local references Alamitos, Cerritos, Brea and Bolsa.
ZIPping around Long Beach: Midtown’s 90813
The 90813 runs between Seventh Street and Pacific Coast Highway between Cherry Avenue and across the LA River to the city’s western boundary.
Local history: How Long Beach enthusiastically passed bond to buy Recreation Park in 1923
The city wanted to buy the land for Recreation Park but it would require a bond to be passed by voters to pay the $642,925, and city leaders knew it would be a struggle to pass the bond issue by the required 4-1 margin in the June 15, 1923 election.
ZIPping around Long Beach: The 90810 is affordable and (or but) freeway close
The median home price in 90810 in November was $647,400, nearly $100,000 less than the city’s median of $730,000.
Local history: The Broadlind Hotel, built for bachelors with tobacco money in 1928
The Broadlind was designed as “exclusive bachelor apartments” for men. The rooms were built “with rugged masculine character in the decorations and fixtures.”
ZIPping around Long Beach: Today, the greenery of 90808
Residents in the 90808 can’t complain about green space, leading the city in that category thanks to El Dorado East Regional Park at 388 acres, along with Heartwell Park’s 122.5 acres and Wardlow Park’s 15.8 acres.