byStaff ReportsinLife
Dignitaries and local officials—along with a few young soccer players—celebrated the opening of Long Beach's newest park Tuesday morning, a 3.3-acre space in North Long Beach.
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Photos by Jon Cicchetti. Placemaking—the idea that spaces aren’t things people pass by but, rather, things they use and experience—is an art form. And when it comes to Long Beach, it has long struggled in creating long-lasting public, open spaces...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Photos by Brian Addison. Gumbiner Park in Downtown Long Beach at 7th and MLK hasn’t just been a huge win for the neighborhood it resides in. It not only replaced one of the city’s most dangerous and crash-prone intersections...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Love looking at renderings of upcoming developments in and around the city? Click here for our full archive. **** Renderings courtesy of the City of Long Beach. As I recently noted in a special piece about Harvey Milk Promenade Park...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Photos by Brian Addison. Edging toward its fifth birthday this May, Harvey Milk Promenade Park & Equality Plaza has become a special place for both LGBTQ members and their allies throughout Long Beach: it hosts Trans Visibility Day annually,...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Renderings courtesy of the City of Long Beach. Photos by Greg Santucci. Fenced off for well over a decade, the 3.7-acre expanse of land that sits just west of Park Avenue at 4th Street was once the right-of-way for...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate, Streets & Urban Design
Renderings courtesy of Tetra Tech and Perkins+Will. The revitalization of the Los Angeles River is moving forward as, following its creation by State Assemblymember Anthony Rendon nearly two years ago, the Lower LA River Working Group has compiled a draft...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Renderings courtesy of Long Beach Measure A is the largest infrastructural investment the city’s seen in a generation—something I supported long before nearly 80% of voters approved it last year. And why? The tax initiative that focused on generating...
byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate, Streets & Urban Design
Love looking at renderings of upcoming developments in the city? Click here for our full archive. **** Renderings courtesy of Melendrez. Graphic by Baktaash Sorkhabi. I’ve been talking a lot about park equity and the importance of safe, greener spaces...
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