byBrian AddisoninParks & Public Real Estate
Photo above courtesy of Juxtapoz. Rendering below courtesy of the DLBA. First came the rainbows. Then came the piano keys. Now, more creative crosswalks will invade the streets of Long Beach and this time, DTLB will be the latest...
byLongbeachize StaffinStreets & Urban Design
Photo by Sean Warner/DLBA. In its glory days, the intersection of Pine and Ocean in DTLB was bustling. At its peak—which is sadly in the 1920s and 30s—Pine & Ocean was seeing some 4,000 cross the intersection per hour on...
byLongbeachize StaffinStreets & Urban Design
Photo by Brian Addison. When we first told you that the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) was giving away $40K in placemaking grants for DTLB-focused projects, we weren’t kidding. Five projects have been selected for funding (one of which,...
byLongbeachize StaffinFood, Parks & Public Real Estate, Streets & Urban Design
Photo by Baktaash Sorkhabi. We had long ago rejoiced about the pseudo-parklet over at At Last Cafe in Alamitos Beach. And before that, the parklets along Retro Row. But now, the residents of Downtown Long Beach can smile at the fact...
byLongbeachize StaffinOut & About
Urban guru and pedestrian lover Sean Warner, the Placemaking Manager at the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA), once told us, “If you genuinely don’t care for making the place where your community lives more livable, you are at a...
byBrian AddisoninOut & About
Here’s the thing with the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA), the private organization that has taken upon itself to do things that the City can’t or just won’t: you can have your issues with them but they are becoming...
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