Dexter’s back! But not in Long Beach (or ‘Miami’)
Dexter used locations all over Long Beach in its previous run, but a new setting means beachside filming is mostly out of the questions.
This Cliff May Rancho wasn’t for sale—until someone offered almost $2 million
The rise in price of the Ranchos has been staggering over the past decades as they’ve set record sales prices every couple of months, since a Cliff May first broke the million-dollar mark with the sale of a home at 3070 Karen Ave. in May 2019.
The 1890 Bixby home on La Linda: A lot of history in a lot of house for $3.2 million
Original leaded-glass windows and bookcases, mellowed oak flooring, exposed redwood beam ceilings, imported English oak paneling and intricately carved concealed cabinetry are just a few of the home’s features.
The once-doomed Petroleum Club is back and slowly re-opening
The Red Room will be open for lunch, by reservation, on Thursdays with a limited prime rib menu. And soon, the public will be able to drop by for a cocktail or a beer Monday through Thursday in the Linden Lounge.
Home, or the office, is where the heart is
The recently-sold space Downtown is dominated by a centrally placed coffee station/bar with leather-upholstered stools. It gives the place an upper-class coffee house vibe and lets you know that the tenants take their caffeine seriously.
Column: Recalling the Cinerama Dome. Twice.
I did manage to see one film at the Cinerama Dome. It was my birthday, Jan. 12, 1969 and I asked my parents to drop me and my best friend off at the theater to see Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
A couple of Kirtland Cutter’s Country Club classics hit the market at $3M-plus each
For the most part, the home is largely how Cutter designed it. “We’ve tried hard not to change the house,” said Haas. And it only takes a bit of imagination (as long as you stay out of the kitchen) to sense what it must have been like living there nearly a century ago.
Former Belmont Heights home of the ‘Flying Bixbys’ is on the market for $4 million
The woodwork in the house is original and in great condition after the owners had its 107 solid-mahogany doors and 80 mahogany-trimmed windows all stripped and refinished.
Column: But how many steps to the beach? How to decipher Realtorspeak
Theoretically, every place is steps to the beach.
Column: COVID has quieted Jehovah’s Witness door-knocking and Long Beach conventions
Losing the Jehovah’s Witness’ conventions has been a major blow to the city, with the group’s cancelation of some 12-14 three-day gatherings at the center last year as well as in 2021, resulting in the loss to the city of some $54 million.