Back To The LBC

12-7-2016: On a not so cold day(wore a light coat) I rode The Metro Blue Line southbound to Long Beach. Itching to see the new changes taken place in the city with the longest beach. Hopping off the train at Downtown Long Beach Station I crossed Pacific ave to snap sum photos of The Long Beach City Hall in pre demolition  as there was construction fencing around the property. The city government facility would be replaced with a new Retail, Library, City Hall, Housing, 35 story Hotel, and Civic Center  with a completion date of 2017-2018.

I strolled down to the new Pike shopping center to snap more photos including The Convention Center their were not much people walking around as it was later in the evening. Around 5pm night was starting to fall  so I rode the free shuttle from The Haunted Queen Mary Ship back to the city via Ocean blvd/ Long Beach Performing Arts Center.

 The Ocean Center Building is a 14-story, 197-foot-tall office building in downtown Long Beach, California^[1] built in 1929 by architect Raymond M. Kennedy.^[2]

The Ocean Center Building has two ground floors, an entrance above the shoreline on the bluff level to take advantage of its address on 110 West Ocean Boulevard and an east entrance at the base of the Pine Avenue incline providing beach access and accommodating the Walk of a Thousand Lights of The Pike amusement zone .

 The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. Built on the former site of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium; the venue is composed of the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach Arena and the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.

12-9-2016: Back down memory lane I decided go back to The LBC and check out my old neighborhood it has has not changed much as my Former Apartment was still the same color of white as I remembered from 1993.



705 E Broadway
Long Beach, CA 90802

A Craftsman house for which the original plans survive, designed by noted architect F.L. Lindsay. It is an excellent example of the style in pristine original condition. The interior contains extensive woodwork with quartersawn oak,a built-in library and buffet, and beamed ceilings. It is the last remaining single-family house along the Broadway corridor downtown. 

The Long Beach Skating Palace278 Alamitos Ave. (1930)A former roller skating rink with a lively art deco facade and its original marquee. Stepped piers, zigzags, chevrons, and stylized geometric forms convey the exuberant dynamism of the jazz age. The interior contains an open span arched ceiling of wood lamella construction, a precursor of the geodesic dome. The building was converted to artists’ live-work space with construction in the interior and restoration on the exterior.