by Melissa Brookman Congratulations to Mike Zeke and Tom Kelsey for leading ACE into First Place in both the Design and Build Competitions in Orange County this weekend at the HBC Design and Build Competition. There were several high schools competing in both events with ACE students coming out on top! The students are given [...]
Restoration Trade Fair
February 19, 2011 By
Rose Park Neighborhood Association and Luther Burbank Elementary just announced the date of their annual restoration trade fair. This event should be on the calendar of every historic district homeowner! Vendors, suppliers, craftsman, and the community gather to discuss all things vintage and original. From their press release: We’ve set the date for this year’s [...]
Field Trip in the Neighborhood
February 14, 2011 By
Today was a school holiday, a spectacular sunny & 70˚ and I felt like taking the kids for a little field trip. A hop over the bridge to Terranea Resort for a stroll on the beach sounded right, but time ran short. What about Seal Beach? Beachwood BBQ is a family fave, but they are [...]
Long Beach Harbor Tour Photos
September 26, 2010 By
Little Owl Preschool
June 21, 2010 By
Little Owl is just one more reason I wish my kids were 3 years old again! The program is based on the Reggio Emilia philosophy, which believes in three major influences in a child’s education; the parent, the teacher and the environment. I love that. Owner Janet Watt is definitely on message with her new [...]
A look at the proposed North Village Project
May 19, 2010 By
For the past two years, the City’s Redevelopment Agency has been doing a round about with developers to get a mixed use development built on the corner of Atlantic and South Street. The project is appropriately referred to as “The North Village Center”. RDA has acquired most of the land on the East and West [...]
A building in Bixby Knolls
May 18, 2010 By
For years, no decades, I have been driving through the intersection of Bixby and Long Beach Boulevard. Cute apartment building to the left, the strawberry stand on the South corner arrives each year around February. Then there is the Killingsworth building on the right. Before I was driving through the intersection, I was peddling through [...]
Taking The Show Off The Road
May 5, 2010 By
Hello everyone. I am Floyd Hampton Livingston also known as “The Man” from Long Beach’s social network, 562CityLife. For my first blog, I wanted to share photos of something very important to the history of Long Beach – The Atlantic Theater. The theater opened in 1941 and is located on Atlantic Ave. in between South [...]