The Long Beach City Council I-710 Oversight Committee’s latest meeting was a lengthy one that attempted to quickly go over the more recent updates about the 710 expansion project that is planned to run from Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach all the way to the 60 freeway in East Los Angeles. The general update was […]

The final meeting regarding the proposed Armory Park near 7th and Alamitos brought forth vast traffic changes to the 7th and 6th passageways, while also raising basic community concerns about what the park will be and how it will function. Originally developed by Brian Ulaszewski from nonprofit design studio City Fabrick back in 2007, Armory […]

In closed-session meeting yesterday evening, the Long Beach City Council unanimously voted 9-0 to pursue litigation against the City of Los Angeles for its recent approval of the BNSF-led Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) railyard. The move was not shocking by any means. The city had already previously filed an unanimous appeal (with Councilmember Suja Lowenthal absent) […]

(Want to celebrate Bike Week but can’t make an event? You can help out Bikeside with their L.A. Bike Survey or Bike Nation Long Beach as outlined below. – DN) After the announcement in August of last year that Bike Nation will create one of its largest bike-sharing programs ever–250 kiosks throughout the city–all was quiet […]

In an entirely silent fashion, EWB Development–the nation’s largest outlet developer–suddenly created a small page that not only renamed the complex (“The Outlets at The Pike”) but touts that the dismal Pike shopping complex will be the new outlet hub for Los Angeles County and Southern California. While it remains unclear how Vermont-based EWB became attached to […]

Bixby Knolls/Los Cerritos are getting closer to the reality of Long Beach’s master bike plan making tangible changes to the northern neighborhoods. And rightfully so: Pacific Avenue is a main arterial for those on two wheels and the bike lane proposed on San Antonio will connect those to Pacific Avenue from the north. The plans […]

First there were fire hydrants and now there are trees and plants–simple yet beautiful trees and plants. Call me overly obsessed about the simple things (this is easily the fourth or fifth piece in which I’ve discussed Long Beachers doing seemingly small things that have large impacts) and I could very well respond that you’re right. But that’s not necessarily a […]

I have often spoke of the simple art of beautification. From simple streetscaping to large park overhauls, the actual complexity of the projects doesn’t interfere with the fact that it’s a simple idea that sparks it all: beautifying our neighborhoods. And the vast impact that even the smallest of touches can make–for example, the creation of a public […]

(The 2002 River Link Report is available off our Scribd Account after the jump.) You see, there’s this thing called a Healthy City–and according to the National Recreation and Parks Association, a Healthy City has 10 acres of parks for every 1,000 of its residents. In 2001, a debate in Long Beach was sparked: how […]

This week, the Long Beach City Council–acting as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency in Long Beach–voted unanimously 6-0 to implement a ballot process to possibly establish the Uptown Business Improvement District (UPBID). Largely headed by the North Long Beach Business Alliance (NLBBA) and 9th District Councilmember Steve Neal for the past two years, the UPBID will extend mostly along Atlantic Avenue […]