Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Long Beach

Many feel the Broadway corridor–extending from Roswell all the way west to Cerritos–has continually lacked not just a cohesiveness that brings together other areas of Long Beach such as 4th Street and Pine, but also simple streetscape elements that increase accessibility, beautify the strip, and make it safer. The long strip is home to multiple […]

Following a tumultuous and rocky undergoing, the Ramona Park Senior Apartment complex along Artesia Boulevard and Downey Avenue will break ground next Tuesday. The 60-unit Long Beach Housing Development Company building–though not an original Redevelopment Agency (RDA) project which, when it was dissolved, took away a debilitating $1 billion in annual affordable-housing support–still initially needed […]

Following an odd—albeit eventually retracted—closed meeting on February 4 discussing the Civic Center’s property, the City Council has moved forward in its quest to begin examining an entirely new civic center. In the conclave, City Council was originally planning on whether to begin the process through a Request for Proposals to potentially construct an entirely […]

After a tumultuous process, an engineering firm from Orange has finally won the approval from staff to begin the design process for the $8 million Pier J Bike & Pedestrian Path following the issue of a RFP last July and the submission of ten proposals in August. It will go to the Board of Harbor […]

Firstly, we will (finally) have free WiFi not just in our libraries but in our parks as well, expanding the city’s offering of free Internet access that already exists at the Long Beach Airport and City Hall. Just as cool is that one can enjoy said WiFi when it is installed at the (also finally) […]