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In Long Beach, City Looks at Removing Terminal Island Freeway
On Tuesday night, the City of Long Beach took the first step in what could be a long journey that would end with one of the largest freeway removal projects in Southern California history. The Terminal Island Freeway cuts through west Long Beach and is one of the most under-utilized pieces of publicly owned space in Los Angeles. Local advocates have dreamed of turning the part of "freeway" north of the Pacific Coast Highway into a local street with the excess space turned into one of Long Beach's largest parks.
March 23, 2012
For Long Beach and Los Angeles, What a Difference a Few Years Makes
"Los Angeles isn't Long Beach."
January 25, 2012
The View from Long Beach’s New Parklet
Last Friday, January 20th 2012, Long Beach opened its, and Southern California's, very first parklet. It's located in Long Beach's Retro Row district, on Fourth Street just east of Cherry, directly across from the Art Theater. It's right in front of Lola's Mexican Cuisine at 2030 East Fourth Street, LB 90814 (map.)
January 24, 2012
See the World’s Largest Interactive Urban Diorama in Long Beach!
Architect Giacomo Gastagnola and I created the world’s largest interactive city diorama right here in the City of Long Beach. This interactive diorama taps into the mental and physical ways people understand the city and transfer information through their body. The diorama is designed to make participants physically interact with it through various positions and break the normal way which people interface with the built environment.
October 24, 2011
Is a Reduction of 1.5 Million New Trucks Worth Building a Rail Yard Near Residential West Long Beach?
New environmental documents for a freight rail project near the Port of Los Angeles known as the Southern California International Gateway could reduce truck traffic on the Long Beach to Los Angeles portion of the 710 Freeway. But the SCIG Project faces strong opposition from the communities that will live adjacent to the 153 acre SCIG rail yard who fear the new rail yard endangers their very lives.
September 28, 2011
Storify: You Tell The Story from Long Beach’s Bike Station Opening Last Week
[View the story "You Tell The Story: A New BikeStation Opens in Long Beach" on Storify]
September 19, 2011
Confessions of a Sidewalk Rider and Commentary on L.B.’s “Walk It or Lock It”
Hello, my name is Damien.
August 31, 2011
Long Beach’s Leap Towards Livabilty IV: Leaping Forward?
You can view the full map at GeoCommons.
August 22, 2011