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Bringin’ the Farm to the Beach: Farm Lot 59 and Urban Ag
Sasha Kanno has always had a deep connection to the earth and what it can bring about--quite literally. In a continually booming urban landscape that often exchanges concrete for earth, the importance of reconnecting people to produce--straight from its source--is something that is important to Sasha.
July 19, 2013
Long Beach, More Roundabouts Please
Here's the thing: I love roundabouts and pretty much hate most traffic signals. And here's why: the former are simply better on all every level possible.
July 18, 2013
As Professional Trucker Pool Dips in Numbers, LBCC Looks to Veterans to Help Fill Trucker Workforce
Following a previous $440,000 grant from the California Community College Chancellor's Office--in addition to $450,000 in industry pledges, mainly headed by the Harbor Trucking Association--Long Beach City College (LBCC) can now add an additional $211,733 from the Department of Transportation (DOT) to help boost its professional truck driving training program.<
July 10, 2013
Housing in Long Beach, Part 2: Income Doesn’t Pay the Rent
This is part two of a series on Long Beach housing. To read part one, which examines Long Beach's migration movements and its ties to housing, click here.
June 26, 2013
Housing in Long Beach, Part 1: How Migrations Created the Most Diverse City in the U.S.
Little is it known that a Long Beach-based organization, the Fair Housing Foundation, played an extensively large part in creating California's current open-housing policies and sale/rental equalities.
June 20, 2013
Long Beach: Abandoned Broadway Property to Become Parc Broadway Lofts & Retail
It's the sadly abandoned building that attempted to be M.C. Escher-like but ended up looking more like a forrest green and maroon mess. And the property that is 245 W Broadway--what was once filled with offices and last occupied, at least in one of them, with a strange artist collective known as 245 West Broadway Productions--has been surrounded by fencing for what seems like forever.
June 18, 2013
Long Beach: City Hall East Closes Escrow; The Edison Lofts Officially Moves In
Built in 1959, the famed Kenneth Wing-designed building between 1st & Broadway--sadly vacant since 2005--has officially closed escrow following the sale of the property by the city to developers Ratkovich Properties for $2.1 million.
June 14, 2013
Long Beach: The (Brilliant) Idea of Turning Shoemaker Bridge into a Park
The author would like to thank City Fabrick and its team for contributing to this piece.
May 31, 2013
