Downtown
Long Beach
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
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California
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United States
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is the location for most of the city's major tourist attractions, municipal services and for numerous businesses. There are many hotels and restaurants in the area that serve locals, tourists, and convention visitors.
Location
Downtown Long Beach is bounded by the
Los Angeles River
The Los Angeles River (), historically known as by the Tongva and the by the Spanish, is a major river in Los Angeles County, California. Its headwaters are in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and it flows nearly from Canoga Park ...
to the west, and Ocean Boulevard to the south (south of Ocean is considered the "Downtown Shoreline", a separate area
). Alamitos Avenue roughly delimits downtown to the east, although the City's actual downtown zoning extends a few blocks east of Alamitos.
Similarly, downtown effectively ends around 7th Street to the north, but the City's downtown zoning carries as far north as Anaheim Street between Pacific Avenue and
Long Beach Boulevard, and up to 10th Street east of that.
The greater downtown area includes the neighborhoods of the
East Village Arts District, the West End, North Pine, the Civic Center, and the "Downtown Core" or central business and entertainment area.
Tourist attractions and shopping
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Aquarium of the Pacific
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Catalina Express – boats to
Catalina Island
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East Village Arts District
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Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
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Terrace Theater
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Long Beach Sports Arena
The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center is a convention center located in Long Beach, California. Built on the former site of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue is composed of the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach A ...
(which has one of
Wyland's
Whaling Walls)
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Long Beach Plaza – shopping
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Museum of Latin American Art
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The Pike – shopping
* Pine Avenue — restaurants and nightclubs
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Queen Mary'' – historic ship, hotel, restaurants & conventions (nearby)
* Rainbow Harbor – shopping and restaurants
* Shoreline Village – shopping and restaurants
* Harvey Milk Promenade Park
Events
* Second Saturday Art Walk (East Village)
* Third Fridays Twilight Walk (Historic Pine Avenue)
* Certified Organic Farmers Market (Fridays)
* Bob Marley Reggae Festival (February)
* Queen Mary Scottish Festival (February)
* Congressional Cup (sailing races, April)
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Long Beach Grand Prix &
Formula DRIFT (April)
* Cajun & Zydeco Festival (May)
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Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Parade & Festival (May)
* Aloha Concert Jam (Hawaiian music, June)
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Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA). The convention is traditionally held annually on the first we ...
or AX (SPJA) (Promotion of Japanese Animation & Culture July 2 to July 6)
* Catalina Ski Race (July)
2028 Summer Olympics
During the Los Angeles
2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA 28, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place July 14–30, 2028, in the United States. Los Angeles ...
, downtown Long Beach will host coastal rowing, shooting, artistic swimming, water polo, sport climbing, handball, beach volleyball, sailing and canoe sprint.
Government and infrastructure
Local government
Long Beach City Hall*
Long Beach Police Dept. Headquarters
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Municipal Library
County, state, and federal representation
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Long Beach Main Post Office, located at 300 Long Beach Boulevard
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Los Angeles Superior Court Governor
George Deukmejian Courthouse
Businesses
The Downtown Long Beach Alliance manages the business- and commercial property-based improvement districts in Downtown Long Beach. There are approximately 1,500 businesses in Downtown Long Beach, including several law firms given the proximity of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, as well as over 150 restaurants, wine bars, performing arts venues, and the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. A complete and frequently updated business directory is available online a
Downtown Long Beach Alliance's website
The
California State University
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system headquarters are at 401 Golden Shore in Downtown Long Beach.
* Long Beach Rescue Mission
Long Beach World Trade Center*
Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach, administered as the Harbor Department of the City of Long Beach, is a container port in the United States, which adjoins Port of Los Angeles. Acting as a major gateway for US–Asian trade, the port occupies of land wi ...
(nearby)
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Molina Healthcare
Revitalization Projects
Outdated office buildings that have reached the end of their competitive life-cycle are finding a new beginning as residential conversions. In 2014 the city's Municipal Code provided for Adaptive Reuse, which is a "construction or remodeling project that reconfigures existing spaces, structures or buildings to accommodate a new use or to accommodate another purpose than what it was originally designed for." The City created the Adaptive Reuse Incentive Program to guide developers through the process. Re-purposing a building avoids demolition, sending the structure to landfills, while preserving the historic value and unique architecture of downtown Long Beach.
Examples of buildings converted for reuse include the Verizon office building on 200 W. Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach which is changed into a mixed-use apartment building over retail.
The
Long Beach Professional Building, an eight story poured in place concrete
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...
medical office tower constructed in 1929 and once in danger of being torn down, was most recently renovated in 2018. The historic building is on the
List of City of Long Beach Historic Landmarks and the California Office of Historic Preservation. The building was accepted in 2005 into the National Register of Historic Places. The restoration project was conducted by Global Premier Development and KTGY Architecture + Planning. The structure is now called The Regency Palms, an assisted living and memory care facility.
Refer to the Downtown Update of the Long Beach Development Services for a presentation document showing completed, approved and pending projects.
Transportation
The following are located in Long Beach's downtown area:
* A transit center of
Long Beach Transit (bus)
* The southern terminus of the
Los Angeles Metro Rail A Line:
Downtown Long Beach station
* The southern end of
Interstate 710 (Long Beach Freeway)
* Bus service of
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. is an American operator of Intercity bus service, intercity bus services. Greyhound operates the largest intercity bus network in the United States, and also operates charter and Amtrak Thruway services, as well as interci ...
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Amtrak Thruway
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services, transi ...
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Torrance Transit,
LADOT, and
LACMTA
From 1902 to 1961, the neighborhood was served by the
Pacific Electric Long Beach Line.
Education
Downtown Long Beach is within the
Long Beach Unified School District.
Architecture
Gallery
File:Long beach3.jpg, Downtown Long Beach
File:Downtown Long Beach, California 3 (6026494605).jpg, Golden Shore and Ocean Boulevard
File:City of Long Beach (3901409574) (2).jpg, Downtown Shoreline, 2009
File:Downtown Core, Long Beach, CA, USA - panoramio (11).jpg, Pine Avenue
File:Dr. Rowan Building.jpg, Dr. Rowan Building, constructed 1930
File:Middough Brothers-Insurance Exchange Building.jpg, Insurance Exchange Building
File:Security Pacific National Bank Building.jpg, Security Pacific National Bank Building, constructed 1924
File:Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower.jpg, Farmers and Merchants Bank Office Tower, constructed 1922-1923
File:205-215 Long Beach Blvd-Pacific Tower.jpg, Pacific Tower, constructed 1923, Renaissance Revival architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival ar ...
File:401 Pine-Walker Building.jpg, Walker Building, designed by Meyer & Holler
File:325 W Third-Californian Apts.jpg, Californian Apartments
File:Lincoln park, showing city hall, Long Beach, Calif (68324).jpg, Lincoln Park, the city's oldest park,
See also
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East Village, Long Beach, California
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Willmore, Long Beach, California
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Long Beach Shoreline Marina
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Neighborhoods of Long Beach, California
References
{{Olympic venues water polo
Neighborhoods in Long Beach, California
Tourist attractions in Long Beach, California
Economy of Long Beach, California
Long Beach
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...
Venues of the 2028 Summer Olympics
Olympic cycling venues
Olympic swimming venues
Olympic water polo venues
Olympic triathlon venues