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1972 – California State University, Long Beach active. [14] 1975 – Grand Prix of Long Beach begins. 1977 – Long Beach Public Library's main branch rebuilt. [11] 1978 – Chua Phat To (Buddhist center) founded. [17] 1981 – Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden dedicated. 1984 – Ernie Kell becomes mayor. [18] 1986 – Long Beach Heritage ...
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.It is the 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. [11]
The Long Beach Historic Landmarks listed above include many of the most important historic sites in the City of Long Beach. Some others within the City of Long Beach have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places or designated as California Historical Landmarks. These are:
Villa Riviera is a registered historic building on Ocean Boulevard in the Alamitos Beach neighborhood of Long Beach, California, United States. The building was an "own-your-own" apartment building and each unit was sold fully furnished. In those days, Apartment-Hotels were apartment buildings featuring full service hotel amenities.
Mayoral elections in Long Beach, California (7 P) Pages in category "History of Long Beach, California" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Later oil discoveries from the Long Beach Oil Field continued to fund the rancho. The historic ranch house, surrounding ranching facilities, and some open landscape of Rancho Los Alamitos can still be found adjacent to Cal State Long Beach. [10] The Bixby family descendants donated the property to the City of Long Beach in 1967. [11]
The Jergins Trust Building was a 10-story Beaux-Arts style commercial building in Long Beach, California, built in 1919.The building contained office space and a ground-floor theatre and was known for its façade featuring terra-cotta shields and gargoyles.
The neighborhood is named after a forerunner of Long Beach, Willmore City. The township was developed by William E. Willmore on 4000 acres leased from Jotham Bixby and Rancho Los Cerritos in 1881. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1884, the Rancho reclaimed the land for non-payment and resold the area to the Long Beach Land and Water Company.