DISQUS

grendl2000 · 2 years ago

Clever ideas. Of course, the District and it's anti-development, ultra-preservationist point of view would oppose any of the changes required to put them in place. Perhaps someone will build a time machine and transport you all back to the Long Beach past you seem to crave. Once the hover monkey is developed, we'll shoot one back to you.

dreday · 2 years ago

in parts i think you guys are serious and in other parts i see the humor. it's just a big joke right?

Brooke · 2 years ago

I feel you. Long Beach lovers consistently exist with broken hearts. Our city radiates potential, and opportunities to make it a place as coveted as Newport, Huntington, or heck, even Seal Beach are gobbled up by quick-profit real estate mongers who refuse to feel beauty, art, and historical legacy squirming under their shoe. Most of the time, when I see new construction or re-development completed in Long Beach, I'm tortured by the thought, "Is this the best we can do?"

The most clever aspect of your piece is that most of the "improvements" are barely modified from the city's past. Rainbow Harbor? The original Pike and Boardwalk? How could anyone fail to note that the demolition of these landmarks has done nothing but fill a couple of investor's pockets and left the city empty-handed, and as previously stated, heartbroken.

Well, grendl2000, we could meet at the Pike in Long Beach to discuss your ideas...what? You can't find the Pike because there's no signs and all the buildings face away from the street and 3/4 of the retail space is deserted, with the most obvious failure the focal Laugh Factory which has been "Coming Soon" for five years? So let's meet at P.F. Changs. Oh, I see. There's no parking, even the valet kind, and you don't want to park on the 6th floor of the giant parking structure just to walk a mile, have to cross two busy streets, and then wait 75 minutes for a table. I understand.