 Preservation Awards Luncheon 05.29 @ 11amLong Beach Heritage Invites you to come celebrate this year’s Preservation Award winners at a special luncheon held in their honor in the lovely Peppertree Court at the historic Bembridge House. A silent auction will be held prior to the luncheon.
Peppertree Court is ADA accessible. | $95.00 | $5.00 | |
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 Cooper Arms 100th Anniversary Party - 06.01 @ 6pmThe Historic Cooper Arms is turning 100! Come celebrate this milestone at the kick-off event to Long Beach Architecture Week 2024 on June 1st from 6pm -10pm. This 1920’s themed event will include a tour of the property, period themed entertainment, food and beverages from Modica’s Restaurant, a 28-year tenant of the Cooper Arms and three art exhibitions by renowned photographer, George Derr and local Long Beach artists Michele Rene and LaJon Miller. Several residential units will be open for viewing as part of the tour, so you can experience what it’s like to live in a 100-year-old building. Dress like it’s the 20’s! The 1920’s! Hope to see you on the red carpet. | $69.00 | $4.99 | |
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 Residential Living in the Roaring Twenties #1 - 06.2 @ 10amStep back in time to experience the lives and lifestyles of those who would call Long Beach home in the 1920s. Oil field workers, shipyard workers, filmmakers, and wealthy seasonal visitors all lived and worked side by side in the East Village of 1920s Long Beach. Join us for a rarely offered tour of the Lafayette Hotel, Campbell Building, Metropolitan Hotel, Broadlind Hotel and their interiors.
ACCESSIBILITY
While the street level parts of the tour are ADA accessible, only the Lafayette, International Building, and Campbell Buildings are ADA accessible. | $45.00 | $3.49 | |
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Residential Living in the Roaring Twenties #2 - 06.2 @ 3pmStep back in time to experience the lives and lifestyles of those who would call Long Beach home in the 1920s. Oil field workers, shipyard workers, filmmakers, and wealthy seasonal visitors all lived and worked side by side in the East Village of 1920s Long Beach. Join us for a rarely offered tour of the Lafayette Hotel, Campbell Building, Metropolitan Hotel, Broadlind Hotel and their interiors.
ACCESSIBILITY
While the street level parts of the tour are ADA accessible, only the Lafayette, International Building, and Campbell Buildings are ADA accessible. | $45.00 | $3.49 | |
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 Art Deco and Streamline Moderne Double-Decker Bus Tour #1 - 06.04 @ 12pmJoin noted Art Deco Expert, Author and Art Deco Historic Preservation Consultant John Thomas on a bus tour of Downtown Long Beach. The city is rich with many buildings of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne style from the 1920s and early 1930s, just as there are in many cities across the country. What makes Long Beach unique is the city suffered a devastating earthquake in 1933, a tragedy in which many buildings were lost. Through extensive federal funding, some of which came through the Works Project Administration, the city undertook one of the most expansive building campaigns in its history and Art Deco and Streamline Moderne became the primary styles of architecture to rebuild the city. The styles are reflected in both private and public buildings, including the main post office, schools and hospitals. This very special Art Deco Bus Tour will examine of the finest examples of the styles in the city. Downtown Long Beach will never look the same to you again!
On bus refreshments will be provided. Space is limited!
Tour Location and parking information will be provided through email to ticket purchasers.
Accessibility: While participants in the tour are seated during the tour, access is limited for this tour. The vintage buses have tight and steep access to open top seating. Wheelchair access is not available on this tour.
Photo Credit: image courtesy of Christopher Launi. | $75.00 | $3.49 | |
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 Architectural Walking Tour: Historic Contributions to today’s Downtown Character - 06.04 @ 4pmAfter learning Lincoln Park’s history since it was designated in 1880 and the design features of the modern park dedicated in 2022, participants will take a half mile walk by buildings that survived our 1933 earthquake (and didn’t), the corner of “Bitter and Sweet”, a 466,000 piece tile mural, and end with a tour of the historic Masonic Temple (Downtown’s oldest building) before enjoying a nosh session at the Altar Society. | $50.00 | $3.99 | |
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 Premier T.H.U.M.S. Islands Boat Tour #1 - 06.05 @ 9amPremier T.H.U.M.S. Islands Boat Tour
Wednesday June 5, 2024 @ 9:00am-12:00pm
Join CSULB Assistant Professor of Art, Brian Trimble and the staff from the City of Long Beach Energy Resources Department for a talk on the design of T.H.U.M.S. Islands and an exclusive boat tour around the Islands (the tour does not include a walking tour on any of the islands).The tour talk will begin at the architecture firm Studio 111 and will include extensive discussion on the history and development of the islands designed by noted landscape architect, Joseph Linesch, famed horticulturalist Morgan (Bill) Evans, famous for his work for Disneyland, and important modernist sculptor Herbert Goldman.
An extraordinary partnership of industry, art and design, T.H.U.M.S. Islands have been iconic fixture of Long Beach since their construction. In 1965, T.H.U.M.S. hired Linesch & Reynolds Landscape Architects to design four oil drilling platforms along the Long Beach coast. Joseph Linesch served at the primary designer. The four islands (originally named Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta) were realized between 1965 and 1967. The islands were renamed Chaffee, Freeman, Grissom, and White to honor the astronauts lost in the Apollo space program.
Linesch and Evans, utilized an extraordinary range of plantings and water features in combination with structures designed by Goldman to mask both the visual and sound impact of the industrial sites. What they realized through this partnership was a playful reflection of Long Beach’s mid-century urban landscape located just across the bay.
Space is Limited!
Tour Location and parking information will be provided through email to ticket purchasers.
Accessibility: Because of the nature of the industrial site of the boat dock and the challenges of the boats, this tour has limited accessibility. There is no wheelchair accessibility. | $70.00 | $4.99 | |
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.jpg) Civic Center Walking Tour - -6.06 @ 10amParticipants will enjoy a brief historic slide review of Long Beach’s continuously evolving City Center since its incorporation in 1897 followed by a walking tour through the library to see a range of sustainable design strategies that contributed to LEED platinum certification. Participants will then walk through newly designed Lincoln Park and over to tour the two gleaming 11-story glass-and-steel LEED Gold Certified structures that comprise the Long Beach City Hall and Port of Long Beach Administration Building campus, completed in 2019. First District Councilwoman Mary Zendejas will lead the group through City Hall and Council chambers. Port Officials will showcase the Port Administration building. | $50.00 | $3.99 | |
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Residential Living in the Roaring Twenties #3 - 06.8 @ 3pmStep back in time to experience the lives and lifestyles of those who would call Long Beach home in the 1920s. Oil field workers, shipyard workers, filmmakers, and wealthy seasonal visitors all lived and worked side by side in the East Village of 1920s Long Beach. Join us for a rarely offered tour of the Lafayette Hotel, Campbell Building, Metropolitan Hotel, Broadlind Hotel and their interiors.
ACCESSIBILITY
While the street level parts of the tour are ADA accessible, only the Lafayette, International Building, and Campbell Buildings are ADA accessible. | $45.00 | $3.49 | |
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Select Great Homes Tour - 06.09 @ 12pmSelect Great Homes Tour – 06/9 12 – 3 pm
Experience the diverse architecture of Long Beach with a tour of some excellent examples of Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Mid-Century Modern homes.
These architectural gems will take you back to 1913 and on up to 1958.
The homes have been lovingly furnished with antique and/or period appropriate pieces, some of which are totally one of a kind.
The unique original features of the homes demonstrate the craftsmanship of bygone eras such as intricate mouldings, leaded glass windows, ornate murals, charming tiled fireplaces, and even a milk door or two.
The houses have steps and/or stairs and may not be ADA accessible. | $50.00 | $4.00 | |
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 Rancho Los Cerritos (Wed - Sun)Rancho Los Cerritos (RLC) is a 5-acre National, State, and Local Historic Landmark in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood that is operated by the Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation (non-profit organization) in a public/private partnership with the City of Long Beach. RLC includes an adobe home, historic gardens, rotating exhibitions, a research library, and archival collections. Visitors can learn about the site’s history and the lives of people who have called this land home over time. In addition to guided and self-guided tours during public hours, RLC offers bird walks, lectures, children’s activities, field trips, holiday events, programming for all ages and volunteer opportunities. The site can also be rented for private events.
For more information : www.rancholoscerritos.org. | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
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 Rancho Los Alamitos (Wed - Sun)Rancho Los Alamitos sits atop the ancestral lands of the Tongva people and their village of Puvuun'nga. During the Spanish colonial period, it was part of California's largest and earliest land concession (grant). It was later ranched by Mexican and American settlers and their workers and tenants from all over the world. Today, the Rancho explores the interaction between people and place, culture and environment, past and present, to create a greater understanding of the evolution of Southern California and its place in today's world. The site's history and the lives of its owners and occupants make it a perfect metaphor for the Southern California experience. The 7.5-acre historic resource comprises
The historic ranch house with a circa 1800 adobe home completely encapsulated within later additions over the following 130 years;
Four acres of nationally significant gardens designed by prominent early 20th-century landscape architects and horticulturists, including Olmsted Brothers, Florence Yoch, William Hertrich, Paul Howard, and Allen Chickering;
A barnyard of early 20th-century barns and farm buildings stocked with farm animals, including a working blacksmith shop;
A visitor center, a museum shop, and a research archive.
Explore Rancho Los Alamitos and its architectural history with a knowledgeable guide.
Docent-guided tours of the Ranch House are available throughout the afternoon between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Please make an advance reservation for a house tour. Gardens and barnyard are self-guided, unless a docent is requested. | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
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Cooper Arms Pin - Select Only if you're only buying pin.Please select this to purchase pin below. Unfortunately the system does not allow to sell only product, it must pair with a ticket, so if you already bought tickets and just want the pin, please add this ticket as part of your transaction. | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
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