The organization will conduct an East Village walking tour on Saturday, Oct. 8. The East Village is home to several of the earliest “own your own” residential high-rises catering to elegant resort living built after World War I and the discovery of oil in the region, according to Long Beach Heritage. Victorian cottages, from as early as 1905, nestle between Art Deco and Italian Renaissance commercial buildings.
“Today’s East Village residents enjoy charming boutiques, restaurants and cafes on streets lined with spectacular art and architecture,” according to the nonprofit. “Tour highlights include the Broadlin Hotel, Cooper Arms, Lafayette Complex, Artaban and the Royal Hotel.”
The two-hour tour begins at 9:30am in front of Modica’s restaurant at Ocean Boulevard and Linden Avenue.
On Saturday, Oct. 15, Long Beach Heritage will host a downtown Long Beach walking tour from 9:30am to noon.
Attendees should meet at the WPA mural at 3rd Street and the Promenade.
A few of the buildings included on the tour are the WPA mural recreation, the Insurance Exchange Building, The Breakers, The Wilmore Building, Farmers & Merchants Bank, First National Bank and the Security Bank Building.
Long Beach Heritage will also host a walking tour of historic Willmore City on Saturday, Oct. 22.
[aesop_image imgwidth=”200px” img=”http://www.signaltribunenewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-30-at-4.55.50-PM.png” align=”right” lightbox=”on” caption=”The WPA mural downtown will be highlighted during the Oct. 15 Long Beach Heritage walking tour. ” captionposition=”right”] “Home to the impressive Victorian Queen Anne Bembridge House and numerous smaller examples of this style, Willmore City was the first residential development in Long Beach,” according to Long Beach Heritage. “Started in 1881 from a subdivision of Rancho Los Cerritos, Willmore City contains Drake Park, named after Colonel Charles Rivers Drake, who was developer of the Pike amusement complex and the Knoll Park housing development.”
This tour is designed as an educational introduction to a cross-section of early 20th century Long Beach residential architecture.
There are numerous examples of variations on the Victorian style as well as turn-of-the-century transitional homes and the first modern architecture— the Craftsman.
A few of the 1920s revival styles, such as the Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial and Tudor, are also found in the area.
Attendees should meet at the Bembridge House, 953 Park Circle (on the west end of 10th Street).
Tickets for each tour are $10 and can be purchased through Paypal at lbheritage.com. Tickets will be held in will call and distributed at the meeting sites.
For additional information, call (562) 493-7019 or visit lbheritage.org.
Source: LB Heritage
