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Gary Metzker
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min
Long Beach Neighborhood Names Immortalize their Founders (continued)
Park Estates
Boundaries: Pacific Coast Highway and Clark Avenue, Atherton Street and Bellflower Boulevard Tract 14673 was initially laid out for single-family homes along Anaheim Road, but a deal was made between Lloyd Whaley and the brand new Los Angeles-Orange County State College in early 1949 that turned the focus on building mostly apartments instead. Though the new college campus was to be developed on land donated by the Bixby-Bryant family east of Bellflower Boulevar
Nick LaRoque
- Dec 2, 2017
- 1 min
Lighting of the Letter at Whaley Park
Our Publisher John Grossi goes a little crazy trying to read the holiday message around Whaley Park. Don't miss the lighting of the letters Sunday December 3rd, 2017! #908 #whaleypark #michelek #funny #video #xmas #christmas #holidayspirit #holidays #holiday #lightingoftheletters #community #neighborhood
Emily Ayers & Jennifer Newton
- Nov 3, 2017
- 5 min
Building Neighborhoods Into Communities Through Libraries
Lloyd Whaley’s Los Altos Neighborhood Library
5614 E. Britton Dr, Long Beach, CA 90815
Lloyd Whaley had a vision. It was much larger than a massive master-planned community aimed at expanding Long Beach to the east. It was about creating a place for families to come together, neighbors to converse and the residents of Los Altos to grow roots. Lloyd knew that community didn’t just come in a housing tract. It came from the gathering centers within it. So he made sure that hi
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