Downtown Scene

It’s official: Long Beach, including several parts of DTLB, will be part of the official bid of Los Angeles as it vies to score to be the host of 2024 Summer Olympics. According to an announcement from Mayor Robert Garcia, sites that LA2024 are including in its bid...

Anyone in the startup field knows of the infamous “Death Valley Curve”—and for those fearful of navigating it or worried about its implications, it will be the center of topic for the inaugural Molina Entrepreneurship Series on September 22, a four-part forum...

In 2002, an American economics professor decided to open a club in the far-flung district of Beijing with one goal in mind: reignite China’s music scene with sophisticated bands exemplifying strong songwriting, musicianship—all the while trying to avoid easy...

Make no mistake about it: housing is a complex but extremely important issue, one where rising rents and fears of gentrification are paired with the desire to move forward and become a destination city—which is precisely why Mayor Robert Garcia will be kicking off his...

It turns out the New York Post is discovering what so many of us have known since we stepped foot onto the grand shores of Long Beach: it is one of the best places to live. After already having recognized Beachwood BBQ & Brewing as one of the best craft breweries...

Pie, meet Chocolate. Chocolate, meet Pie. Come this Friday, September 16, DLTB’s favorite sweet shop The Pie Bar is hosting a pop-up with its future neighbor, Romeo Chocolates. From 7PM to 9PM, you can sample and purchase the artisan house of chocolate’s decadent...

Representing a community of nearly 5,000 stakeholders that spans from residents to businesses and property owners, the DLBA has largely been known as a business group of “associates”—antithetical to what it actually does. The DLBA's evolution and growth has made it a...

We’ve long loved and known of the uniqueness that is The Auld Dubliner in DTLB. Surely, while wannabe Irish pubs across the country slap on a Gaelic-sounding name on the outside of a joint slathered in flat TV screens, some wood panels, and mediocre grub, the Auld Dub...

Shortly after music guru and artist Pharrell Williams announced his decision to head Complex Magazine’s inaugural two-day ComplexCon, speculation as to who he would bring was high. After all, he promised it would be "the hottest ticket of the year.” Mr. Williams has...

The poke revolution continues, food lovers of Long Beach, as DTLB becomes home to a second poke joint, this one called Poki Star and located in the Pacific Court next to Johnny Rockets and Donburi on Pine. Shortly after opening its homestead location in Huntington...

What can we say? We're both proud and blushing. The International Downtown Association (IDA) recognized The Loop in DTLB today at its annual conference in Atlanta. The project was headed by the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) and has transformed a...

Harvey Milk Promenade Park isn't just a solemn place that recognizes the battles and wins and lives of the LGBTQ people—it's about to become an outdoor office if all goes as planned. The City of Long Beach is looking for innovative ways to turn an accessible the park...

When the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) renovated and expanded its offices, the organization opened its walls to artists across Long Beach in a bid to have their art featured. Now in its second year running, DLBA’s Talent Pool 2016 exhibition will opened up to...

I’m going to end where I began, something I’ve never shied away from: I’m a doer and I respect doers. Pundits can come and go as quickly as the fingers they point blame at can adjust angle but actions have a more lasting (and more risky) presence. It’s what led me to...

When you travel to a new city, how do you find your way around? When you’re in your city but within an area you don’t know, how do you find your way around? Do you look for signage, a maybe a directory or a map? These questions create the main conceptual drive behind...