Shoreline Revitalization Aims At Citizens and Tourists
A plan to develop the shoreline as a public recreation area seeks to serve residents and attract 2 percent tourism, aiming to benefit all people with improved access and amenities.
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1950
Page
2
A plan to develop the shoreline as a public recreation area seeks to serve residents and attract 2 percent tourism, aiming to benefit all people with improved access and amenities.
The city outlines an extensive eight mile shoreline plan from the Los Angeles River to the San Gabriel River. It details property ownership, new roads including Shoreline Drive, extensive parking for about 20 000 cars, a Rainbow Lagoon recreation area with an aquatic center, and multiple bathhouses and landscaped parks. The Master Plan envisions Point Cerritos and Point Alamitos development, elevated roadways, and traffic interchanges costing millions.
A City Planning Commission map outlines a beach development plan costing about 26 million dollars. It proposes a four lane highway along the beach from the Los Angeles River to the San Gabriel River, requiring frontage expansion from 200 to 600 feet in width.
The Long Beach shoreline project led by Planning Director Werner Ruditi proposes a $26,000,000 development including a four lane scenic beach highway from the Los Angeles River to the San Gabriel River, Rainbow Lagoon redevelopment, picnic and recreation areas, and parklike settings funded by tide funds and oil revenue. City Council may require voter approval. readers are invited to study Ruditi’s plan, raise objections, and suggest changes before any green light is given.
A planning commission backed program outlines a master plan of shoreline development for Long Beach. It recounts historic beach erosion from Silver Spray Pier to Rainbow Pier, the Los Angeles River sand supply, and the federal breakwater extension completed by 1946 to safeguard the strand and bluffs from wave action.
A list of numerous supermarkets and markets across cities like Cerritos Compton Santa Fe Beach and Long Beach offers many places to claim cookbooks. The ad highlights outlets including Buy-Rite Market, Penny-Mayfair, Payless Markets, Ralphs, Thriftmart, and Value-marts with street intersections and area mentions for pickup.
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