Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach has become an entertainment and dining street. Shopping is close by.

Some old, some new and some "everything old is new again" -- that is downtown Long Beach, California.  You can find high rise luxury condominiums, urban lofts in revitalized buildings, commercial buildings, investment apartment buildings -- even a few Craftsman bungalows -- in the downtown area.  This part of Long Beach is experiencing a great and exciting revival.

In the same area, old office buildings and grand old hotels have now been converted to urban lofts, some with amazing views.   There is also an active nightlife in clubs along Pine Street, as well as dozens of restaurants.

Spaces for dining outdoors are common  in Long Beach because the weather is  mild for most of the year.  This cafe in  the East Village Arts District is only  3 blocks from the Pacific ocean.

To the east of Downtown, just across Long Beach Boulevard, is the East Village Arts District.  An area that is undergoing its own gentrification.  There is public art -- sculpture and murals -- at almost every corner.  To see some of the murals and art in East Village, click here.

The Long Beach Convention Center is located in an area called The Pike, where an old and now demolished amusement park stood.  It is two blocks from the end of the Metro Blue Line, an electric rail line which runs from downtown Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles.

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