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Now known as Tichenor Clinic for Children, the organization has operated in this historic building in Long Beach since 1938, fulfilling civic leader Adelaide Tichenor’s dream of opening a free clinic for children with physical disabilities.
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The Historic Long Beach Dairy and Creamery, as it is generally known, or the Pressburg Residence, as it is listed as a City of Long Beach historical landmark, is one of the oldest homes, perhaps the oldest extant structure in North Long Beach.
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The Rancho Los Alamitos historic site in Long Beach preserves a small portion of the rancho established in 1834. The property, with an 18-room adobe ranch house, gardens, ranch buildings and barnyard, was gifted by the Bixby family to the city in 1968.
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The Belmont Fire and Police substation was designed in a Renaissance Revival style and built by the firm of Wright and Gentry. The fire station, commonly known as Engine Company No. 8, remains an active station since it opened on August 1, 1929.
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A small, hexagonal building in Long Beach got a programmatic makeover in about 1932, adding a metal and glass percolator on the roof, to become the Hot Cha Café. It was renamed Koffee Pot Café, but remained a coffee shop into the 1960s.
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George’s 50’s Diner in Long Beach was opened by George and Helen Alvarez in 1996. It originally opened in 1952 as Grisinger’s Drive-In. It was designed by Googie architect Wayne McAllister, who also designed the Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank.
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From the time of its completion in 1929 through the mid-1950s, the sixteen-story Villa Riviera in Long Beach was the second-tallest building (only LA City Hall was taller), and the tallest private building, in Southern California.
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