• Long Beach Landmarks: The Queen Mary,Sally Lee

    Long Beach Landmarks: The Queen Mary

    RMS Queen Mary Great Lady of the Sea By H. K. Wilson, Illustration by Jamie Tablason     RMS Queen Mary and her sister ship, RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built by John Brown & Company for the Cunard-White Star Line. These exquisite superliners provided weekly express service between Southampton, Cher

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  • Long Beach Landmark: Temple Lofts,Sally Lee

    Long Beach Landmark: Temple Lofts

    A Portal to the City’s Swankiest Style     By H. K. Wilson     The year was 1927, and Prohibition was in full swing; Charles Lindbergh made the first solo, non-stop, trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris; Ford Motor Company unveiled the new Model A; and Warner Bros. released Al Jolson’s “T

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  • Long Beach Landmark: The Villa Riviera,Sally Lee

    Long Beach Landmark: The Villa Riviera

    The Villa Riviera The Enduring Elegance of Yesteryear     Written by H. K. Wilson, Illustration by Jamie Tablason “Seldom do ideas spring full blown from the brain that first conceives them.  Rather they are a product of development — a development which, oftentimes, expands far beyond the

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