last night I had the pleasure of sitting in on a 1040AM WGBB radio broadcast which does a Long Beach segment every Tuesday between 8 & 9pm. I got to meet a bunch of great people including Halftime Howie (the host), the Long Beach Lady Hockey Maven & Dave Roochvarg – co-author of the the [...]
Posts under ‘Long Beach History’
Long Beach (Images of America Series)
Part of the Images of America Series, the Long Beach edition is now available at a book store near you. Unless your local book store closed down. In that case, buy it online.
From Amazon.com:
Product Description
In 1906, Sen. William H. Reynolds purchased an abandoned barrier island along the south shore of Long Island and vowed [...]
The Future of Long Beach: Part 1 – Historical Proposal
Here is the Village of Northport’s historical Proposal – which states:
(The) preservation of the Village’s heritage and character by establishing a policy which will protect and enhance historic buildings in the Village will enhance the cultural, educational, economic and general welfare of the public, and ensure the harmonious, orderly and efficient growth and development of [...]
Historic Site: London Planetree (circa 1881)
There are a bunch of historic sites scattered all over Long Beach. Every once in a while I will post one of them. The Long Beach Historical & Preservation Society dedicated this London Planetree as being of historical significance on June 11th, 2000. This tree can be found on the southeast corner of E. [...]
The official Long Beach flower
Did you know that the hydrangea is the official Long Beach flower? Neither did I, but according to longbeachhistory.org it is! That’s good news to me; my house [...]
Woody Allen’s Crimes And Misdemeanors
Heshy, a fellow local, just filled me in on another movie that was filmed in Long Beach which IMDB.com must of missed:
Woody Allen’s “Crimes And Misdemeanors“
Heshy adds: “which has a scene where Martin Landau and Anjelica Huston are walking on a beach that could only be LB’s.”
Add that to the list in my previous [...]
Movies & TV Shows that were filmed in Long Beach
This is according to the Internet Movie database (IMDB.com):
Titles with locations including
Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA Here are the 10 matching titles:
“Royal Pains” (2009) TV Series 8.1/10 (833 votes)
Anatomy of a Fight (2003) 6.7/10 (32 votes)
Beach Tennis USA: 2007 National Championship (2007) (TV)
Explanation (1985)
Face 2 Face (2005)
Killing Time (1995/I)
Me and the Moilsies (2001)
Strange [...]
It happened here in Long Beach…. Joan Jett
Long Beach resident and renowned rock star Joan Jett filmed a music video on the boardwalk last year for her song “Change the World.”
Here is Joan Jett shredding her axe on Franklin Blvd at the boardwalk entrance, although the Cadillac she’s leaning on tames the whole rock star image. This photo was borrowed [...]
