Midcentury modern Roberts Department Store meets the wrecking ball Thursday. Don Draper could not be reached for comment
Just when you thought talks to replace Bixby Knolls’ long-vacant Roberts Department Store with a brand new Marshalls might have come to a grinding halt … well, they haven’t.
Demolition begins at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Roberts, long [...]

As Bixby Knolls awaits redevelopment, residents long for a retail district that is open past 5 p.m.

PHOTO by BLAIR COHN
Bixby Knolls. Fifty years ago, referencing this tightly knit community a couple miles north of downtown Long Beach usually brought to mind a day of some high-end shopping. First stop: Robert’s Department Store, maybe for a [...]

Our first annual list of the Buildings Most Likely to Win a Date with the Wrecking Ball

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
It’s on, Long Beach: This year, you’re going down! We say this every year, and every year someone makes it happen—knocking over a few more buildings just for little old us. Thanks, mysterious stranger! Didn’t know [...]