EYE ON YOU: ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATUE When they built the new City Hall in the mid-1970s, this was supposed to be a redo of the old Lincoln Park, but the new place didn’t come out so well—perhaps because the city didn’t ask Mr. Lincoln. It feels oddly disjointed—and Lincoln relocated seems strangely out-of-place in a little park with a little Japanese garden and a lot of homeless people. Yet watching them sleep peacefully in the shadow of the “Riot In Cellblock 9”-style Main Library somehow renews your faith in humanity—and the 16th president. 101 Pacific Ave | Long Beach 90822 // THEO DOUGLAS

GREAT GREENS: ALL SOULS CEMETERY Sunnyside, with its vintage gravestones, is the city’s most picturesque cemetery. But All Souls has beautiful Spanish-style architecture—and the vast, green, sweep of lawn your eyes yearn for. 4400 Cherry Ave | Long Beach 90807 | 562.424.8601 // TD

NEVER-NEVER LAND: ALPHA CULT Part art gallery and all toy store for adults, Alpha Cult sells the vinyl action figures that will be tomorrow’s collectibles—and shows art by the graffiti and pop surrealist artists who might be huge in five years. 408 E First St | Ste 102 | Long Beach 90802 | 562.432.9144 | alphacult.com // TD

ARCHITECT: EDWARD KILLINGSWORTH The city’s other midcentury architect after Cliff May, the late Killingsworth designed much of the Cal State Long Beach campus—and two exquisite glass-walled 1950s homes in Naples: the Opdahl House, and Case Study House #25, as part of Arts & Architecture’s Case Study program. Plus, he had offices on Long Beach Boulevard. This is the guy. // TD

LAWN ORNAMENT: GIANT BUNNY Jane Galloway’s 7.5-ft tall porcelain bunny rabbit that resides at 3110 East Third Street. He is unnamed and perpetually haunted by the barking of three ankle-height dogs with cone-collars! // JENNY STOCKDALE

GREAT LINES: LONG BEACH AIRPORT This place is a traveler’s dream—convenient parking, reduced terrorist threat, short ticket window lines. But what’s usually overlooked is its stunning architectural lines. It’s a marvel of Streamline Moderne design, all clean and simple against the hulking planes. Add WPA-commissioned art and it’s no wonder the airport appears in the movies—it’s a scene-stealing extra. 4100 Donald Douglas Dr | Long Beach 90808 | 562.988.3255 // MILES CLEMENTS

BRUTAL: LONG BEACH CITY HALL COMPLEX What can we say about this place that hasn’t already been said about Folsom prison? It’s a great example of 1960s Brutalism, a concrete pillbox that came 10 years late to the party—and until they tear it down for crimes against humanity, we’ll have that strange fascination with it that some people have for Triumph of the Will. In a good way! 101 Pacific Ave | Long Beach 90802 // TD

NICE HOUSE: LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART The prettiest place to see art in Long Beach—and maybe the city’s most beautiful place to spend the afternoon. There just isn’t a lot of great art, unless you consider the view of tankers in the Pacific to be a form of art—which in a way, it is. Still—needs more art. Long Beach Museum of Art | 2300 E Ocean Blvd | Long Beach 90803 | 562.439.2119 | lbma.org // TD

MIDCENTURY HOUSING: PARK ESTATES This area of costly midcentury homes bordered by Pacific Coast Highway, Clark Avenue, and Bellflower Boulevard was the brainchild of home developer Lloyd Whaley (namesake of Whaley Park). Whaley actually lived in the first house built here—designed by famous architect Paul Revere Williams—but it was soon joined by others in the A-frame, rock-roofed, color-splotched style. Even the apartment buildings here are chock full of windows and elegant cinderblock privacy walls. After Whaley’s time, former Press-Telegram publisher Dan Ridder and wife Frani bought his house and lived there—but maybe we should save that for the Halloween issue. East of Pacific Coast Hwy along Anaheim Rd // TD

BIG SHOTS: SUN DECK ART GALLERY This whitewashed space seems anachronistic on the Queen Mary, which was launched before art was invented. Kidding! Actually, it really takes the edge off watching the hotel concierge having to slam the balky elevator door shut for you. Past excellent photography shows have included rock & roll frames by Michael Childers, and an exhibit of George Hurrell prints. 1126 Queens Hwy | Long Beach 90802 | 562.435.3511 | queenmary.com // TD

NUMBER ONE: UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM Consistently shows some of the most challenging, fascinating exhibits anywhere in the city. Recent high points were its student show, an exhibit of abstracts that featured some amazing Lee Krasner pieces, and an unsettling Thomas Woodruff show that would have been outlandishly astonishing at LBMA. Here, it was just another great show. 1250 Bellflower Blvd | Long Beach 90840 | 562.985.5761 | csulb.edu/org/uam/ // TD

HOME TOUR: VIRGINIA COUNTRY CLUB Houses here are among the most expensive in the city, but you get a great hidden location and fine architecture courtesy of Paul Revere Williams and others: everything from Spanish-style to Tudor to midcentury modern. Hipster bonus: Long Gone John lived here before he bought a treehouse in Seattle. South of San Antonio Dr and west of Long Beach Blvd // TD

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