The Orange County/Long Beach Chapter of Great Outdoors presents:
OCLB - Urban Hike in Downtown Long Beach
Saturday, February 7, 2026, starting at 10:00 AM
Contact: Frederick Brown E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 562-754-1838
The information and photos were taken from GPSMyCity with images from Wikimedia and Los Angeles.
This walk is a little under 2 miles on mostly level ground. We will be meeting up in front of the Fairmont Breakers Hotel on Ocean Boulevard between Pine Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard. Paid parking is available at 180 East Ocean Boulevard for $8.75 for two hours and a maximum of $15.75 a day. Click here for a map.
After meeting up and viewing the Breakers, a luxury hotel famous for its Sky Room restaurant and bar, our next stop will be the First National Bank Building, a French Renaissance style building, now occupied by the La Opera Restaurant.
From here, we will walk to the First Congregational Church of Long Beach, an historic building with a solid fortress like feeling still fulfilling its original function.
Next, we will walk to the Willmore (condominium building) with its iconic Italian Renaissance architecture.
Leaving the Willmore, we will proceed to the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building which still features its original lobby.
Continuing on, we come to the Dr. Rowan building, He was a prominent dentist and occupied the upper floor. The Bank of Italy was on the ground floor.
Moving along we will arrive at the Lafayette, originally apartments, then a hotel and now condominiums comprised of three buildings erected in different decades. The middle original building is Spanish Baroque, the north building is Art Deco, and the final structure is Mid-Century Modern.
Nearby is the Broadlind Hotel built in the 1920s. Inside today, you can purchase food and drinks.
Our next to the last stop is the Long Beach landmark, French Gothic Style, Villa Riviera, It was Los Angeles County second tallest building for 30 years in the 20th century.
Lastly, we come to the St. Regis Apartments built in 1922 in the Renaissance Revival style with Ocean Views from many of its condominiums is still popular.
Following is a view of the route that we will follow on this walk.
Bring comfortable walking shoes, sun screen, sun glasses and a liter of water.
Trip Leader: Frederick Brown. Email: [email protected]. Phone: 562-754-1838
