As reported in the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Boeing Realty received Long Beach City Council approval for the Douglas Park development on December 14th.

Demolition of the old Douglas plant should be completed by the end of February 2005. The P-T goes on to say:

Infrastructure sewer lines, underground utility lines and related work could be installed as part of a first phase starting in July, Boeing Realty executives said. That work could last until late 2005.

Check back at wilexa.com for photo updates of the end of the demolition and beginning of the new construction.

Sorry, folks.

This site has laid dormant for too long. It's time to get things moving again!

Look for photo updates before then of the year.

Happy Holidays,
Dave

This May 18, 2004 panorama shows the siding removed from Buildings 2, 4, and 6. Visit the panorama page to see how things used to look.

Date 18 May 2004. Sizes 1467x233 (71 KB) 2934x465 (251 KB) 5868x930 (822 KB) Base Photos (not yet avail)

PacifiCenter is dead! Long live Douglas Park!

Boeing Realty has switched names (and logos) for the redevelopment of the old Douglas Aircraft factory in Long Beach, California. It had been dubbed "PacifiCenter" but is now "Douglas Park". You can read about it at the official home page http://www.douglaspark.org. They have also scaled back the housing units and otherwise modified the proposal.

Quoting from the site:

In partnership with the people and City of Long Beach, we've modified the design somewhat. We've made it more beautiful, more open, more human-scale. We've reduced the number of homes from 2,500 to 1,400. And, along the way, we've changed the name to Douglas Park - in honor of Donald Douglas and the many people who made history here.

[Editorial: This is a good thing. The new name, logo, and focus are much more inspirational than the neutral "PacifiCenter@Long Beach".]