Here's today's Julius Shulman post. It's
"Job 3259: Hugh Gibbs, Armed Services Young Men's Christian Association (Long Beach, Calif.), 1961".
A closer view of the entrance.
The other end of the building looked like this.
I left out an image looking across this area from the entrance on the right.
This shot shows three pool tables. I'm not sure what else occupied their time.
All from
Getty Research Institute
The 1962 Long Beach CD mentions the
"Navy Landing and Armed Services-Y.M.C.A.--Located at the foot of Magnolia Street." and describes
"The Armed Services Y.M.C.A., a recently completed $1,000,000-project, [which] provides recreation facilities for members of the armed Forces.". It lists the address as 520 W Seaside Boulevard. By 1969, the address changes to 101 S Magnolia Avenue. That address and (what I think is) the building above both appear on this 1960s matchbook.
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Despite having two addresses, I can't see the building on Historic Aerials, and it doesn't seem to have survived (please prove me wrong). Maybe there's a recognizable building in this enlarged detail from the first image. A couple of rooftop signs are partially visible. Does anyone have memories of this establishment?
