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Bixby Knolls, Long Beach

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Bixby Knolls has an active local community. The Helen Borgers Theater, home to the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, and the Historical Society of Long Beach, are housed on Atlantic Avenue, just north of Carson Street. On the west side of the neighborhood, adjacent to the Los Angeles River, is the
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The majority of the homes in the area were custom-built between 1920 and 1940, providing a variety of home architecture. Small shops and restaurants dot a strip of Atlantic Avenue south of San Antonio and north of the 405 Freeway, as well as on the streets surrounding this main thoroughfare. The
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department store had its flagship store in Bixby Knolls at 4450 Atlantic Avenue. It opened in December 1967 and was 52,000 sq. ft. in size. closed in 1994, and sat empty for 15 years. It was razed only in 2009, to make way for a new
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The Bixby Knolls Park is in the area. Other parks include Los Cerritos Park in the Los Cerritos neighborhood and Somerset Park in the Bixby Terrace neighborhood.
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Bixby Knolls area public schools include Longfellow Elementary School, Los Cerritos Elementary School, Burroughs Elementary School. and
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are the main north-south arteries through the neighborhood. The neighborhood includes the
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neighborhood is also served by several nearby grocery stores and shopping centers.
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Neighborhood of Long Beach in Los Angeles, California, United States
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on the southwest. Its approximate boundaries are the
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Lloyd's of Long Beach, 4141 Atlantic Ave., c. 1930-45
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La Linda Drive looking North West from the entrance.
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