A view of the Rainbow Bridge from the front plaza of the Convention Center in Long Beach, California. Personal archives, February 2024.
Back in February 2024 I had to make a consultation for some plans at the Planning Department of the City of Long Beach, CA, and I decided to take some time off to walk around the shoreline and take interesting pictures of the bridges, including the Brutalist structure at the end of the old bridge.
It was a great decision, since it allowed me to "discover" the Rainbow Bridge -designed by SPF Architects- at the Long Beach Convention Center, in which I've noticed all the lighting inside the organic structure but I did not have the pleasure to see them turned on.
The link below has some videos and pictures of how it looks (so colorful) at night.
For technical information please read from Archdaily.com:
So, I was focused on the landscape design on the side and along the bridge. It is a beautiful landscape, full of native species and roses as well, which were not in bloom yet, as it was late Winter.
See there are some "benches" of rounded stones.
I'm sharing here some photos of my walk through, all of them from my personal archives, February 2024.
The front facade of the Long Beach Convention Center on the left.
A "bench" on my way.
The organic structure and the multiple lighting.
The Organicism of the Rainbow Bridge as seen from below.
On the right side, there are some restaurants.
The end of the bridge while arriving at the Terrace Plaza. Except for the fountain, the landscape at the Terrace Plaza looks old and without any improvement. The square planters look pretty dull. It's like the great design of the bridge has not been fully integrated to the plaza.
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