Art that’s meant to move you
See museum-quality local art at the First Street Transit Gallery
Long Beach Transit does more than just support local art. We give artists a place to put their works on display. Since undergoing a renovation nearly a decade ago, the First Street Transit Gallery has become an iconic Long Beach landmark featuring colorful mosaic tiles, poems and quarterly installations of artwork from the community.
Visit the Gallery at the Transit Visitor & Information Center, located on 1st St. between Pine Ave. and Long Beach Blvd. in Downtown Long Beach.
DLBA Presents DTLB Unfiltered
February 2022
Each year, the DLBA puts out the call for Long Beach residents and visitors to capture their own iconic photographs of Downtown as part of the DTLB Unfiltered photo contest.
This year’s top selections showcase this dynamic neighborhood across four categories: Environment, Architecture, Skyline, and People, Places, Events. Long Beach Transit is fortunate to experience these scenes every day as we connect our community. How many do you recognize?
To view a full resolution version of each piece of art, please click on the thumbnail.
Eyad Abutaha
Marina Sunset
Category: Environment Winner
Sunset over the marina.
joan fuller
Tribute
Category: People, Places, Events Winner
Raquel pays tribute to this beautiful mural of a woman whom she resembles, through movement.
estevan segura
Window Washers
Category: Architecture Winner
Workers clean the breathtaking patterns on the 301 E Ocean Blvd building.
Larissa Peters
Installation
Category: Skyline Winner
This angle caught my attention with the up close on the details of the installation but a peak at the skyline and a steeple poking the sunset sky.
Kris Rodriguez
Urban Flower
Category: Environment in Black & White
Night photo of abstract art and shadows.
eric benson
Marina Sunrise
Category: Environment Runner-up
I wanted to capture the golden morning glow on the boats and buildings of downtown (including the new Shoreline Gateway tower).
cassidy powers
Untitled
Category: Environment Runner-up
A blending of Long Beach’s nature with its beautiful art. (Mural by Kamea Hadar.)
cassidy powers
Layers
Category: Architecture Runner-up
Layers of Long Beach. (Mural by Dina Saadi.)
celeste basich
Fall Sunsets
Category: People, Places, Events Runner-up
Fall sunsets in DTLB be lookin like.
daniel rojas
Sunset
Category: Skyline Runner-up
Skylines in sunset haze.
denise davre
International Tower
Category: Architecture Runner-up
I took reflection from some water in the parking lot across the street.
eric benson
Pike Lightshow
Category: Skyline Runner-up
I took 20 shots before I was able to capture everything in motion (the traffic in each direction on Shoreline as well as the Ferris wheel and train.)
joe rodriguez
Downtown
Category: People, Places, Events Runner-up
My photo is displaying the beauty, spirit and rebirth of downtown Long Beach, CA.
Joseph Paguio
Evening Colors
Category: Skyline Runner-up
The evening colors provide a canvas for Downtown Long Beach’s skyline.
Joseph Sarto
Downtown & Port
Category: Skyline Runner-up
I always wanted to capture the downtown skyline.
Joseph Sarto
The Commuter
Category: People, Places, Events Runner-up
Kenneth Yablonsky
Long Beach Sign
Category: Environment Runner-up
Slow shutter night shot of the Long Beach sign.
Kris Rodriguez
Nighttime
Category: People, Places, Events Honorable Mention
Night photo of abstract art and shadows.
Milena Makianich
Bay Hotel
Category: Architecture Runner-up
Shot on 35 mm film. Views from a downtown Long Beach alleyway.
Milena Makianich
Fire Escapes
Category: Architecture Runner-up
Looking up at different apartment fire escapes, lined up perfectly on the roll.
Ramona Aguerrebere
Lighthouse Spiral
Category: People, Places, Events Runner-up
I wanted an aerial perspective to show the circular winding path during golder hour.
Previous Art Installations
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