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Vicki Lawrence's House
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Vicki Lawrence (born Vicki Ann Axelrad on March 26, 1949 in Inglewood, California) is an Emmy Award-winning actress, frequent game show panelist of the 1970s and 1980s, and also an American comedian and singer, best known for her co-starring role on The Carol Burnett Show, alongside Carol Burnett, from 1967 to 1978, and as worrying matriarch, Thelma Harper, the main character on Mama's Family, beginning from 1983 to 1990, which had spun-off from The Carol Burnett Show.
She has also been credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz; Schultz being the surname of her second husband and Hollywood make-up artist, Al Schultz, to whom she has been married since November 16, 1974, and by whom she has two children, Courtney (May 3, 1975) and Garrett (July 3, 1977). -Wikipedia

Palmer Luckey's House
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Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display. With a net worth of $730M, he is ranked as 22nd on Forbes' richest entrepreneurs under 40.

Serial Killer Randy Kraft's House (former)
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This was the last home of the serial killer. He took several of his victims to his home, although it's unclear how many of them were murdered here.

Wendi McLendon-Covey's House
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The comedian and actress lives here. She is known for her role as Deputy Clementine Johnson on the Comedy Central television program "Reno 911!". She purchased the 3-bed, 2-bath, 1,720 sq ft home in August of 2000 for $276K, according to public records.

World's Skinniest House
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World's skinniest house (according to Guiness) was built in the 1930's by Nelson Rummond, who bet a friend that he could build a habitable home on the 10-foot wide lot. Currently inhabited, so it's not likely that you can look inside, but the outside is worth gawking at. [Marie Kelleher, 08/01/2004]

'Case Study House No. 25: Frank House' by Killingsworth, Brady, Smith & Assoc.
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"American Pie" movie location
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This is the house of Jim Levenstein (played by Jason Biggs).

House used in movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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House used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Red Dragon, and American Pie

Glee's William McKinley High School
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Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States.
The shows' William McKinley High School is filmed at Long Beach, CA's Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School, specifically in the locations shown in the thumb.

Spruce Goose Dome
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Buildings - Domes

West Coast Choppers
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Owned by Jesse James. Often shown on the Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage".

Queen Mary
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Queen Mary
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Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA

Sea Launch floating satellite launch site
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(No longer in GL but still visible in Local Live's Bird's Eye View.)
A converted oil drilling platform, home ported at Long Beach Harbor, at the tip of a long finger of artificial land that was once part of the Naval Shipyard, is the only dedicated civilian satellite launch site on the West Coast. Satellites are delivered to this facility, and loaded on to a special ship which, along with the launch platform, travels thousands of miles south, to an equatorial launch site in the Pacific Ocean. This unusual but operational system is a joint project of Russian, Ukranian, and Norwegian companies, and is primarily owned and operated by Boeing. Since the first test launch in 1999, several communication satellites have been sent into orbit from this platform.

Coby Bell's House
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The actor, best known for his role as Police Officer Tyrone Davis Jr on "Third Watch", lives here. He purchased the 3-bed, 2-bath, 2,398 sq ft home in February of 2002 for $568K, according to public records.

Edgington Oil Company Long Beach Refinery
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Edgington Oil Company was founded by Ralph Edgington on December 1, 1941. On December 7th, bombs were dropped on Pearl Harbor and the United States Armed Services called upon him to provide asphalt for the military's South Pacific air strips. The refinery produced 68% of the asphalt needs to the war effort in the Pacific during World War 2. After the war the refinery adapted to the needs of its customers and continues to do so to this day. Currently the list of products produced and supplied include naptha, jet fuel, diesel fuel, VGO/Gasoil, roofing and paving asphalt, and fuel oil.

'Opdahl House' by Edward Killingsworth
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Restored to its grace by musician Andreas Stevens aka Greyboy

Rao Makineni's House
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Rao Makineni co-founded the Fox Chemical Company and later co-founded Bachem, setting up laboratories in Switzerland and California.
Makineni is a major donor to Southern California arts and theatrical institutions. He and his wife donated $1,000,000 to the La Jolla Playhouse, funding a development center within the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Center where new plays are rehearsed and Opening Night celebrations are often held.
He was also a producer of the short-lived 2015 Broadway revival of Doctor Zhivago.

Russian Attack Submarine
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The Soviet designated "Project 641" Diesel Electric Attack Submarine, known to NATO as the Foxtrot Class, was one of the most successful class of submarine ever in service to the Soviet Navy. Seventy-nine Foxtrots were constructed by the Soviet Union, the second largest class of submarines ever built by them, and the b-427, code named "Scorpion", was one of their best!
Built at the Sudomekh Shipyards just outside of Leningrad, now once more called St. Petersberg, the keel for Podvodnaya Lodka (submarine) b-427 was laid down in 1972. She was completed and commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1974. At that time, "Scorpion" was fitted with all the latest developments in engines, sonar, radar and weaponry. She was indeed, "state of art" and truly the pride of the Soviet Navy's undersea fleet!
Assigned to the headquarters of the powerful Soviet Pacific Fleet based in Vladivostok and manned by a full compliment of 56 sailors, 10 midshipmen and 12 officers, "Scorpion" sailed out on its maiden voyage into the North Sea where she then turned south for her secret journey down the coast of Europe and Africa, rounding the Cape of Good Hope and then into the Indian Ocean. From there she sailed up the coast of Viet Nam, then patrolled by the US Navy, through the Sea of Japan and finally to her new home port, Vladivostok.
For the next 20 years, the missions undertaken by "Scorpion" are shrouded in secrecy and remain so to this day, still classified TOP SECRET by the new Navy of the Russian Federation. As one of the quietest submarines in the Soviet fleet, it is known that Foxtrots were extensively used for surveillance of United States Navy Battle Groups as well as electronic surveillance of all types.
Although intrusions into North American territoral waters was officially forbidden, we do know that both sides in the Cold War considered submarines as the perfect espionage tool and rumors of such incursions persist to this very day.
We also know that the Vladivostok Submarine Squadron was regularly tasked with patrol of the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean. the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean as far east as North American territorial waters. After the end of the conflict in Viet Nam, elements of the Soviet Pacific Submarine Fleet were also assigned to a new base in Viet Nam and it is likely that "Scorpion" spent some time on assignment there as well.
It is a real tribute to the submarine forces of both sides in the Cold War that dispite their dangerous proximity to each other for over 40 years, neither side actually fired a shot in anger. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the ability and need for the Russian Federation to field the worlds largest fleet of submarines vanished. In 1994, "Scorpion" was decommissioned and ended her 20 year career as a Cold War Warrior, replaced by the next generation of Russian Diesel Attack Submarines, known by NATO as the Kilo Class.
In 1995, after long and difficult negotiations, "Scorpion" was purchased by a group of private businessmen and with the help of the Russian Navy was transported to Sydney Australia for display at The National Maritime Museum and 3 years later to Long Beach California where she now proudly stands as a monument to all the brave submarine crews of all sides in the Cold War who went to sea in "Sharks of Steel" and served their countries with honor.

Island Chaffee
Stange. This island shows up in the satellite view in a different place than the map view. The map view also shows two more similar sized islands to just a bit to the north that aren't there in the satelite view.

Monster Garage
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Wyland Whale Mural - 'Planet Ocean' - Long Beach Convention Center
WW33 “Planet Ocean”
Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, California
(Largest Mural in the World / Guinness Book of World Records)
1280 Feet Long x 105 Feet High
Dedicated July 9th, 1992
By Chris Robinson, Actor

Brooks Wackerman's house
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The current drummer for the American hardcore punk band Bad Religion lives here.

Paul Goydos' House
The professional golfer lives here.

Lost & Found Filming Location
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The Spanish-style apartment house used in the 1999 comedy, "Lost & Found" starring, David Spade,Sophie Marceau and comedian Artie Lange.
Please Remember: This is a private residence, so please don't trespass
on their property and don't disturb the tenants.

Dexter Filming Location: Rita's (Dexter's girlfriend's) House
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It was the home of ´Rita Bennett´(played by Julie Benz), Dexter's girlfriend, and her two children, now is is an actual house.
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Dexter/RitasHouse.shtml

Willie McGinest's house
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The former NFL linebacker, 2x pro bowler, lives in this 3-bed, 3-bath 3692 sqft house.
McGinest purchased this house in 2017 for $1,775,000.

Guy flipping off Google
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A guy sitting in his car, flipping off the Google Street View car. Ha!

Tom Dumont's House (former)
The guitarist and producer sold this 5-bed, 3-bath, 2,884 sq ft home in August of 2008 for $1.894M, according to public records. He is a member of third wave ska band "No Doubt", and during the band's hiatus, he began "Invincible Overlord" as a side project and produced Matt Costa's "Songs We Sing". He also owns a condo in Los Angeles (CA).

Sea Launch Commander - Assembly and Command Ship
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The Assembly and Command Ship—or ACS—is an all-new, specially designed vessel that serves as a floating rocket assembly factory while in port, provides crew and customer accommodations, and also houses mission control facilities for launches at sea. The ship was built at the Govan Shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland. In the fall of 1997, the ship sailed for Russia, where special equipment for handling rocket components and for commanding and controlling launches was installed and tested. It arrived in Long Beach, Calif., on July 13, 1998, after a voyage through the Panama Canal.
The ACS is 660 feet long, approximately 106 feet wide, with a displacement of more than 34,000 tons and has a cruising range of 18,000 nautical miles. The ACS provides accommodations for up to 240 crew members, customers and VIPs—including medical facilities, dining room, recreation and entertainment facilities.
The Sea Launch platform for launching rockets used to be located here in the old Google Maps images but is not present since the most recent google database update.

Deb's beach house ("Dexter")
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This beach house is first seen as a crime scene, when Anderson phones Dexter to tell him he needs his expertise on the scene.

Woodrow Wilson High School ("Dexter")
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Dexter is stalking an old classmate whom he believes murdered his wife. So Dexter attends his high school reunion, knowing that Bob, the former captain of the football team, will show up there.

SS Cape Isabel (AKR-5062) - SS Cape Inscription (AKR-5076)
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Cape Isabel & Cape Inscription are two members of the Cape I class of Ro-Ro cargo ships in service with the Military Sealift Command as part of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). Both ships were laid down at Bath Iron Works in the mid 1970's as commercial cargo ships and served in those trades until they were both sold to MARAD in the mid 1980's and converted for US Navy use.
Both ships are maintained here at their Long Beach layberth in ROS-5 status, meaning they can be ready for deployment in 5 days or less. Both ships were activated and deployed in early 2007 and trasported cargo and vehicles for the US Army's 81st Armor Brigade to Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
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Fencing, qualifying volleyball venue for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Aquarium of the Pacific
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Long Beach Grand Prix start/finish line
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Long Beach has held races on it's city streets since 1975.

Patrick Swayze's character's home in movie Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell. The film depicts the reality-bending venture of the eponymous character as he seeks the meaning and significance of his troubling end-of-the-world visions.

Long Beach airport (LGB)
Written on the runway three times...

Carnival cruise ship 'Paradise'

True Blood location - Fangtasia
Vampire Bar from the HBO Series True Blood. Supposed to be in Shreveport, La.

Norwegian Cruise Line's 'Norwegian Star'
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Tugwell family
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Season 1, episode 9. Aired 5/2/2004.

Ameriquest Blimp
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Cisco Burger Owned By Jesse James
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Burger restaurant once owned by West Coast Chopper owner Jesse James. The bike building business was in the building next door until he sold it.

Sky writing
Direct link to historical imagery ↓ (goo.gl)

Grand Prix of Long Beach circuit
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Grand Prix of Long Beach Winner Circle
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Champagne is sprayed here after races held on a temporary street course. Long Beach has hosted an annual racing event since 1975.

Boeing 717 Factory
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Former Douglas factory, closing soon.

Airplane - Bizjet Landing at Long Beach
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El Dorado Park
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Archery Olympic 1984

Double Oil Platform off Long Beach

Boeing C-17 Production Facility
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Crossing the Long Beach Grand Prix start/finish line
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Long Beach
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Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, Dawn House
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House of the Nickelodeon show

Aircraft and Parts at Long Beach Airport
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Monster Truck
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Inge Bongo's House
Inge Bongo is the former First Lady of Gabon.
Formerly a fixture of the Los Angeles social scene, Inge claimed that her former husband, President Ali Bongo Ondimba had her kidnapped and brought back to Gabon where she was beaten and tortured. She escaped back to Los Angeles in 2008, shortly before her ex-husband assumed the presidency. She faced a difficult divorce from Ali Bongo Ondimba, who had already re-married, and she was cut off financially, forcing her to live on food stamps.
Public records indicate that Bongo is renting this Long Beach home.

Long Beach Shoreline Marina and Harbor
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Yachting venue for the olympics.

West Coast Choppers
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'Matlock House' by Richard Neutra
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California State University pyramid
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The gymnasium for the basketball and volleyball teams on the California State University, Long Beach, campus in California, United States, is an 18-story-tall blue pyramid.

'International Elementary School' by Morphosis

Dee Dee Rescher's House
The actress, known for her voice over works, lives here.

Millikan High School ("American Pie")
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Served the role of East Great Falls High.

'Honeycutt House' by Lloyd Wright
1953

Dexter Filming Location: (Dexter's Childhood home)
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This is the home where Dexter grew up with is adopted family. Now this is a private home.

Blue whale model at Aquarium of the Pacific
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale

'Penn/Crowell House' by Raymond Kappe
A local favorite by the founder of SCI-ARC

Half of a ship?
Not sure what this is. Did it get cut in half pricessing the images?
MOD: Gone now

Long Beach Harbor Lighthouse

Piaggio P-136 Amphibian at Long Beach
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'Alexander Residence' by John Lautner

'OOCL' Orient Overseas Container Line
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One World Trade Center (Long Beach)
One World Trade Center is a 30 story office building located in Long Beach, California. The building was completed in 1989 and is 397 feet (121 meters) high, making it the tallest building in Long Beach.

C-17 test stands
At Boeing plant. This plant is now making the Boeing 717. You can clearly see the C-17 to the left but there is another plane under the scafolding to the right.

'Evergreen' Evergreen Marine Corporation
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Michelle's House ("American Pie")

Terrace Theater
Final fencing venue for the olympics.

'Window Wall for Cal Satte Long Beach' by Robert Irwin
1975

Parkers' Lighthouse

Seaport Marina Hotel (Dexter Filming Location: Season 1, Episode 10- "Seeing Red")
The location: Paul Bennett's motel
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Dexter/PaulsMotel.shtml
Elvis Presley stayed at this motel back in 1972, back when the hotel was known as the Edgewater Hyatt House, and Elvis was performing two concerts at the Long Beach Arena.

'APL' American President Lines Ltd

El Dorado Skatepark
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Alaska Airlines "Spirit of Disneyland"
One of three Disney themed Alaska Airlines jets.

Carnival's Paradise
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Panamsat Long Beach Operations Center

Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Volleyball venue for the Olympics.

C-17 Globemasters IIIs test fuselages
The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is an American strategic airlifter manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and operated by the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. It has also been selected by the Canadian Forces with a planned 2007 delivery.[3] NATO also has plans to acquire the airlifter.
The C-17 takes its name from two previous heavy lifter aircraft, the C-74 Globemaster and the C-124 Globemaster II.

'Now' by Piotr Kowalski
1965

Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge
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'Reeve House' by Greene and Greene

Police Helicopter in flight at Long Beach Airport
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'Tichenor House' by Greene and Greene
interesting location and heavily remodeled over the years.

Sanyo Blimp
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Long Beach VIP Record Store (former)
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The record store was key to the birth of West Coast rap.
It appeared in several music videos by Snoop Dogg and other rap music artists. Also the store was a hotspot for Rappers Snoop Dogg, Knoc-Turn'al, Warren G, and Nate Dogg, a.o. But the business was closed recently.

JetBlue's BetaBlue aircraft (Airbus A320-232)
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Classic Car Show at Long Beach

C-17 Globemaster III
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'Park Estates House' by Edward Killingsworth