Sidewalk Splendor

Many of the businesses on Park Avenue do a great job of maintaining the sidewalks in front of their establishments. Quite a few of them keep planters on the street to dress things up. Unfortunately, not everyone follows their lead. Nu-Clear Cleaners, in particular, is an affront to all who enter Long Beach through our main north-south artery. They operate a virtual billboard of advertisements that dominates the corner of our largest and busiest intersection, with nary a tree or flower in site.Welcome to town! Let us box store your winter quilt! 

Nu-clear Cleaners need only look across the street to Pier One or the Mobil station for examples of how to do it right. Both of those businesses do an excellent job of maintaining an appealing facade that contributes to Long Beach's image as the thriving community that it is, without detracting in any way from their visibility or accessibility to customers. The Long Beach movie theater, too, is a model Nu-clear would do well to emulate.


I can't claim personal knowledge of the city code that governs maintenance of the streetscape in Long Beach.  But it would be a great thing if we undertook to extend the tree lined curbs such as between Edwards and National Blvds. to the east and west limits of town. And it would be wonderful as well to enforce an ordinance prohibiting storefronts from using their windows as billboards.

Nu-clear Cleaners, it's time to clean up your act.