The East Village Studio Apartment By JPDA Architects

East Village Arts District is also the name the eastern half Downtown Long Beach, California. The borders are Ocean Blvd. to the south, Long Beach Blvd. to the west, 7th Street to the north, and Alamitos Avenue to the east. In 2007, the border the East Village was expanded north to 10th Street.
The East Village is a mix many different housing types, including high-rise condos, artist lts and small craftsman cottages, as well as people many different cultures, income levels, and pressions. The neighborhood has many independent stores selling everything from designer denim and specialty sneakers to used books and mid-century furniture. There are cfee shops which serve food, and restaurants featuring everything from crepes and sushi to chicken n' waffles. The East Village is also the city's arts district, with most the independent shops, restaurants and galleries exhibiting work by Long Beach and Southern Californian artists.
Besides the regular bus services going to other parts Long Beach, Long Beach Transit has a free Village Tour D'art going through the East Village that stops at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center and the Long Beach Sports Arena (which has one Wyland's Whaling Walls), the 1926 Art Deco Breakers Hotel, the Museum Latin American Art, the Oceanic Art Museum and gallery, several local historical churches, the City Place and Long Beach Promenade shopping centers, and the restaurants and shops on Pine Avenue in the West Village.
The East Village Arts District is home to the Second Saturday Art Walk every month, featuring art receptions and special events in the shop and galleries the District. The District is home to Tour des Artistes, an annual street festival event in June which features visual artists in every discipline, as well as performing artists ranging from singer-songwriters to Shakespeare.