This unique neighborhood is a fantastic destination for tourists in addition to being a thriving cultural part of Long Beach-the home to many fine artists, musicians, surfers, writers and other Bohemians.
At any given time this colorful neighborhood sports punks, rockabilly gals, salty old sea characters, multi-cultural families and other alt culture types. Plus plenty of regular folks attracted to the vibrant energy pulsing through the streets and byways.
The stores whose unique items we will feature are owned and operated by local independent business people whose collective experience in selecting items for their shops makes this a must for the serious and casual shopper.Long Beach is of course one of the largest ports on the West Coast and over the course of the last 200 years has been fortunate to receive a treasure trove of amazing cargo. The fruits of this haul are continuing to be unearthed by our shop owners and indeed items available here are truly not available anywhere else on the planet.Hollywood figures into this as well-Long Beach was and continues to be a vital part of the movie industry and a great many historical items of interest to fans of film are to be found in the local area.Did we mention we also have one of the best climates in the world?
Also we'd like to mention this isn't Melrose Avenue-you can easily park and its a delightful walk from shop to shop, cafe to cafe and so forth.
,We welcome you to Retro Row and look forward to meeting you in our businesses.
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