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Tours will explore city’s colorful history tions for the tours. He felt it was time to help develop more eco-tourism on the barrier Long Beach resident Joel island. “We have the fishing and Greenberg will be partnering with the Allegria Hotel on a marine life, but other things are left unrepresented,” Greenseries of free walking tours of berg said in explaining why he the city. There will be two weekly is organizing the tours. “People have no knowledge tours. One, on Sunof what we have days, from 10 a.m. to here.” noon, will highlight The primarily points of interest educational walks west of the hotel — will feature destinawhich is at 80 W. tions that are cenBroadway — and on tral to Long Beach Wednesdays, anothculture, including er 10-to-noon tour historic mansions will head east. They in the Red Brick will begin this SunDistrict, a for mer day, and continue weekly until mid- JoEl GREENBERG speakeasy during the Prohibition, a Tour guide October. pedestrian walkway Greenberg, an to the vibrant West attorney at RivkinRadler, in Uniondale, grew up End of town, houses of worin East Rockaway and Hewlett. ship, and the city’s commercial He has lived in Long Beach district. There will also be since 2022, and was a resident stops at the Long Beach Holoof Atlantic Beach for 13 years caust Memorial, the Sept. 11 before that. Over the years he and Hurricane Sandy memorihas come to have a deep appre- als, as well as the Long Beach ciation for the “City by the Historical Society. Greenberg highlighted the Sea,” and through his love of photography, he has explored history behind some of the “just about every inch” of Long stops along the tours, with Beach, he said, which helped associations as diverse as the inform his selection of locaContinued on page 16
By AIDAN WARSHAVSKY
Correspondent
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Remembering Austin Gibbons Family members and friends of Austin Gibbons gathered to pay tribute to the lifelong Long Beach resident and surfer on Tuesday. Gibbons, 26, who drowned last month, was honored with a paddle-out off Washington Boulevard Beach. Story, additional photo, Page 2.
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