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Commemorating Long Beach's Centennial With Personalized Bricks

The bricks will be placed outside City Hall in Kennedy Plaza.

To commemorate its 100th anniversary, the city of Long Beach is letting people have bricks personalized in Kennedy Plaza.
To commemorate its 100th anniversary, the city of Long Beach is letting people have bricks personalized in Kennedy Plaza. (Google Maps)

LONG BEACH, NY — To celebrate Long Beach's 100th anniversary, the city is bringing back its brick program.

Reserving a personalized brick will give it a permanent spot in Kennedy Plaza at City Hall. The brick can have a message, including the name or organization, a loved one or it can mark a special occasion.

The city also did the personalized bricks for the city's 75th anniversary in 1997.

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The first batch of bricks will be installed in June in time for the city's centennial event. A 4" x 8" brick customizable with three lines of text (up to 20 characters per line with spaces) is $100.

You can add a special logo or icon for an extra $25.

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