Wrinkles in Time
Beach Cities Health District shows off its new plans for the future: Senior residences, community space, and the evolution of medical care The Beach Cities Health District’s new Healthy Living Campus Master Plan includes a Community Wellness Pavilion, which looks to fuse meeting spaces, learning spaces and activities at the health district’s heart. Image courtesy Beach Cities Health District South Bay Hospital opened in 1960 with 146 patient beds to help fill a gap in the Beach Cities, creating a central hub for acute and emergency medical care. The hospital expanded and contracted over the years, adding wings and beds before eventually cutting jobs and emergency services in the ’90s, transforming from an acute-care hospital district into the preventative care-focused Beach Cities Health District. Now BCHD is seeking another transformation, by revitalizing its aging buildings at 510 and 514 N. Prospect Ave. in Redondo into a complex that they call the “Healthy Living Campus,” a plan that almost completely re-envisions the 11 acre site as a central hub for community health, including residential care for the elderly alongside the health district’s gym, child care and community…
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