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Real Estate & Homes in Long Beach - California - Long Beach, California homes and communites Long Beach
Long Beach Background Long Beach began as a seaside resort featuring one of the West Coast's most famous amusement parks, The Pike, which operated from 1902 to 1979. When the Signal Hill oil field was discovered in 1921, Long Beach developed into a port and naval shipyard. Today, the Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States. Long Beach Harbor was the site of the first and only flight of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, the world's largest airplane. The plane was displayed in Long Beach until 1992, when it was moved to its present home in McMinnville, Oregon. Although the Goose is gone, the Queen Mary remains to draw visitors to Long Beach. When the world's largest luxury liner retired in 1967, it sailed into Long Beach, where it remains a permanent fixture. Long Beach Fast FactsLocation: Long Beach is located between Redondo Beach and Huntington Beach, about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles*Total area: 65.87 square miles (50.44 square miles land area; 15.43 square miles water area) *Population: 461,522 *Housing units: 171,632 Average annual rainfall: 12.94 inches Average temperatures: 75ºF in summer, 57ºF in winter *Information provided by 2000 Census Where is Long Beach?
Photos of Long Beach
Above Left: City View of Long Beach from the water at dusk.
Above Left: Downtown Long Beach is full of cultural shops, dining and night life attractions.
Above Left: Long Beacg has miles of clean sandy beaches for swimming and a variety of other activities.
Above Left: The Queen Mary, Long Beach's most famous resident, is a popular tourist attraction.
Above Left: Long Beach offers high-rise style luxury condos.
Above Left: Walkways are scattered along Long Beach's Bay shoreline.
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