Bluff Park

Bluff Park is a small, upscale neighborhood in Long Beach, California, United States. There is a bluff along much of the beach in Long Beach, and on one stretch, there is the narrow Bluff Park from which the neighborhood gets its name.

Bluff Park
Neighborhood of Long Beach
The neighborhoods of Bluff Park and Bluff Heights in Long Beach, California, looking to the southwest. Bluff Park is in the middle portion of the image near the shoreline, with Bluff Heights in the lower part of the image.
The neighborhoods of Bluff Park and Bluff Heights in Long Beach, California, looking to the southwest. Bluff Park is in the middle portion of the image near the shoreline, with Bluff Heights in the lower part of the image.
Bluff Park is located in Long Beach, California
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Bluff Park
Bluff Park is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
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Bluff Park is located in southern California
Bluff Park
Bluff Park
Bluff Park is located in California
Bluff Park
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Bluff Park is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 33°45′49.45″N 118°9′31.74″W
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
City Long Beach

Bluff Park is the location of the Long Beach Museum of Art, as well as many older, well-maintained homes. There is also a Buddhist monastery that once was a Roman Catholic convent.

The boundaries for the Bluff Park Historic District (founded in 1982) are defined as Ocean Boulevard on the south, Junipero Avenue of the west, a jagged line between 2nd St. and Broadway on the north, and Loma Avenue on the east. The community of Belmont Heights is to the east of Bluff Park, the community of Bluff Heights is to the north, and the community of Alamitos Beach is to the west.

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Bluff Park, and the Shoreline Pedestrian Bikepath and Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier

Bluff Park is a 25.8-acre (104,000 m2) park located between Ocean Blvd. and a tall bluff above the large sandy beach in the area. It is frequented by joggers, strollers, and dog walkers. Hobbyists with radio-controlled gliders like to use the natural updrafts of the bluff for their model planes. There is a replica of the Lone Sailor Statue in the park in honor of Long Beach's Naval heritage.[1]

Historic buildings and homes

The historic district includes a variety of architectural styles, including Greene and Greene, American Craftsman, California Bungalow, Spanish Revival, Prairie Style, American Colonial Revival, Tudor and Mediterranean from the early 1900s.

See also

References
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  2. "Long Beach Art Museum". BeachCalifornia.com. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
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  6. "Palos Verdes Peninsula News — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. 23 February 1961.
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  8. Grobaty, Tim. "Longtime owner of La Villa de la Luna in Bluff Park puts 'his baby' on the market for $4M • Long Beach Post News". lbpost.com.
  9. Edwards, Andrew (1 October 2013). "Long Beach: 100-year-old historic house on the market". Press Telegram.
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  11. Grobaty, Tim. "This nearly century-old home in Bluff Park is on the market for the first time, listed at $3 million • Long Beach Post News". lbpost.com.
  12. "'Casa Oceana' Beachfront Estate In Long Beach Now For Sale". Long Beach, CA Patch. 8 August 2019.
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