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Bluff Heights, California
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The neighborhoods of Bluff Park and Bluff Heights in Long Beach, California, looking to the southwest. Bluff Heights is in the lower portion of this image, with Bluff Park in the middle.
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Bluff Heights is a neighborhood and historic district in Long Beach, California, composed mainly of Craftsman bungalows constructed from approximately 1910 to 1923.

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Location

Bluff Heights is bordered by Broadway on the south, 4th Street on the north, Junipero Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue on the west, and Redondo Avenue on the east.

Bluff Heights is directly north of Bluff Park and south of Rose Park South. West of Bluff Heights is Alamitos Beach and Carroll Park, to the east is Belmont Heights.

Architecture

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Coordinates: 33°46′09″N118°09′33″W / 33.7692°N 118.1592°W / 33.7692; -118.1592