It s permanently anchored, a bit run down, beset by financial woes its best quality may be that it s reputed to be haunted, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports.
Aside from its shortcomings, many consider the Queen Mary the jewel of the city. It s not just the ship that has so many charmed, but the bounty of vacant shorefront land that surrounds it.
Thanks to a downtown development rush that s left Long Beach with little remaining space, that long-shunned chunk of property now has the development spotlight cast upon it.
A $1 billion development boom in downtown over the past few years has given the city notoriety as one of Southern California s last affordable seaside communities.
In fact, it has been suggested that you can retire Jay Hogan works on the top floor of the West Ocean Towers on Ocean Boulevard. Prime parcels of waterfront land ready for development are getting harder to come by.
Long Beach s old Iowa by the sea mantle for something like the new San Diego.
