Editing Long Beach, California (section)

===Retail===
[[Los Altos Center]] is the only mall anchored by major department stores within city limits, while [[Lakewood Center]] mall is adjacent to Long Beach. Until the 1950s, Long Beach was the major retail hub between Los Angeles and Santa Ana. [[Buffum's]], [[Fifth Street Store|Walker's]] and [[Robert's]] all had their flagship stores in the city.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/19087405/ "Economic health of downtown", ''Independent Press-Telegram'' (Long Beach, California) 21 Apr 1974, p.10]</ref> Later the [[Long Beach Plaza]] and [[Marina Pacifica]] malls were built, since repurposed as [[retail power center]]s. The largest shopping center within the city is the [[Long Beach Towne Center]], a power center opened in 1999 on the site of the Long Beach Naval Hospital. The Pike Outlets and 2nd & PCH are new retail centers.