Hi-rise condo and apartment buildings seem to pop out of the downtown Long Beach ground every other day as the building boom continues.

Owners at The Lafayette, a complex of buildings on Linden Avenue between Broadway and First Street, can only smile. Their condominiums began life 90 years ago — on Monday, Oct. 28 — as a flagship of the Hilton Hotel chain. The Lafayette was a center of Long Beach’s social life from 1929 to 1959, with four-star restaurants, basement bars, a penthouse ballroom, a wedding chapel as well as hosting Miss Universe pageant contestants.

Lafayette residents will bring those days back to life from 1 to 5 p.m. this Sunday, Oct. 27, with “It’s About Time…90th Anniversary Celebration.” The party will include tours

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