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San Pedro serves as the southern terminus of Interstate 110, beginning at Gaffey Street heading 20 miles north to Downtown Los Angeles and beyond to Pasadena via the Arroyo Seco Parkway. California State Route 47 heads east from San Pedro across the Vincent Thomas Bridge, connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island, Wilmington, Long Beach, and beyond.
The Sunken City is the site of a natural landslide that occurred in the Point Fermin area of the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, beginning in 1929. A slump caused several beachside homes to slide into the ocean.
The city of San Pedro was in consideration of being the host of a major port in Southern California. After much deliberation, the federal government selected San Pedro. [2] Construction of the San Pedro Breakwater began in 1899 for the purpose of protecting San Pedro Bay and the new, major port. [2]
August 6: US Navy Commodore Robert F. Stockton lands Military Force in San Pedro and sets up camp near Casa de San Pedro; August 13: Stockton and Frémont rendezvous South of Los Angeles to commence the Capture of the City.
Harbor area, Los Angeles: Shoestring Annexation (Dec. 26, 1906) San Pedro Annexation (Aug. 28, 1909), Wilmington Annexation (Aug. 28, 1909) As defined by Mapping L.A. of the Los Angeles Times, the region, which includes the city of Los Angeles as well as other cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, is a 193.09-square-mile area flanked by South Los Angeles or Los Angeles County ...
Fort MacArthur Military Museum is located near Point Fermin in San Pedro. Del Cerro Park is a popular spot to hike trail at end of Crenshaw Blvd. Ryan Park is Rancho Palos Verdes's first established park in the city, overlooking a view of nearby island Santa Catalina. Park features include baseball diamond, picnic areas with barbecue, and a ...
Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people.Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile (6.7 km 2) Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro.
Banning House, also known as the General Phineas Banning Residence Museum, is a historic Greek Revival-Victorian home in the Wilmington section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1863 by Phineas Banning near the original San Pedro Bay, it remained in