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Attractions of the site in 1976 included "harbor cruises, helicopter rides, a puppet theater, sky tower, pirate ship, and unusual restaurants." [12] Annual events held at Ports O' Call included "LA Woody car show in May, The Taste in San Pedro in August, and Lobster Fest in October". [13] As of 1989 it attracted 1.1 million visitors annually. [14]
West Harbor is a food hall and waterfront park under construction in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, facing Terminal Island and the Port of Los Angeles.Originally designated the San Pedro Public Market, the development is being built on 42 acres (17 ha) on the former site of Ports O' Call Village.
Location of Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California ... and the restaurant Bottega Louie sits on the 1st floor. 34: ... 301-369 First and 106-120 San Pedro Sts.
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.
In 1846, José Dolores Sepúlveda and José Loreto received a Mexican land grant from Alta California Governor Pío Pico for a parcel from the huge original 1784 Spanish land grant of Rancho San Pedro to Manuel Dominguez. [8] It was named Rancho de los Palos Verdes, or "ranch of the green trees", which was used primarily as a cattle ranch. [9]
1894 map of San Pedro and Palos Verdes Peninsula; White Point is the headland just to the left (west) of Point Fermin Japanese abalone camp at White Point, California (Popular Science magazine photo published 1913) Illustrations of resort at White Point by cartoonist Robert Day (Los Angeles Times, August 26, 1923)
The first section of the San Pedro Breakwater was constructed between 1899 and 1911 at San Pedro. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1930 authorized further construction. [13] The middle breakwater began construction in 1932. [13] The 2.5-mile eastern breakwater, also known as the Long Beach Breakwater, was constructed between 1941 and 1949. [13] [14]
Its southwest terminus is nearly due north of where Los Angeles' Western Avenue transitions into Los Feliz Boulevard. The California State Legislature has legally designated the segment of Western Avenue from 25th Street in San Pedro north to the San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405) in Torrance as California State Route 213.