DISCOVER THE LA WATERFRONT - Port of Los … at 900 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington. 2. Saint...

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1. The Original Wienerschnitzel Restaurant 2. Saint John’s Episcopal Church 3. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church 4. Banning Residence Museum 5. Wilmington Cemetery 6. Drum Barracks Powder Magazine 7. Drum Barracks Civil War Museum 8. Banning Park Wrigley Historic District 9. Camphor Trees 10. Memory Chapel, Calvary Presbyterian Church 11. Old Wilmington Library 12. Masonic Lodge No. 198 13. Wilmington Waterfront Park 14. Banning’s Landing Community Center/ Phineas Banning Bronze Statue 15. Vincent Thomas Bridge 16. Catalina Sea and Air Terminal 17. Gateway Plaza Fanfare Fountains and Water Feature/ World Cruise Center 18. Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line 19. Multiculturalism Statue 20. USS IOWA Battleship 21. Fireboat Ralph J. Scott/Fire Station 112 22. Los Angeles Port Police Headquarters 23. Port of Los Angeles Administration Building 24. Liberty Hill 25. John S. Gibson Park Memorials 26. Downtown Harbor (Under construction) 27. Warner Grand Theater 28. Historic Downtown San Pedro 29. San Pedro City Hall 30. Los Angeles Fire Department Museum 31. Los Angeles Maritime Museum 32. Ports O’Call Village 33. Vinegar Hill Historic District 34. U.S. Post Office, San Pedro 35. Muller House Museum 36. Timm’s Point/Timms Landing 37. CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles 38. 22nd St. Park 39. Cabrillo Way Marina 40. Japanese American Fishing Village Memorial 41. Municipal Warehouse No. 1 42. Cabrillo Marina 43. S.S. Lane Victory (Victory Ship) 44. Cabrillo Fishing Pier 45. Angels Gate Lighthouse (No pedestrian access) 46. World-Famous Whale Watching Tours and Premier Sportfishing 47. Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse & Outer Cabrillo Beach 48. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Statue 49. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium & Inner Cabrillo Beach 50. Stephen M. White Statue 51. Point Fermin Lighthouse 52. Korean Bell/Angels Gate Cultural Center 53. Fort MacArthur Military Museum/Battery Osgood Farley 54. Cirque du Soleil Totem – October 11 thru November 10 DISCOVER THE LA WATERFRONT facebook.com/PortofLA twitter.com/PortofLA portoflosangeles.org/latitude

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1. The Original Wienerschnitzel Restaurant2. SaintJohn’sEpiscopalChurch3. SaintsPeterandPaulCatholicChurch4. Banning Residence Museum5. WilmingtonCemetery6. Drum Barracks Powder Magazine7. DrumBarracksCivilWarMuseum8. BanningParkWrigleyHistoricDistrict9. CamphorTrees10.MemoryChapel,CalvaryPresbyterianChurch11.OldWilmingtonLibrary12. Masonic Lodge No. 19813. Wilmington Waterfront Park14.Banning’sLandingCommunityCenter/

Phineas Banning Bronze Statue15. Vincent Thomas Bridge16.CatalinaSeaandAirTerminal17.GatewayPlazaFanfareFountainsandWaterFeature/

WorldCruiseCenter18.PortofLosAngelesWaterfrontRedCarLine19. Multiculturalism Statue20. USSIOWABattleship21.FireboatRalphJ.Scott/FireStation11222.LosAngelesPortPoliceHeadquarters23.PortofLosAngelesAdministrationBuilding24.LibertyHill25.JohnS.GibsonParkMemorials26.DowntownHarbor(Underconstruction)27. Warner Grand Theater28.HistoricDowntownSanPedro29.SanPedroCityHall30.LosAngelesFireDepartmentMuseum31.LosAngelesMaritimeMuseum32.PortsO’CallVillage33.VinegarHillHistoricDistrict34.U.S.PostOffice,SanPedro35.MullerHouseMuseum36.Timm’sPoint/TimmsLanding37.CRAFTEDatthePortofLosAngeles38.22ndSt.Park39.CabrilloWayMarina40.JapaneseAmericanFishingVillageMemorial41.MunicipalWarehouseNo.142.CabrilloMarina43.S.S.LaneVictory(VictoryShip)44.CabrilloFishingPier45.AngelsGateLighthouse(Nopedestrianaccess)46.World-FamousWhaleWatchingToursandPremierSportfishing47.CabrilloBeachBathhouse&OuterCabrilloBeach48.JuanRodriguezCabrilloStatue49.CabrilloMarineAquarium&InnerCabrilloBeach50.StephenM.WhiteStatue51.PointFerminLighthouse52.KoreanBell/AngelsGateCulturalCenter53.FortMacArthurMilitaryMuseum/BatteryOsgoodFarley54.CirqueduSoleilTotem–October11thruNovember10

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1. The Original Wienerschnitzel Restaurant Wilmingtonishometothenation’sfirstWienerschnitzelrestaurant.JohnGalardiopeneditsdoorsin1961anditisstillpreparinghotdogs.Locatedat900W.PacificCoastHighway,Wilmington.2. Saint John’s Episcopal Church MaryHollisterBanning,secondwifeofPhineasBanning,initiatedtheconstructionofSaintJohn’sEpiscopalChurchin1882.OriginallylocatedonCanalSt.,itwaslatermovedtoitspresentdaylocationin1945.Locatedat1537NeptuneAve.,Wilmington.3. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church Establishedin1865,SaintsPeterandPaulChurchisthesecondoldestparishintheArchdioceseofLosAngeles.Thepresentdaybuildingwasbuiltin1922.Locatedat515W.OppSt.,Wilmington.4. Banning Residence Museum Builtin1864,thisexquisitelyrestored23-roomGreekrevivalmansionwasoncehometoGeneralPhineasBanning,bestknownasthe“FatherofthePortofLosAngeles”.Guidedtoursexplorethemansion,schoolhouseandstagecoachbarn.Locatedat401E. “M”St.,Wilmington.5. Wilmington Cemetery This10-acrecemeterywasestablishedin1857andistheoldestmemorialparkintheharborareaandsecondoldestinLosAngeles.Locatedat605E.“O”St.,Wilmington.6. Drum Barracks Powder Magazine This20’x20’brickandstonestructurewasbuiltbytheArmyin1862duringtheCivilWartostoregunpowder.ItwasoriginallypartofCampDrum(DrumBarracks)andisoneoftworemainingoriginalstructures.Locatedat1001EubankAve.,Wilmington.7. Drum Barracks Civil War Museum ThehistoricDrumBarracksMuseumistheonlyCivilWarmuseuminSouthernCalifornia.Itishousedinthelastremainingbuildingofthemilitarypostbuiltin1862.Locatedat1052BanningBlvd.,Wilmington.8. Banning Park Wrigley Historic District LocatedintheheartofWilmington,theDistrictwasoriginallypartoftheBanningestate.In1927,itwaspurchasedbyWilliamWrigleyJr.ItfeatureshomesdevelopedinDutch,Spanish,andAmericanColonialaswellasTudorRevivalandconstructedduringthe1930sand1940s.9. Camphor Trees In1927,morethan50CamphortreeswereplantedsouthoftheBanninghousebeforetheBanningssoldthelandforsubdivisioninthe1930s.Locatedat1200blockofLakmeAve.,Wilmington.10. Memory Chapel, Calvary Presbyterian Church Builtin1870,MemoryChapelistheoldestProtestantChurchintheHarborarea.Itwasmovedtoitspresentlocationin1939.Locatedat1160N.MarineAve.,Wilmington.11. Old Wilmington Library Thelibraryopenedin1927toapopulationof15,000residents.ItservedthecommunityuntilSeptember1988.Now,itisthehomeoftheWilmingtonHistoricalSocietyandGangAlternativeProgram.Locatedat309W.OppSt.,Wilmington.12. Masonic Lodge No. 198 ThisRenaissanceRevivallodgehallisbelievedtodatebackto1882.Intheearly1920s,itwassoldandtodayitisprivatelyowned.Locatedat227AvalonBlvd.Wilmington.13. Wilmington Waterfront Park Locatedat1004“C”St.,Wilmington.14. Banning’s Landing Community Center/ Phineas Banning Bronze Statue Builtin1996andnamedafterentrepreneurPhineasBanning,this10,000square-footcommunitycenterresemblesasleekcargovessel.SculptorEugeneDaubscreatedaseven-foottallbronzestatueportrayingBanningwithhissleevesrolledupandacoilofropeslungoveroneshouldertocapturehisindustriousnature.Locatedat100E.WaterSt.,Wilmington.15. Vincent Thomas Bridge Completedin1963,theVincentThomasBridgeis6,050feetinlength.ItisthethirdlargestsuspensionbridgeinCaliforniaaftertheGoldenGateandSanFranciscoBaybridges,respectively.NamedafterAssemblymanVincentThomasofSanPedro,thisbridgeistheofficialwelcominglandmarkfortheCityofLosAngeles.16. Ferry Boat to Catalina Island SantaCatalinaIslandisonly22milesofftheSouthernCaliforniacoast,butaworldaway!17. Gateway Fanfare Fountain and Water Feature TheGatewayPlazawelcomesvisitorstotheLosAngelesWaterfrontwithadramaticchoreographeddancingwatershow,reflectingpoolandawalkingpromenade.18. Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line ThreeWaterfrontRedCarsruna1.5mileroutefrom12noon– 9p.m.FridaythroughSundayandselectweekdayswhencruiseshipsareinPort.RedCars500and501arereplicasofthePacificElectricRedCarandCar1058refurbished.The$1fareincludesall-day,unlimitedrides.19. Multiculturalism Statue DonatedbytheCityofIschia,ItalytoLosAngelesandSanPedro,theMonumenttoMulticulturalismor“MulticulturalMan”statueisasymbolofpeace,unity,andculturaldiversity.DesignedbyItalianartist,FrancescoPerilli,IdenticalStatuesaredisplayedinSouthAfrica,Bosnia,ChinaandAustralia.

20. USS IOWA Battleship Commissionedin1943,thenamesakeoftheIowaclassofbattleshipstookpartineverymajormilitaryconflictfromWorldWarIIuntilthepost-ColdWarperiodwhenitwasdecommissionedin1990.Nicknamed“TheBigStick,”the887-footlongvesselwashosttomoreU.S.presidentsthananyotherbattleshipandtheonlyonewithabathtub.ThishistoricvesselisnowamuseumoperatedbythePacificBattleshipCenterandislocatedatFirstandHarborStreetsin San Pedro.21. Fireboat Ralph J. Scott/Fire Station 112 Commissionedin1925,thisclassicfireboatservedtheL.A.FireDepartmentandPortuntil2003.Afternearly80yearsofservice;itwasreplacedbytheWarnerL.Lawrence,oneofthemostpowerfulfireboatsintheworld.www.lafdmuseum.org.LocatedatBerth85,PortofLosAngeles,SanPedro.22. Los Angeles Port Police Headquarters Foundedin1911,theLosAngelesPortPolicehaveprovidedsafetyandsecurityforthePortofLosAngelesformorethan100years.TheprimarygoalofthePortPoliceistomaintainthefreeflowofcommerceandproduceasafe,secureenvironmentthatpromotesuninterruptedPortoperations.Locatedat330CentreSt.,SanPedro.23. Port of Los Angeles Administration Building ThePortisaproprietarydepartmentoftheCityofLosAngelesandmanagesthePortunderaStateTidelandsTrust.Locatedat425S. PalosVerdesSt.,SanPedro.24. Liberty Hill In1923,theMarineTransportWorkersIndustrialUnion510calledastriketoprotestlowwages,badworkingconditions,andimprisonmentofunionactivists.Theyimmobilized90shipsinSanPedro.Deniedaccesstopublicproperty,strikersandtheirsupportersralliedhereatthesitecalled“LibertyHill.”Locatedat1005thSt.,SanPedro.25. John S. Gibson Park Memorials Thismemorialparkishometothreeimportantmemorials:theAmericanMerchantMarineVeteransMemorial;theU.S.S.LosAngelesNavalMemorialwhichfeaturestheheavycruisership’smast,twoanchorsandoneanchorchaincapstans(LACHMNo.188)andtheFishingIndustryMemorial.LocatedatHarborBlvd.andthefootof6thSt.,SanPedro.26. Downtown Harbor Duetobecompletedintimetowelcomethe2014TallShipsLAFestival.TheDowntownHarborwillprovidepublicopenspace,temporarydockingforvisitingboaters,andplazasforgatheringsandeventsonthewaterfrontpromenade.27. Warner Grand Theater DesignedbyB.MarcusPrieca,theformerarchitectforthePantagesTheaterchain,thislavishArtDecoTheateropenedinJanuary1931.The Warner Grand is the last of the three original Warner Bros. Theaters.Locatedat478W.6thSt.,SanPedro.28. Downtown Artist District

29. San Pedro City Hall Builtin1928,thisseven-storybuildinghasbothneoclassicalandbaroquearchitecturalcharacteristics.Onthe7thfloorisanoldjailthatwasnicknamed“7thHeaven.”Today,manyoftheLACityDepartmentsandthe15thDistrictCouncilOfficeoccupythebuilding.Locatedat638S.BeaconSt.,SanPedro.30. Los Angeles Fire Department Museum HousedinOldFireStation36,oneoftheoldestbuildingsstillstandinginSanPedro,thismuseumincludesLAFDapparatusandartifactsfromsomethemostfamousfiresinthispartofthecity.Locatedat630S.BeaconSt.,SanPedro.31. Los Angeles Maritime Museum (formerly Municipal Ferry Building) Completedin1941,theMunicipalFerryBuildingbeganservicetransportingpassengersandvehiclesondouble-deckerferryboatsbackandforthacrosstheMainChannel.FerryservicebecameobsoletewiththecompletionoftheVincentThomasBridgein1963.Today,itistheLosAngelesMaritimeMuseum.LocatedatBerth84atthefootof6thSt.andHarborBlvd.,SanPedro.32. Ports O’Call Village Builtin1963,PortsO’CallVillageencompasses15acresofshops,restaurantsandattractions.Infrontofthevillage’snamesakePortsO’CallRestaurantstandsaStatuemodeledafterthefamous“Fisherman”ofGloucester,Massachusetts. Freeparking.33. Vinegar Hill Historic District VinegarHill,anearlysuburbofSanPedro,isaneighborhoodoftree-linedstreetsandmodestsingle-familyhouses.Builtfrom1886through1927,thisareahousedadiverseimmigrantpopulation.ItisrumoredthatVinegarHillisnamedforalocalcottageindustryofhome-brewedsourwine.34. U.S. Post Office, San Pedro Constructedin1936asaPublicWorksAdministrationproject,thispostofficeformerlyservedasaU.S.CustomsOffice.Thebuildingshowcasesanextensiveuseofmarble,bronzeandmilkglassthatareindicativeoftheArtDecoperiod.Themailtransportationoil-on-canvasmuraldepictshowmailistransportednomattertheconditions.ThemuralisaNewDealDepressioneraworkproject–TreasuryofFineArtscategory.Locatedat839S.BeaconSt., San Pedro.

35. Muller House Museum Thistwo-storycolonialrevivalhousewasbuiltin1899byEdwardMaharandwasdonatedin1963totheSanPedroHistoricalSociety.OpeneverySundayfrom1-4p.m.Locatedat1542S.BeaconSt.,San Pedro.36. Site of Timms Point/Timms Landing In1852,GermanimmigrantAugustusW.Timms builtawharf,awarehouse,corralandotherfacilitiestoserveshippingandranstagecoachestoLosAngeles.TimmswasachiefrivalofPhineasBanningandalsostartedoneoftheworld’slargestlumbercompanies.37. CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles HousedinhistoricWarehouses9&10,hundredsofartisanssell one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods and gourmet items at this permanent,year-roundcraftsmarketplace.38. 22nd St. Park Locatedat200S.22ndSt.,SanPedro.39. Cabrillo Way Marina Locatedat2293MinerSt.,SanPedro.40. Japanese American Fishing Village Memorial Builtin2001byTerminalIslanders,Inc.,thememorialisdedicatedtotheformerresidentsoftheFishingVillageonTerminalIsland,hometohundredsofJapaneseAmericanfamilieswhowererelocatedtointernmentcampsduringWorldWarII.Locatedat1124S.SeasideAve.,SanPedro.41. Municipal Warehouse No. 1 Completedin1917,Warehouse1servedasthePort’sonlybondedwarehouse,afunctionthatwascrucialtoLosAngeles’entryintointernationaltrademarkets.Itisstillinoperationtoday.Locatedat 2500SignalSt.,Berth68,PortofLosAngeles.42. Cabrillo Marina Locatedat224WhalersWalk,SanPedro.43. S.S. Lane Victory (Victory Ship) This10,000-tonfullyoperationalWorldWarIIcargoshipisrestoredandoperatedbyanallvolunteercrewoftheU.S.MerchantMarineVeteransofWWII.Guidedtoursarebyreservationonly. www.lanevictory.org.LocatedatBerth46,PortofLosAngeles, San Pedro.44. Cabrillo Fishing Pier Locatedat3730StephenM.WhiteDr.,SanPedro.45. Angels Gate Lighthouse This historic lighthouse has marked the entrance to the Port of Los Angelessince1913.Thelighthouseisfirmlyanchoredtoaconcreteblockandbuiltofsteelreinforcedconcrete-theonlylighthouseeverbuilttothisdesign.Itistheonlylighthousetousearotatinggreenlight.In2013,AngelsGateLighthousewillcelebrateitscentennialyearofservice.LocatedontheSanPedroBreakwater–Nopedestrianaccess.46. World-Famous Whale Watching Tours.

47. Cabrillo Beach Bathhouse This1932Mediterranean-stylestructurewasthelastofthebathhousesbuiltinSouthernCalifornia,anditwasattheendoftheRedCarline,whichranfromLosAngelestoSanPedrothenouttoPointFermin.Locatedat3720StephenM.WhiteDr.,SanPedro.48. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Statue In1542,JuanRodriguezCabrillowasthefamousexplorerwhofirstsawandoriginallynamedthisnaturalharborBahia de los Fumos,orBayofSmokeswhenthiscoastlinewaslittlemorethanaswampymarshland.ThisFederalArtProjectwascompletedin1936undertheNewDealDepressionEraWorkProjects.LocatedatOliverVickeryCircleWay,SanPedro.49. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Locatedat3720StephenM.WhiteDr.,SanPedro.50. Stephen M. White Statue U.S.SenatorStephenM.WhitepushedforfederalsupportofthePortofLosAngelesatSanPedroBay.SomesaythatPhineasBanningmayhavebeenthefatherofthePortbutStephenM.Whitewascertainlyitssavior.ArtistDouglasTilden.LocatedinthetrafficcircleattheCabrilloBeachParkentrancegateSanPedro.51. Point Fermin Lighthouse Builtin1874,outofCaliforniaRedwood,itservedfornearly100yearsaidingshipsintoportsafely.ThisgracefulVictorianstylebuilding,nowmuseum,issurroundedbycolorfulgardens.ItisoneoftheoldestlighthousesontheWestCoast.Toursareavailable.Locatedat805PaseoDelMar,SanPedro.52. Korean Bell/Angels Gate Cultural Center Thisintricatelydecorated,18-tonbellandpavilionweredonatedbytheSouthKoreangovernmentin1976incommemorationofourcountry’sBicentennial.LocatedatAngelsGateParkon37thSt.andGaffeySt.,SanPedro.53. Fort MacArthur Military Museum/ Battery Osgood Farley From1916to1945,thiswastheUpperReservationofFortMacArthur,andoperationpostfordefenseoftheharboragainstenemyattackfromsea.Themuseumfeaturesphotos,drawings,exhibitsandmemorabiliafrom1920throughWorldWarII.Locatedat3601S.GaffeySt.,SanPedro.54. Cirque du Soleil Totem October11thruNovember10