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San Pedro's Ports O' Call Was Torn Down LATIMES.COM/BUSINESS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 :: LATIMES.COM COPYRIGHT 2020 / THE LOS ANGELES TIMES San Pedro’s Ports O’ Call was torn down. A new waterfront is finally taking shape BY ROGER VINCENT On the main channel of Los Ange- les Harbor where the city’s shipping industry was born more than a centu- ry ago, a kitschy imitation of a New England fishing village called Ports O’ Call opened in 1962. It was a major regional attraction where thousands came every year to stroll among quaint shops, take boat rides and dine by the water. For a pe- riod in the 1970s, the mast-like Sky- tower lifted visitors 30 stories high to show them giant tankers, cruise ships and fishing trawlers navigating the port. JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS / STUDIO ONE ELEVEN But in the late 1980s, Ports O’ Call An artist’s rendering of West Harbor, an entertainment and shopping complex at the Port of Los Angeles in Village faded and grew shabby, a vic- San Pedro. It will evoke the industrial nature of the port with warehouse-style buildings filled with restaurants, tim of changing tastes in entertain- bars and shops. ment and dwindling investment in its upkeep and improvement. Despite a size of L.A.’s Greek Theatre, where last-minute, nostalgia-fueled commu- concerts will be heard a stone’s throw nity outcry and lawsuits from mer- from a World War II-era battleship. chants and restaurants, all but the San Visitors will stroll a waterfront prom- Pedro Fish Market was demolished in enade designed by the architects of 2018 to make way for dramatic rede- the High Line, Manhattan’s instant velopment, first proposed by the Har- landmark park made out of a former bor Commission five years before. elevated rail spur. Now the waterfront’s long-awaited The multiple projects are part of a makeover is finally taking shape. two-decade process to clean up the One project will transform the for- air and water at the port and turn un- mer tourist magnet into a new seaside used docks, wharves and warehouses attraction with shops, restaurants and into a place where more people will bars in shipping containers. In anoth- want to work or visit for fun, port of- er, the city’s nearby original pier dat- ficials said. ing to the early 1900s is being con- “Bringing people to our waterfront has been a hallmark of the Port of Los verted to a sprawling center for new FRANCINE Orr / LOS ANGELES TIMES eco-friendly businesses building the Angeles for decades,” Executive Di- Jake Bonney, 23, sweeps between the Nautilus, a research vessel, and an ocean’s “blue economy.” rector Gene Seroka said, “and we early 20th century warehouse at the AltaSea site, which is still in its Among the new developments com- believe that the investment in this early stages. ing to the port is an amphitheater the particular project will really bring us Note: May not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission. For permission call LAT Reprints at 1-800-LA Times. The sale of this reprint does not constitute or imply the publisher’s endorsement of any product, service, company, individual or organization. LATIMES.COM to the next level.” al nature of the port with ware- stone’s. “We think this project lends said Johnson, who was partial to the To smooth the path of new devel- house-style buildings filled with itself to bigger, funner events and joke shop, glassblower and game ar- opment catering to visitors, the Port restaurants, bars and shops. we’re excited to be a part of that.” cade. of Los Angeles is investing about $1 The layout was conceived by James West Harbor is projected to open One of the key attractions for more billion in infrastructure improvements Corner Field Operations, the architects in 2022 but will continue to be devel- modern tastes will be the amphithe- over 10 years, he said. Private devel- and urban designers behind the High oped in the years to follow and is ater, a 6,200-seat venue operated by opers building West Harbor, AltaSea Line and Tongva Park in Santa Mon- intended to include a hotel after the Los Angeles music promoter Neder- and other projects will invest an esti- ica. The central courtyard will be travel business recovers from the pan- lander Concerts. mated $500 million, said Michael flanked by repurposed shipping con- demic. One of the recreational pro- The region has several concert Galvin, director of the port’s real es- tainers turned into small restaurant posals being considered would bring halls, but there is room for another, tate operations. Chief Executive Alex Hodges said, at “This is a once-in-a-lifetime oppor- least in that unusual location for live tunity,” Galvin said, “to really change shows. these communities.” “We love the idea of being at the At the Ports O’ Call site, expect to waterfront,” he said. “It’s just a thrill find a seaside brewery and beer garden — the bridges are landmarks. They among the spread of stores and restau- speak to a big, exciting, mysterious rants in a 42-acre retail center called world” of international commerce. West Harbor that will have five times Hodges envisions people looking as much outdoor space as the Grove down on shows from the deck of the mall in Los Angeles. USS Iowa, a retired battleship Rising nearby will be a solar-pow- launched in 1942 that is berthed a mile ered “lighthouse” as tall as the Statue up the Main Channel where it serves of Liberty, towering over a cluster of as a naval museum. Plans call for mov- century-old warehouses containing ing the Iowa to a slip next to West new-economy businesses such as the FRANCINE Orr / LOS ANGELES TIMES Harbor, no small feat considering it is headquarters of undersea explorer Tim McOsker, AltaSea chief executive officer, stands between the Nau- a 45,000-ton vessel once known as Robert Ballard, who located the wreck tilus, a research vessel, and an early 20th century warehouse. Part of the “Big Stick.” of the Titanic and the German battle- AltaSea’s mission is to create jobs that didn’t previously exist, said “It’s going to be a challenge” to ship Bismarck. His research vessel the McOsker, who grew up in San Pedro. transport, Seroka said, a costly task Nautilus docks there, as does Boeing’s requiring extensive engineering work prototype unmanned research subma- kitchens, seating, fire pits and a stage a skate park, a wave machine for surf- and dredging of the channel. “But rine Echo Voyager. for live music and dancing. ing and an artificial ski slope. believe me, this community can do Before the pandemic, about 3 mil- There will be native plant gardens One proposed attraction that would it.” lion people came to the waterfront and family activities such as children’s combine alcohol with a sense of dan- After a competition among devel- each year for recreation, a tally port playgrounds and bocce ball courts. ger is what developer Eric Johnson opers, port leaders selected Jerico leaders hope to double after people For people arriving by water, there calls an “aerobar.” It would be a tall Development and Ratkovich Co. to begin to venture out again. will be courtesy slips for private boats open cylinder, reminiscent of the Sky- build the replacement to Ports O’ Call and water taxis. tower, where riders would sit in a and signed them to a 66-year lease on West Harbor One of the first restaurateurs to sign circle with their feet dangling and be the property. A 2020 groundbreaking was de- a lease was John Sangmeister, owner hoisted high enough to see to Catali- Ratkovich Co. President Wayne layed by the pandemic, but next year of Gladstone’s seafood restaurant in na Island while being served cocktails Ratkovich said he hopes West Harbor construction is set to begin on the Long Beach, a competitive sailor who by a bartender perched in the middle. will be a boon for San Pedro, “a city $150-million first phase of West Har- is also known for arranging public Johnson, whose San Pedro compa- within a city that has often been over- bor, the dining, shopping and enter- parties and stunts including a 2010 ny Jerico Development is building looked” as a neighborhood of Los tainment complex that will replace contest in which entrants made hu- West Harbor with Los Angeles devel- Angeles. “We saw an opportunity to Ports O’ Call. The project recently got man-powered flying machines and oper Ratkovich Co., rode his bicycle re-energize a unique downtown.” a name change, from San Pedro Pub- piloted them off a 30-foot-high deck to Ports O’ Call as a boy and hopes to lic Market, as it previously was known. into the local harbor. recapture the enthusiasm the attraction AltaSea Dispensing with the old center’s Sangmeister broke three ribs at- generated in its heyday, when crowds In the early 20th century, Los An- improbable mix of New England, tempting to fly his own entry, but said were constant. geles merchants and city leaders set Spanish Colonial and Asian themes, he is game for more antics in San Pe- “It was locals on weekdays and lo- out to capture a share of the increased West Harbor will evoke the industri- dro, where he plans another Glad- cals and tourists on the weekends,” global shipping trade expected to pass Note: May not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission. 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