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LA WATERFRONT DISCOVER THE 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 facebook.com/PortofLA twitter.com/PortofLA portoflosangeles.org/latitude 1. The Original Wienerschnitzel Restaurant 20. USS IOWA Battleship 35. Muller House Museum Wilmington is home to the nation’s first Wienerschnitzel restaurant. Commissioned in 1943, the namesake of the Iowa class of This two-story colonial revival house was built in 1899 by Edward John Galardi opened its doors in 1961 and it is still preparing hot battleships took part in every major military conflict from World War Mahar and was donated in 1963 to the San Pedro Historical Society. dogs. Located at 900 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Wilmington. II until the post-Cold War period when it was decommissioned in Open every Sunday from 1-4 p.m. Located at 1542 S. Beacon St., 2. Saint John’s Episcopal Church 1990. Nicknamed “The Big Stick,” the 887-foot long vessel was host San Pedro. Mary Hollister Banning, second wife of Phineas Banning, initiated to more U.S. presidents than any other battleship and the only one 36. Site of Timms Point/Timms Landing with a bathtub. This historic vessel is now a museum operated by the the construction of Saint John’s Episcopal Church in 1882. Originally In 1852, German immigrant Augustus W. Timms built a wharf, a Pacific Battleship Center and is located at First and Harbor Streets located on Canal St., it was later moved to its present day location in warehouse, corral and other facilities to serve shipping and ran stage in San Pedro. 1945. Located at 1537 Neptune Ave., Wilmington. coaches to Los Angeles. Timms was a chief rival of Phineas Banning 3. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church 21. Fireboat Ralph J. Scott/Fire Station 112 and also started one of the world’s largest lumber companies. Established in 1865, Saints Peter and Paul Church is the second Commissioned in 1925, this classic fireboat served the L.A. Fire 37. CRAFTED at the Port of Los Angeles Department and Port until 2003. After nearly 80 years of service; it oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The present day Housed in historic Warehouses 9 & 10, hundreds of artisans was replaced by the Warner L. Lawrence, one of the most powerful building was built in 1922. Located at 515 W. Opp St., Wilmington. sell one-of-a-kind handcrafted goods and gourmet items at this fireboats in the world. www.lafdmuseum.org. Located at Berth 85, 4. Banning Residence Museum permanent, year-round crafts marketplace. Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro. Built in 1864, this exquisitely restored 23-room Greek revival 38. 22nd St. Park mansion was once home to General Phineas Banning, best known 22. Los Angeles Port Police Headquarters Located at 200 S. 22nd St., San Pedro. as the “Father of the Port of Los Angeles”. Guided tours explore the Founded in 1911, the Los Angeles Port Police have provided safety mansion, school house and stagecoach barn. Located at 401 E. and security for the Port of Los Angeles for more than 100 years. 39. Cabrillo Way Marina “M” St., Wilmington. The primary goal of the Port Police is to maintain the free flow of Located at 2293 Miner St., San Pedro. 5. Wilmington Cemetery commerce and produce a safe, secure environment that promotes 40. Japanese American Fishing Village Memorial This 10-acre cemetery was established in 1857 and is the oldest uninterrupted Port operations. Located at 330 Centre St., San Pedro. Built in 2001 by Terminal Islanders, Inc., the memorial is dedicated to memorial park in the harbor area and second oldest in Los Angeles. 23. Port of Los Angeles Administration Building the former residents of the Fishing Village on Terminal Island, home Located at 605 E. “O” St., Wilmington. The Port is a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles and to hundreds of Japanese American families who were relocated to 6. Drum Barracks Powder Magazine manages the Port under a State Tidelands Trust. Located at 425 S. internment camps during World War II. Located at 1124 S. Seaside This 20’ x 20’ brick and stone structure was built by the Army in Palos Verdes St., San Pedro. Ave., San Pedro. 1862 during the Civil War to store gunpowder. It was originally part 24. Liberty Hill 41. Municipal Warehouse No. 1 of Camp Drum (Drum Barracks) and is one of two remaining original In 1923, the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union 510 Completed in 1917, Warehouse 1 served as the Port’s only bonded structures. Located at 1001 Eubank Ave., Wilmington. called a strike to protest low wages, bad working conditions, and warehouse, a function that was crucial to Los Angeles’ entry into 7. Drum Barracks Civil War Museum imprisonment of union activists. They immobilized 90 ships in international trade markets. It is still in operation today. Located at The historic Drum Barracks Museum is the only Civil War museum San Pedro. Denied access to public property, strikers and their 2500 Signal St., Berth 68, Port of Los Angeles. in Southern California. It is housed in the last remaining building supporters rallied here at the site called “Liberty Hill.” Located at 100 42. Cabrillo Marina of the military post built in 1862. Located at 1052 Banning Blvd., 5th St., San Pedro. Located at 224 Whalers Walk, San Pedro. Wilmington. 25. John S. Gibson Park Memorials 43. S.S. Lane Victory (Victory Ship) 8. Banning Park Wrigley Historic District This memorial park is home to three important memorials: the This 10,000-ton fully operational World War II cargo ship is restored Located in the heart of Wilmington, the District was originally part American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial; the U.S.S. Los and operated by an all volunteer crew of the U.S. Merchant Marine of the Banning estate. In 1927, it was purchased by William Wrigley Angeles Naval Memorial which features the heavy cruiser ship’s Veterans of WWII. Guided tours are by reservation only. Jr. It features homes developed in Dutch, Spanish, and American mast, two anchors and one anchor chain capstans (LACHM No. 188) www.lanevictory.org. Located at Berth 46, Port of Los Angeles, Colonial as well as Tudor Revival and constructed during the 1930s and the Fishing Industry Memorial. Located at Harbor Blvd. and the San Pedro. and 1940s. foot of 6th St., San Pedro. 44. Cabrillo Fishing Pier 9. Camphor Trees 26. Downtown Harbor Located at 3730 Stephen M. White Dr., San Pedro. In 1927, more than 50 Camphor trees were planted south of the Due to be completed in time to welcome the 2014 Tall Ships LA 45. Angels Gate Lighthouse Banning house before the Bannings sold the land for subdivision in Festival. The Downtown Harbor will provide public open space, the 1930s. Located at 1200 block of Lakme Ave., Wilmington. This historic lighthouse has marked the entrance to the Port of Los temporary docking for visiting boaters, and plazas for gatherings and Angeles since 1913. The lighthouse is firmly anchored to a concrete 10. Memory Chapel, Calvary Presbyterian Church events on the waterfront promenade. block and built of steel reinforced concrete - the only lighthouse ever Built in 1870, Memory Chapel is the oldest Protestant Church in the 27. Warner Grand Theater Harbor area. It was moved to its present location in 1939. Located at built to this design. It is the only lighthouse to use a rotating green Designed by B. Marcus Prieca, the former architect for the Pantages 1160 N. Marine Ave., Wilmington. light. In 2013, Angels Gate Lighthouse will celebrate its centennial Theater chain, this lavish Art Deco Theater opened in January 1931. year of service. Located on the San Pedro Breakwater – No 11. Old Wilmington Library The Warner Grand is the last of the three original Warner Bros.