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A family friend was cleaning out her bookshelves and came across some old obsolete school books from the 50′s and 60′s. This special publication from the LA City Schools District was published in 1953. It tells the story of Nick Vodich and his summer with his three uncles on the Marie-Eliza. The book is full [...]
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Every now and again I get a hankering to test the power of the internet. I sit around thinking of things to search just to see what it’ll throw back at me. Since my life is a little Pedro-centric lately, I find myself searching for San Pedro related items on ebay and wishing I could [...]
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At one point in time San Pedro had 5 theaters showing movies; the Fox-Cabrillo, the Warner Bros San Pedro, the Strand, the Globe and the Barton Hill. Fox and Warner’s were the two powerhouses in town and they fought weekly for each patron’s fare. They would lure customers in with giveaways and ballyhoo. Sometimes they [...]
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The one thing I always envied about New York were all the cool sounding neighborhood names like Park Slope, Tribeca, Soho, DUMBO…etc. While San Pedro is technically the neighborhood name of our little section of Los Angeles (maybe we should look into switching to a borough system?), you know what I mean, right? If Soho [...]
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I was downtown grabbing some dinner Thursday evening when I saw the Horse Police. So glad I had my camera with me!
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Here’s another cool picture of some color swatches on the side of the ferry building. A lot of the spots where the plaster is broken, used to be entryways to access the ferry. I can’t wait til the whole building is finished. It should really spruce up the view on Harbor Blvd.
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Do you like trivia? Do you LOVE San Pedro trivia? I know I do. If you really want to learn some fun facts about San Pedro, I highly recommend you take one of my walking tours, and not just because I’m the one giving them. They’re super informative and they’ll give you the edge over [...]
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Welcome to a new segment here on SPBXB! You know I LOVE segments. Vintage Vantage is just a cool name for old pictures I found at the Historical Society archives. See, Vintage Vantage has a much better ring to it. This is a picture from 1940, just before the building was built. The boat you [...]
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If you’ve braved Harbor Blvd during Navy Week, you probably noticed a couple of things. 1) Traffic is CRAZY and 2) There is scaffolding put up around the Ferry Building/ LA Maritime Museum. Let me tell you about the scaffolding. The LA Municipal Ferry Building, opened in 1941, is celebrating it’s 70th Birthday this year [...]
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That concludes the tour of the brand new Port Police building. I couldn’t stay for the ribbon cutting, where I hear Mayor Villaraigosa, Congresswoman Hahn and, my favorite, Director Knatz presided over the ceremony. At the end of the tour you got a ticket for free tacos and you could get up close and personal [...]
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