SAN PEDRO— For anyone who has seen “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Carol Kane’s rambunctious Lillian Kaushtupper stands for many lifelong residents who live in colorful parts of town, complete with graffiti, pollution and decrepit housing, but adamantly oppose any alterations that could change his or her beloved hometown, faults and...
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Some anecdotal information. All my neighbors and friends in San Pedro are looking forward to the new San Pedro Public Market. Not one of them will miss Ports O Call. Every time I went down there, it was a sad, depressed, run-down place. The silent majority of San Pedro is saying GOOD RIDDANCE to Ports O Call.
Can’t wait for this! ALSO, can they please start doing a revival to Shoreline Village in Long Beach AND Redondo Beach Pier too? They need to be modernized and larger.
The article reports that all current tenants were kept on month-to-month leases since 2014. Without a lease, none of the tenants were in a position to reinvest in their businesses and were effectively left to die a slow death, including Ports O Call. I’d like to thank all of them for holding on for so long.
So glad this rotting area is going away. It wasn’t like it was 30 years ago. San Pedro needs this to start a new Downtown and bring up property values.
Glad to see the project move forward. It is a much anticipated infrastructure development. On a broader scale, I think most Americans are realizing how old our infrastructure has been. So I kinda agree that “All my neighbors and friends in San Pedro are looking forward to the new San Pedro Public Market. Not one of them will miss Ports O Call. Every time I went down there, it was a sad, depressed, run-down place. “
I’m from Orange County, and my earliest recollection of visiting Ports o Call was with my late dad, mom and younger brother shortly after it opened in the early 1960s. We visited a few times in ensuing years, and I also visited with my own children and other relatives in the years since. Our last visit was a couple of years ago. Much has changed over the years, and I could see that several of the original buildings have deteriorated with exposure to the elements and needed maintenance. I am sorry to see Ports o Call go, as it holds pleasant memories of better times, and I am sorry that the changes are impacting most of the businesses that have been there for years. I do hope that something can be done to enable the restaurant to continue. Anyway, thank you Ports o Call for many happy times, and I am looking forward to the new waterfront development.