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Los Angeles City Council designates two Terminal Island buildings as historic-cultural monument
Summary
The City Council voted to designate two surviving buildings on Terminal Island’s Tuna Street as a Historic-Cultural Monument, citing their connection to a pre‑World War II Japanese fishing village and the wartime removal of residents.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to designate two surviving buildings on Terminal Island’s Tuna Street as a Historic-Cultural Monument, the council announced Wednesday.
The designation, introduced by Councilmember McCosker, recognizes the site’s connection to a Japanese fishing village that once housed about 3,000 residents before World War II internment removed the community. McCosker told the council the two extant structures “still evoke the memories of what that village was,” and urged members to approve the designation.
The measure gives preservation advocates and the Terminal Islanders Association new leverage to seek restoration and protection of the buildings. “I ask for…
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