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City Council unanimously designates two Terminal Island buildings as historic
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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to designate the two remaining Terminal Island buildings discussed at Tuesday's meeting as historic-cultural monuments, citing the island's Japanese American fishing community and World War II internment history.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to designate two remaining buildings on Terminal Island as historic-cultural monuments, a move supporters said preserves the physical memory of a once-vibrant Japanese American fishing community that was displaced during World War II.
Councilmember Macosker introduced the request, recounting Terminal Island's history as a Japanese American fishing village and the community's loss after Pearl Harbor and subsequent internment. "A la isla…
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