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City Council designates two Terminal Island buildings as historic cultural monuments
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The Los Angeles City Council voted to designate the last two remaining buildings from Terminal Island’s pre‑World War II Japanese American fishing village as historic cultural monuments after public testimony from descendants and preservation groups.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to designate two remaining buildings from the pre‑World War II Japanese American community on Terminal Island as historic cultural monuments, after public comment from descendants of the island’s residents and preservation advocates.
The designation recognizes the buildings as physical reminders of a once‑thriving fishing village of about 3,000 Japanese American residents that was dismantled after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the February 1942 forced removal of island residents, speakers said.
“Today’s motion will help preserve the two last remaining structures that were part of a vibrant community destroyed…
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