San Pedro (Oppinion Thread) (Los Angeles, Long Beach: city hall, home, live in)

[yoocassie]

Hello I live in San Pedro and I think that it is a fairly okay city, not the best but its ok~

I am a senior right now who is in senior thesis, first off I would want to know what would you want to change about San Pedro?

Like:
Would you want there to be less gangs
A paint job to this bland town
Or should we be like Long Beach and create things like The Pike or other things like that.


Also:

If you ever have ben to San Pedro could you tell me whether or not you like it or not.
What did you like about it
or
What you hate about it

All oppinions wanted please

Because I am trying to get the oppinions of people all over just to see if maybe just maybe we can have some hope of changing our town and making better then it is right now.

[sakimoreen]

The only change that I would like to see is keeping the lower half of San Pedro cleaner. Streets 25th and down (towards the freeway.) The higher you get in numbers the cleaner the area seems to be.

Also, I highly doubt there is a way to "get rid" of gangs altogether. Gangs will form no matter where a person lives. That's inevitable.

A paint job? I believe San Pedro is highly unique in it's designs, architecture, and colors. I wouldn't change a thing. The paint may be from 40-60 years ago and that's beautiful to me. I love old little towns staying the SAME that they began.

I was born in San Pedro, on 17th street to be exact, and have lived here my whole life. I have moved to other places from time to time (and lived outside the country) and I always come back. I adore San Pedro, it's people, it's landmarks, and it's heritage.

[BluSpark]

Originally Posted by yoocassie

Hello I live in San Pedro and I think that it is a fairly okay city, not the best but its ok~

I am a senior right now who is in senior thesis, first off I would want to know what would you want to change about San Pedro?

Also:

If you ever have ben to San Pedro could you tell me whether or not you like it or not.
What did you like about it
or
What you hate about it

All oppinions wanted please

Because I am trying to get the oppinions of people all over just to see if maybe just maybe we can have some hope of changing our town and making better then it is right now.

Seems like San Pedro is the all too often the "forgotten province" of Los Angeles. I grew up in the San Fernando Valley and people in the valley always complain about the "neglect" of city hall. But with over 1 million people in the valley they get plenty of attention.

San Pedro, perhaps due to its small size and geographical isolation, seems like LA's forgotten step child. Of course, that is probably ok with most San Pedro residents. But let's not forget what an economc engine the port is for LA's economy and yet the residents in San Pedro must deal with the smog and congestion that come with being at the epicenter of the one of the largest ports in the world.

I do NOT think a Long Beach model of tourist traps like the Pike are the tonic for San Pedro. I do like the idea of "greening" the waterfront to make bike paths and pedestrian orientation the focus. Tragically, we've negelected our "waterfronts" all too often in LA (including the LA River).

San Pedro has a lot of HIDDEN treasures like the Angels Gate Cultural Center.
Angels Gate Cultural Center

San Pedro DOES have a deep and interesting history. Most people are probably not aware of the range and depth of characters that have either hailed from or resided in San Pedro. To name just a few:

1. The Minutemen. Very INFLUENTIAL and GIFTED punk/alternative rock band from the early 1980's whose three founding members were all San Pedro kids. The two surviving members still reside there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen_(band)

2. Joe Hill. Famed labor leader and songwriter in the ealry 1900's who was put on the firing line in trumped up charges. He worked and lived at the San Pedro docks around 1910. Joe Hill became an inspiration to the likes of Bob Dylan and other folksingers of the 1960's.
Joe Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3. Art Pepper. Famous and talented jazz saxophonist was born in Gardena but raised in San Pedro.
Art Pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

4. Kris Novolelic. Bass player for the band Nirvana grew up in San Pedro until he was about 14 yrs old.

5. Charles Bukowski. Poet & writer who lived in San Pedro for many years and in fact died at his home in San Pedro, circa 1994.

The artistic and musical treasure that is San Pedro's history should be built into the fabric of any new public space on the waterfront.