Stand back, San Pedro. It’s Wilmington’s moment to shine.
Wilmington’s will be the first of the two long-anticipated new waterfront developments to open at the Port of Los Angeles when crowds gather on Feb. 3 for a celebration. Together, the Wilmington and San Pedro developments will comprise what has been officially named the LA Waterfront.
A grand opening celebration for the completed Wilmington Waterfront Promenade will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb 3, followed by the Port of Los Angeles’ 10th annual Lunar New Year Festival, which will be the first community-wide event held on the newly opened promenade.
Costing $77.3 million and dubbed Wilmington’s “window to the waterfront,” the 1,300-foot-long promenade, 301 S. Avalon Blvd. (Berths 183-186), offers a “picnic pier” over the water, a public floating dock and waterfront seating with shade and other amenities, according to a recent port news release.
“This project will be transformational for the Wilmington community,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said in a written comment. “That’s due in large part to the input received from the community from the very start — including our local neighborhood councils and chambers of commerce — the hard work and dedication of so many elected leaders and port employees over the years.”
The 10th Annual Lunar Year New Year Festival, meanwhile, will begin at 3 p.m. Feb. 3, marking the first official event to be held on the new waterfront. The celebration — for the Year of the Dragon — will feature cultural attractions, dance and musical performances, and food trucks. The festivities, sponsored by the Port of Los Angeles, will culminate with fireworks at 6:45 p.m.
Overlooking the new promenade, which is adjacent to the Banning’s Landing Community Center, is a new open-space bluff, along with another upland area with pedestrian bicycle trails. Both areas have seating with views of the waterfront.
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