Tag Archives: terminal island

watt’s picture of the week – sunday, january 20, 2019

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Mike Watt

making headway: both old (starboard) and new (port) versions of the gerald desmond bridge that connects terminal island w/long beach, spanning the back channel. I shot this from where the tree d boon jumped down on me from back when … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, july 17, 2018

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Mike Watt

not only is mr steven now over at the new spacex pad at berth 240 on terminal island (at the former southwest marine shipyard) across the channel from my pedro town, her (boats are always ladies, whatever mr musk wants … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – monday, march 19, 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Mike Watt

when I first came to my pedro town from virginia, the gerald desmond bridge was just about to go up and replace a pontoon bridge that connected long beach w/terminal island via the east (we got the vincent thomas bridge … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – monday, january 29, 2018

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Mike Watt

you seen this boat before? it’s the california responder and though its wikiwand (wikipedia for smartleashes) page says it’s home port is port hueneme (about seventyfour miles northwest of here), I’ve seen tied up on terminal island in a slip … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – tuesday, july 12, 2016

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Mike Watt

here’s some very young sailors just as they put out from the cabrillo beach youth waterfront sports center in my pedro town this morning. that oocl can boat in the back is docked across the main channel at terminal island … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – friday, april 22, 2016

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Mike Watt

I know it might look like it cuz of the angle and such but here you’re seeing the biggest boat to ever tie up in north america, cma cgm benjamin franklin docked here at terminal island. this baby can hold … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – sunday, august 16, 2015

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Mike Watt

yesterday I got the hankering to follow these new signs they got up on the harbor freeway telling about “terminal island japanese fishing village memorial historical site” which I found out is also known by the people who lived there … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – friday, january 2, 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Mike Watt

happy 2015 everyone! on the last day of 2014 I took this shot of the soon-to-be former gerald desmond bridge from here in my pedro town, shooting across from terminal island which is where this bridge connects long beach to. … Continue reading →

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watt’s picture of the week – wednesday, july 2, 2014

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Mike Watt

guitar safari proprietor dirk vandenberg holding a mid-60s gibson ga-20rvt “minuteman” guitar amp at his shoppe in san pedro earlier today. he was w/me in the fuckin’ 80s when I found it (only one real reason I was attracted: the … Continue reading →

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