Special Tour
From YMCA to HOME: The Adaptive Reuse of Harbor House Tour
Saturday, November 16, 2024
3:30 p.m.
About This Tour
MEMBER PRE-SALE | OCTOBER 2 – OCTOBER 8
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Join the L.A. Conservancy for an exclusive walking tour of Harbor House, a five-story Mediterranean Revival landmark overlooking the Port of Los Angeles. Built in 1926 as the Army and Navy YMCA to serve San Pedro’s military personnel, it was heavily used during World War II before serving as a longtime transitional housing facility. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1982, it stands as an important piece of the city’s architectural and social history.
Recently, through adaptive reuse, Harbor House has undergone an exciting transformation to become a mixed-used space with 100 residential units. On the tour, you’ll see restored original features like the grand lobby’s painted ceiling beams and the basketball gymnasium with its suspended running track, as well as reimagined areas, such as several of the new apartments and future plans for a restaurant and pool.
The tour offers a firsthand look at how adaptive reuse can thoughtfully modernize historic structures to meet the current demand for housing while simultaneously revitalizing neighborhoods and preserving their historic legacies.
1-1.5 hrs.
Registration Required
Wheelchair accessible
Tour includes interiors and exteriors
Rain or shine
Ticket Information
$25
Youth (17 and under)
$30
General Public
$25
Members
Upcoming Harbor House Tours
Details & Getting There
Key Information
The walking tour will include interiors and exteriors.
Meeting Location
Harbor House is located at 921 S Beacon Street, San Pedro. The reservation confirmation email provides meeting and parking information.
Important Policies
- The event will take place rain or shine.
- All sales are final; no refunds or exchanges.
- Children should be supervised by an adult at all times.
- The L.A. Conservancy follows all City and County of Los Angeles guidelines, and all COVID-19 protocols are subject to change.
- If you have any questions before event day, please contact the Conservancy at info@laconservancy.org or (213) 623-2489.
For additional details, see below.
All participants in the Los Angeles Conservancy-sponsored Walking Tours knowingly and freely accept and assume all risks, both known and unknown, including contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases, and AGREE TO RELEASE, DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, NOT SUE, AND HOLD HARMLESS the Los Angeles Conservancy, its principals, officers, employees, volunteers, sponsors, agents and other participants from any and all claims, damages (including medical expenses and attorneys’ fees), injuries and expenses arising out of, or resulting from your voluntary attendance/participation in Walking Tours, including contracting and/or transmitting COVID-19 and any other communicable diseases and any and all other injury, illness, disability, death, or loss or damage to person or property. All participants expressly waive the benefits of California Civil Code 1542, which provides that: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
