"Those buildings show that there was something here. If they are wiped out, then any trace of the Terminal Island history is gone," he said. "I just want to do something to keep some kind of history alive."
Members of the Terminal Islanders club - a group of nearly 200 people that Yamamoto belongs to - learned of possible plans for the buildings when a local San Pedro resident spotted workers inspecting the area.
The Port told The Times that there are currently no formal plans or timeline to change the buildings, but that there have been "internal staff discussions about the long-term future of the buildings, including the possibility of demolition."
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