Harbor Gateway
Shoestring | |
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 Harbor Gateway neighborhood sign | |
 Harbor Gateway as outlined by the Los Angeles Times | |
 Los Angeles County with the City of Los Angeles in red. The Harbor Gateway is a two-mile wide north-south corridor that connects the Port of Los Angeles to the south with the rest of the city in the north (note the vertical red line). | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′00″N 118°17′57″W / 33.850072°N 118.299068°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
The Harbor Gateway, historically and sometimes informally known as the Shoestring due to its shape, is a 5.14-square-mile residential and industrial area (13.3 km2) in the South Bay and Los Angeles Harbor Region, in the southern part of the City of Los Angeles. The neighborhood is narrow and long, running along a north-south axis.
The Shoestring Annexation, as it was called at the time, was attached to Los Angeles in 1906 to serve as a link to the Pacific Ocean port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro, both of which were later annexed into Los Angeles themselves in 1909. The Shoestring was officially renamed to the Harbor Gateway in 1985.