Pico Union, Los Angeles, California
| Pico-Union | |
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| Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
Pico-Union signage located at Pico Blvd. and Albany Street
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 Pico-Union
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| Coordinates: 34°2′41″N 118°16′37″W / 34.04472°N 118.27694°WCoordinates: 34°2′41″N 118°16′37″W / 34.04472°N 118.27694°W | |
| Country |
 United States of America
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 California
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 Los Angeles
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| Time zone | Pacific |
| Zip Code | 90006, 90007 |
| Area code(s) | 213 |
Pico-Union, is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. The name “Pico-Union” refers to the neighborhood that surrounds the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Union Avenue. Located immediately west of Downtown Los Angeles, it is home to over 40,000 residents.
The neighborhood contains two historic districts, both listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
It has five public schools as well as a public library.
The neighborhood is bounded on the north and northeast by Olympic Boulevard, on the east by the 110 Freeway, on the south by the Santa Monica Freeway and on the west by Normandie Avenue. It also includes the California Highway Patrol station beneath the freeway interchange northeast of Washington Boulevard.
Pico-Union is flanked by Koreatown and Westlake to the north and northeast, Downtown to the east, Adams-Normandie, University Park and Exposition Park to the south and Harvard Heights to the west.
The area encompassed by Pico-Union was developed as a middle and upper middle class residential district beginning in the 1910s. Easy access to downtown Los Angeles and the nearby Wilshire District drew large numbers of affluent homeowners. Following the Second World War, the Pico-Union area, like many inner city neighborhoods, experienced an outflux of residents to the suburbs. The loss of residents and business led to high vacancy rates and lower property values in much of the neighborhood by the 1960s.
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