Pico Boulevard is a major Los Angeles street that runs from
Ocean Avenue in Santa
Monica to Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. It is named after Pío Pico, the last
Mexican governor of California.
Description
Pico runs parallel south of Olympic Boulevard and is one of the major
southernmost streets leading into Downtown Los Angeles, running north of
Venice Boulevard.
Major landmarks include Santa Monica College, Santa Monica High School, the Westside Pavilion mall
in West Los Angeles, Fox Studios, and the Hillcrest Country
Club.
The heavily Jewish South Robertson is centered around Pico
and Robertson Boulevard. Further east, Pico is the main thoroughfare for
Westlake and Koreatown. The Staples Center and the
Los Angeles Convention Center are located on the corner of Pico and
Figueroa Street.
Pico Boulevard in the media
The music video for the 1991 single "Unfinished Sympathy" by band
Massive Attack features singer Shara Nelson walking
along West Pico Boulevard in an unbroken camera shot.
The artist "Fatlip" Walks along Pico Boulevard in the music video "What's Up Fatlip?"
- "On Pico Boulevard
- I was Regarded as a Retard"
The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix
Figueroa & His Orchestra (actually Freddy Martin & His Orchestra) was
frequently featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show. [1]
References
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