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Pico Boulevard
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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.
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.
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) is regularly featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show. [1]
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