Pico-Union, Los Angeles
Pico-Union is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California.
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.
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Worth seeing in and around Pico-Union, Los Angeles
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California and has an enrollment of more than 47,000 students.
2.7 km · private university in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia - 02Crypto.com Arena
Crypto.com Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of L.A. Live.
900 m · multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia - 03U.S. Bank Tower
U.S. Bank Tower, known locally as the Library Tower and formerly as the First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot skyscraper located in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles, California. Construction of the tower began in 1987 with completion in 1989.
2.2 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, United States · Wikipedia - 04Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 and completed in 1923 as a memorial to Los Angeles veterans of World War I. The stadium currently serves as the home of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, and is located directly adjacent to the school's main University Park campus.
3.5 km · stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 05Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003.
2.7 km · concert hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Wikipedia - 06Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work preserves and advances the heritage of English-language popular music. In addition to celebrating renowned songwriters, the organization supports the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases, and scholarships.
1.1 km · hall of fame for songwriters · Wikipedia - 07Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets, which was the heart of the city's central business district during the 1880s and 1890s.
3.3 km · 1928 building housing the government of the city of Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 08BMO Stadium
BMO Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles FC and the National Women's Soccer League's Angel City FC. Opened on April 18, 2018, it was the first open-air stadium built in the city of Los Angeles since Dodger Stadium in 1962.
3.6 km · soccer stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 09Aon Center
Aon Center is a 62-story, 858 ft Modernist office skyscraper at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Site excavation started in late 1970, and the tower was completed in 1973.
1.9 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 10Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum which has two locations in Los Angeles. The main museum is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
2.6 km · art museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pico-Union, Los Angeles
- Airports
- Los Angeles (LAX), 17 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 19 km · Long Beach (LGB), 28 km
- Stations
- Westlake/MacArthur Park, 1.4 km · Pershing Square, 2.4 km
- Santa Ana → Pico-Union, Los Angeles3650 km · quickest by air, 13h 21m · $800–1,210
- Ontario → Pico-Union, Los Angeles59 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · $5–7
- San Bernardino → Pico-Union, Los Angeles92 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · $8–11
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No local-transport research exists yet for Pico-Union, Los Angeles
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pico-Union, Los Angeles. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir taxi and air charter companies including Los Angeles Private Jets can access private aircraft at any of L.A.'s private aviation airports, as well as planes in your area for flights to Los Angeles.
- Get inIf you're thinking of using Metrolink to day trip on the weekend, you'll want to get the $10 weekend day pass, which is good for unlimited travel on Metrolink (and connecting transit) on either Saturday or Sunday.
- Get inLong Beach also has party boats for large groups such as the Majorca and Ibizza by OnBoat, https://onboat.co/product/long-beach-yacht-charter-115-feet-party-yacht-majorca/ San Pedro has a cruise ship terminal that all of the major cruise ship lines (except Carnival) sail from.
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Pico-Union, Los Angeles is 3 km from Los Angeles, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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