Talk:Pico-Union, Los Angeles

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I would like to say is that Pico-Union is not one of the most poorest area of Los Angeles. Its modestly poor, there are much poorer areas of the city. Pico-Union although falling apart still keeps some of its old antique charm. St. Sphias is not technically in the district, whom ever wrote this obviously does not live in the area.

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When did Pico-Union have a large Jewish population? I've done considerable research into the history of Jewish Los Angeles, and I've never heard Pico-Union mentioned as an area which once had a large Jewish population except in Wikipedia, although Westlake to the north did before World War II. I have known long time residents of the area who did mention the non-Latino whites who shared the area with the Latino population before leaving in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but I've never read anything about the area's Jewish history. Any sources for this bit of information?

In doing some research, I did find that the area did have a large Jewish population from the 1910s through World War II, when the Jewish inhabitants moved west.

Jewish population

At the corner of Alvarado and Hoover, there is a massive synagogue--I mean, this thing is friggin' huge--that has a date stamped into the cornerstone of something like 1902. Research into the Alvarado Terrace HPOZ and conversations with neighbors (I used to live in southeast Koreatown, on the border of P-U) has shown that this area was a very chic address for wealthy Jews in the early 20th century. Once the Fairfax District and Beverlywood got popular in the '30s and '40s, formerly Jewish-heavy areas like Pico-Union, Westlake, and Boyle Heights saw most of their Jewish populations leave. The aforementioned enormo-gogue has now been turned into a Seventh-day Adventist Church.

UCLA has a page here on the Byzantine-Latino Quarter (which is in Harvard Heights, not P-U).--Slightlyslack 11:48, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

In the heart of Pico Union, on the north west corner of 12th and Valencia Streets is a brick Jewish synagogue constructed in the late 1920s. Today it is home to a largely Latino Christian church, but retains the stain glass Stars of David on its windows. I am told that the congregation that built this synagogue has now moved to a huge fortress-like building on Wilshire Blvd. in Westwood.

All the above is beside the point. Wikipedia requires WP:Reliable sources, and personal memories don't fill the bill. GeorgeLouis (talk) 07:26, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Only if they were from the Los Angeles Times. There are other sources. Ucla90024 (talk) 19:23, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

I agree Pico-Union is not as poor as the article states

Whom ever wrote this article does not live or probably never has lived in the area. For one the boundaries are all wrong, the district encompasses more than what they state. One may even put the boundaries as far west as Vermont along venice and as far north as sixth street. As for the area being the "poorest" I have to strongly disagree. Because of the large influx of immigrants that entered during the 1980's the community did suffer an economical decline. Nevertheless the area is filled with many inhabitants whom have been living here for over forty years, in the very houses they own and maintain. The area today still has areas of its charm with its Victorian and pre-Victorian houses. True however the area is seeing a change due to the development taking place in south park.

• Not true. Please see the updated reference, which gave the origin of the name "Pico Union". Ucla90024 (talk) 02:00, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Pico-Union Sign

• Can anyone see a Pico-Union district sign west of Hoover Avenue? All the signs are east of Hoover and south of Olympic Blvd., within the CRA development area. Ucla90024 (talk) 17:16, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Navigation box

Removed navigation box. (WP:LAYOUTNAV specifies that Navboxes, including geography boxes such as this one, are placed after the External links section.) [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phatblackmama (talk • contribs) 02:22, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

And we don't need this one anyway. There's no consensus in favor of adding these horrible "compass" things to articles at all. It serves no purpose here, since the information is already in the text. It's just an ugly waste of space.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  01:54, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of boundaries

If you google “Pico Union, Los Angeles”, google will show you a map with boundaries drawn (I have put a screengrab online for you...)[2].

If, after googling, you then click on the small google map, you will see an enlarged version with outlined boundaries. (Again, here is a screengrab...) [3]

I have therefore reverted your edit. Phatblackmama (talk) 23:38, 6 November 2017 (UTC)