Pico union
Pico-Union is a district of the US city of Los Angeles . The Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS-13) originated in this district in the late 1970s under the name Mara Salvatrucha Stoners .
location
Pico-Union is south of Olympic Boulevard , north of the Santa Monica Freeway and is bounded to the east by the Harbor Freeway and to the west by Hoover Street. Originally the name referred to the area around the intersection of Union Avenue and Pico Boulevard , but has been used officially for the area mentioned since 1970. The neighborhood is within the original city limits of Los Angeles or El Pueblo de Los Angeles 1781.
Pico-Union is bordered by Adams-Normandy , Downtown , Harvard Heights , Historic South-Central , Koreatown , University Park, and Westlake .
history
The current area of Pico-Union was developed between 1890 and 1930 as a chic suburb of Los Angeles under the name Westlake District . First, European immigrants settled there. From the beginning of the 20th century , immigrants came from Mexico . From the early 1980s , Pico-Union became a key settlement point for immigrants from Central America who fled civil wars here.
In the 1960s , Mexican immigrants formed the 18th Street Gang in Pico-Union . Since this only accepted Mexicans, the youngsters who came from El Salvador founded the competing MS-13 in the 1980s .
population
Pico-Union is a densely populated area by the standards of Los Angeles County . According to the 2000 census, 42,234 people lived here, estimates from 2008 by the city of Los Angeles in 2008 are 44,664 people. 85% of the population are Latinos . The median income in the neighborhood is $ 26,424 and is considered low. The level of education is also considered to be low.
architecture
The neighborhood's single-family homes feature a variety of architectural styles from the late 19th century and early 20th century . Worth mentioning is the ensemble of Queen Anne-style buildings on South Bonnie Brae Street, built between 1890 and 1904. It is one of the last Los Angeles ensembles to be built in this previously popular style. The ensemble has been registered as a National Register Historic District since 1988 . The building at 1143 S. Westlake Avenue, which was built in 1880 in a largely rural area, is slightly older. The Milner Apartment Building is at 1415 Alvarado Terrace. The architecture of this apartment block was inspired by the French architecture of the 16th century, but shows elements of neo-Gothic .
At 1345 South Burlington Avenue is the in Gothic Revival style built in 1925 church building of Angelica Lutheran Church. The community was originally founded by immigrants from Scandinavia in 1888. In the 1980s , this brick church was a hub of the Sanctuary movement in Southern California .
At the intersection of Alvarado Terrace and Alvarado Street is the church built by Elmer Gray in 1912 for the First Church of Christ, Scientist, which is now used by Seventh-day Adventists . In the meantime, until 1977, the church building was used by Jim Jones Peoples Temple .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Streetgangs.com
- ↑ a b c Profile of Pico-Union on the Los Angeles Times page .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Layers of History - Pico Union. Self-guided walking tour
- ↑ James C. Howell, The History of Street Gangs in the United States: Their Origins and Transformations , Lexington Books 2015. ISBN 978-1498511322 , pp. 127 f.
- ↑ a b Los Angeles Office of Historic Sources
- ↑ 8 Notorious Los Angeles Cult Locations: Then and Now , Curbed LA, October 20, 2014.
