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The Pico House is a historic building in Los Angeles, California, dating from its days as a small town in Southern California. Located on 430 North Main Street , it sits across the old Los Angeles Plaza from Olvera Street and El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument .
The buildings of historical significance include Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Ángeles Church (1822), Avila Adobe (1818) (the city's oldest surviving residence), the Olvera Street market, Pico House (1870), and the Old Plaza Fire Station (1884). Four of the buildings have been restored and are operated as museums.
Olvera Street, commonly known by its Spanish name Calle Olvera, is a historic pedestrian street in El Pueblo de Los Ángeles, the historic center of Los Angeles.The street is located off of the Plaza de Los Ángeles, the oldest plaza in California, which served as the center of the city life through the Spanish and Mexican eras into the early American era, following the Conquest of California.
The line for animal blessings began at 1 p.m. in front of Pico House on Main Street. Ray Garcia of East Los Angeles brings Wicket for a blessing by Archbishop José Gomez. (Myung J. Chun / Los ...
A city commission ordered the current owners of La Golondrina Cafe on Olvera Street to pay over $242,000 in back rent and fees in the next 30 days or leave.
Jorge, the stuffed donkey known as "El Burro" who greets guests entering Olvera Street, and his manager, Richard Hernandez, were given a 30-day eviction notice on Thursday.
Pico House was a luxury hotel built in 1870 by Pío Pico, a successful businessman who was the last Mexican Governor of Alta California.With indoor plumbing, gas-lit chandeliers, a grand double staircase, lace curtains, and a French restaurant, the Italianate three-story, 33-room hotel was the most elegant hotel in Southern California.
A group of about 60 were marching up Spring Street before taking a right on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue toward Olvera Street, chanting and blowing horns and cheering any time a car honked in approval ...