 Pico-Union is flanked by Koreatown and Westlake to the north and northeast, Downtown to the east, Adams-Normandie, University Park and Exposition Park to the south and Harvard Heights to the west.The area encompassed by Pico-Union was developed as a middle and upper middle class residential district beginning in the 1910s.Easy access to downtown Los Angeles and the nearby Wilshire District drew large numbers of affluent homeowners.