The Picwood was the center of the surrounding Pico/Westwood business district. To catch a movie, grab a hamburger at Scott’s next door and then walk across Pico to Smith’s Sporting Goods to check out all the cool stuff, what a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. In my day, the early 60’s, it was safe enough to ride my bike from Overland and Palms to the Picwood without a second thought. The other theatre on Pico that was torn down to build the Santa Monica Freeway was the Bundy. Remember seeing Forbidden Planet there several times. Picwood, Bundy, Palms, Meralta, Loyola, the Paradise, the Studio Drive-In, the Centella drive-In and the Olympic Drive-In. All gone, but the memories of happy days at they shows live on in the memories of my generation.
Demolished for the construction of the Santa Monica Freeway, I remember seeing Forbidden planet there several times.
The Picwood was the center of the surrounding Pico/Westwood business district. To catch a movie, grab a hamburger at Scott’s next door and then walk across Pico to Smith’s Sporting Goods to check out all the cool stuff, what a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. In my day, the early 60’s, it was safe enough to ride my bike from Overland and Palms to the Picwood without a second thought. The other theatre on Pico that was torn down to build the Santa Monica Freeway was the Bundy. Remember seeing Forbidden Planet there several times. Picwood, Bundy, Palms, Meralta, Loyola, the Paradise, the Studio Drive-In, the Centella drive-In and the Olympic Drive-In. All gone, but the memories of happy days at they shows live on in the memories of my generation.