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'''Pico station''' is an at-grade [[light rail]] station on the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system located on [[Flower Street]] at the intersection of [[Pico Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=7th St/Metro Center Connections |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_7th_metro.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225095240/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_7th_metro.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]]}}</ref> The station also has southbound bus stops on Flower Street, across from the station and northbound bus stops on [[Figueroa Street]], one block to the west. Pico station serves the [[South Park, Los Angeles|South Park]] and Figueroa/Convention District neighborhoods.
Officially named '''Pico/Chick Hearn station''' after [[Chick Hearn]], the longtime play-by-play announcer for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], it was also temporarily renamed "Kobe station" to commemorate professional basketball player [[Kobe Bryant]]'s last game on April 13, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metro-staples-center-kobe-bryant-20160412-story.html|title=Kobe Bryant to get his name on a Metro station -- for one day only|last=Hamilton|first=Matt|date=April 13, 2016|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> It was once again temporarily renamed "LeBron Station" to
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