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The old brick building on Holly across from the senior center was a National Guard motor depot. In 1929, Colorado Street (now Colorado Boulevard ) was widened on the north side, and many of the elaborate Victorian facades of the buildings were lost to reconstruction and replaced with cheaper and more modern frontages.
Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties. Among these historic districts is Old Town Pasadena, a thriving historic district of shops, bars and restaurants in well-preserved turn-of-the-century buildings with its center at Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Northeast Pasadena is the area north of the 210 freeway, between Hill Avenue and the Eaton Wash. Residents of Northeast Pasadena attend Pasadena High or Marshall Fundamental Secondary School. This neighborhood is served by Metro Local line 267, Foothill Transit Route 187 and Pasadena Transit lines 10, 31, 32, 33, 40 and 60.
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[4] Due to its euphonious nature, Pasadena was chosen, put to a vote, and accepted, though maps from the Wheeler Survey of 1878 show the names "Indiana Colony" and "Pasadena" in the same location. In March 1886, Pasadena became the second incorporated municipality, after the city of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County.
Headquartered on the grounds of a century-old Pasadena estate, facilities include the Pasadena Museum History Center, the Fenyes Estate and gardens, a research library and archives, the Curtin House, and the Finnish Folk Art Museum. With public exhibits, tours, lectures, seminars, and workshops, the Pasadena Museum of History promotes an ...
Without being a direct imitation, Pasadena City Hall is related to them all. [2] The Pasadena Central Library was designed by Myron Hunt in 1924. The Central Library was dedicated on Lincoln's birthday (February 12), 1927, and was the first building completed of the new Civic Center Plan. [3]
Pasadena (/ ˌ p æ s ə ˈ d iː n ə / PAS-ə-DEE-nə) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. [19] Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.