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Old Pasadena today is mostly a business district, with some mixed use. It contains a shopping mall, up-market restaurants, a movie theater, nightclubs, shops, outdoor cafés, pubs and comedy clubs, and has an active nightlife. The Pasadena Playhouse is located in Old Pasadena. Most of the buildings also have offices and apartments on the upper ...
Bus in former ARTS design. Pasadena launched its transit bus system in June 1994, in time for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, held at Pasadena's Rose Bowl stadium.Known as the Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (ARTS), it consisted of a single fare-free shuttle line called the Downtown Route, which connected Old Pasadena, Civic Center, Playhouse District, and South Lake Business District.
Two of Pasadena's historic bridges, the Colorado Street Bridge, built in 1913 and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings, and the La Loma Bridge, built in 1914, are among the sites listed on the Register. Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties.
Old Pasadena is the historic core of Downtown Pasadena; it has a multitude of fine shops and restaurants (Italian and Japanese restaurants are especially numerous here). The attractions in the area involve shopping, dining, and entertainment. There are two parks, the historic Del Mar Station and Castle Green, and the headquarters of Parsons.
[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.
Alvin Simon, restaurateur who revitalized Old Pasadena; Sirhan Sirhan, resident of Pasadena at the time of assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy; John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general [22] Bertha L. Turner caterer, cookbook author, and community leader in Pasadena; active within the National Federation of Colored Women
Pasadena City Hall is the historic city hall of Pasadena, California, United States. Completed in 1927, it combines elements of both Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, and is a significant architectural example of the City Beautiful movement of the 1920s.