PASADENA: CALIFORNIA'S SMALL
TOWN AMERICA

Story and photography
by Margaret & Eric Anderson


IF YOU GO

RESTAURANTS
Cafe Santorini
64 W. Union Street (626) 564-4200

Boomerock
61 N. Raymond Avenue (626) 440-0088

Spencer's
70 S. Raymond Avenue (626) 583-8275

Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa
(626) 568-3900

TOURS
OLD PASADENA, Explore the historic streets and alleyways of Old Pasadena. Tours are given the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (626) 441-6333

ATTRACTIONS
THE GAMBLE HOUSE, 4 Westmoreland Place
The home was built for David and Mary Gamble of Proctor & Gamble and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (626) 793-3334

PASADENA HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 470 West Walnut Street The museum is housed in the 18-room Fenyes Estate. (626) 577-1660

PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM, 46 North Los Robles Avenue Housed in the historic Grace Nicholson mansion. (626) 449-2742

NORTON SIMON MUSEUM, 411 West Colorado Boulevard Seven centuries of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th Century, including works by van Gogh, Picasso and Rembrand and an extensive collection of South Asian sculpture and a garden with sculptures by Rodin.(626) 449-6840

HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS AND BOTANICAL GARDENS, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino Located on the estate of the late Henry Huntington, the Library of this research and cultural center features works from British and American history and literature, including the Gutenberg Bible and Canterbury Tales. The Gallery's collection includes 18th and 19th Century British and French masterpies. (626) 405-2100.

 

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