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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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