Pasadena, California
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FIPS code 06-56000 | | |
GNIS feature IDs | 1664804, 2411379 | |
Flower | Rose[17] | |
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Pasadena (/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/ 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.
Its population was 138,699 at the
Pasadena is known for hosting the annual
History
Indigenous history
The earliest known inhabitants of Pasadena and its surroundings were members of the Native American
Spanish era
The Spanish first colonized the Los Angeles Basin in the 1770s as part of the
Mexican era
In 1821, Mexico became independent of Spain and California came under control of the Mexican government. In 1833, the mission lands were secularized and most of the lands in California were granted to private Mexican citizens in the form of ranchos. Present-day Pasadena was divided between
American era
Prior to the
In 1873, Wilson was visited by Dr. Daniel M. Berry of Indiana who was looking for a place in the country that could offer a mild climate for his patients, most of whom suffered from respiratory ailments. Berry was an asthmatic and claimed that he had his best three night's sleep at Rancho San Pascual.[24] To keep the find a secret, Berry code-named the area "Muscat" after the grape that Wilson grew. To raise funds to bring the company of people to San Pascual, Berry formed the Southern California Orange and Citrus Growers Association and sold stock in it.[25] The newcomers were able to purchase a large portion of the property along the Arroyo Seco and on January 31, 1874, they incorporated the Indiana Colony. As a gesture of good will, Wilson added 2,000 acres (8 km2) of then-useless highland property, part of which would become Altadena. Colonel Jabez Banbury opened the first school on South Orange Grove Avenue. Banbury had twin daughters, named Jennie and Jessie. The two became the first students to attend Pasadena's first school on Orange Grove.[26]
At the time, the Indiana Colony was a narrow strip of land between the Arroyo Seco and Fair Oaks Avenue. On the other side of the street was Wilson's Lake Vineyard development.[27] After more than a decade of parallel development on both sides, the two settlements merged into the City of Pasadena.[27]
Resort town
The popularity of the region drew people from across the country, and Pasadena eventually became a stop on the
The first of the great hotels to be established in Pasadena was the Raymond (1886) atop Bacon Hill, renamed Raymond Hill after construction. Pasadena was served by the
The American Craftsman era in art and design is well represented in Pasadena. The architectural firm Greene and Greene developed the style; many of its residences still stand. Two examples of their Ultimate bungalow are the masterpiece Gamble House, of which public tours are available, and the Robert R. Blacker House, both designated California Historical Landmarks and enrolled on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Contemporary
The
In the 1950s, Pasadena saw a steady influx of people from the
The
In 1969, the
In 2014, several arrests were made involving an embezzlement scheme which stole an estimated $6.4 million from the city's Underground Utility Program.[32][33]
Geography
The greater Pasadena area is bounded by the Raymond Fault line, the San Rafael Hills, and the San Gabriel Mountains. The Arroyo Seco, a major geographic feature and home of the Rose Bowl, flows from headwaters in Pasadena's towering Angeles National Forest greenbelt in the San Gabriel Mountains.[19] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.1 square miles (60 km2), over 99% of it land; 0.68% is water.[34]
Climate
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Pasadena has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa), with typically hotter summers and slightly cooler winters than nearby coastal areas. Its location relative to the San Gabriel mountains allows the orographic lift to add several more inches of rainfall per year than nearby areas. During the first few months of the year, Pasadena experiences cool to warm highs, typically in the upper 60s (16–18 °C) to lower 70s (21–24 °C). Colder days are usually accompanied by heavier rain. By April, temperatures warm further, and rain tapers off significantly.
By May and June, rain is typically sparse, but the
The average highest temperature recorded each year is around 106 °F (41 °C). The hottest heatwaves of the year usually occur in mid to late September. By late October, temperatures drop off. By November, Pacific storms return to Pasadena, bringing increasingly heavy rain and cooler weather. Along with them, however, are the Santa Ana winds. The
Climate data for Pasadena, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 93 (34) |
92 (33) |
98 (37) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
113 (45) |
113 (45) |
109 (43) |
115 (46) |
108 (42) |
101 (38) |
93 (34) |
115 (46) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 81.7 (27.6) |
83.4 (28.6) |
86.9 (30.5) |
92.6 (33.7) |
92.8 (33.8) |
96.1 (35.6) |
99.3 (37.4) |
101.6 (38.7) |
103.4 (39.7) |
98.3 (36.8) |
89.6 (32.0) |
80.1 (26.7) |
105.7 (40.9) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 68.1 (20.1) |
69.3 (20.7) |
72.6 (22.6) |
76.2 (24.6) |
78.3 (25.7) |
83.7 (28.7) |
89.1 (31.7) |
91.3 (32.9) |
89.9 (32.2) |
83.0 (28.3) |
74.7 (23.7) |
67.2 (19.6) |
78.6 (25.9) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 56.8 (13.8) |
57.7 (14.3) |
60.5 (15.8) |
63.4 (17.4) |
66.1 (18.9) |
70.7 (21.5) |
75.6 (24.2) |
77.2 (25.1) |
75.8 (24.3) |
69.7 (20.9) |
62.1 (16.7) |
56.0 (13.3) |
66.0 (18.9) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 45.5 (7.5) |
46.1 (7.8) |
48.4 (9.1) |
50.6 (10.3) |
53.9 (12.2) |
57.8 (14.3) |
62.0 (16.7) |
63.2 (17.3) |
61.6 (16.4) |
56.3 (13.5) |
49.6 (9.8) |
44.7 (7.1) |
53.3 (11.8) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | 38.3 (3.5) |
39.2 (4.0) |
40.6 (4.8) |
43.6 (6.4) |
49.2 (9.6) |
53.0 (11.7) |
57.2 (14.0) |
58.6 (14.8) |
55.5 (13.1) |
50.2 (10.1) |
42.8 (6.0) |
37.8 (3.2) |
35.8 (2.1) |
Record low °F (°C) | 21 (−6) |
26 (−3) |
29 (−2) |
31 (−1) |
32 (0) |
41 (5) |
45 (7) |
43 (6) |
41 (5) |
36 (2) |
26 (−3) |
25 (−4) |
21 (−6) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.51 (115) |
5.16 (131) |
3.03 (77) |
1.11 (28) |
0.48 (12) |
0.21 (5.3) |
0.06 (1.5) |
0.03 (0.76) |
0.22 (5.6) |
0.84 (21) |
1.10 (28) |
3.33 (85) |
20.08 (510.16) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.1 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 6.1 | 42.7 |
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Source 2: National Weather Service[37] |
Pasadena averages 20.08 inches (510.0 mm) of rain a year, about 6 inches (150 mm) more than nearby Los Angeles due to the
Situated at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, snow is known to fall occasionally in Pasadena. The heaviest snowfall in Pasadena history occurred on January 11, 1949; 8 inches (20.3 cm) fell at Pasadena's city hall and more than 14 inches (35.6 cm) fell in the foothills above the city.[38] The most recent snowfall in Pasadena was 1 inch (2.5 cm) on February 21, 2019.
On November 30 and December 1, 2011, Pasadena, along with surrounding communities, was struck by a major windstorm caused by Santa Ana winds.[39] The city suffered heavy damage with trees toppled, buildings damaged and even the roof of a gas station torn off.
The official NOAA weather station for the city is located just north-west of the townhall on the other side of Garfield Avenue.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1880 | 391 | — | |
1890 | 4,882 | 1,148.6% | |
1900 | 9,117 | 86.7% | |
1910 | 30,291 | 232.2% | |
1920 | 45,354 | 49.7% | |
1930 | 76,086 | 67.8% | |
1940 | 81,864 | 7.6% | |
1950 | 104,577 | 27.7% | |
1960 | 116,407 | 11.3% | |
1970 | 112,951 | −3.0% | |
1980 | 118,072 | 4.5% | |
1990 | 131,591 | 11.4% | |
2000 | 133,936 | 1.8% | |
2010 | 137,122 | 2.4% | |
2020 | 138,699 | 1.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[40] |
Historical demographic profile | 2020[41] | 2010[42] | 1990[41] | 1970[41] | 1950[41] |
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White |
41.7% | 55.8% | 57.3% | 79.8% | 90.6% |
Non-Hispanic white |
36.7% | 38.8% | 46.6% | 70.4%[43] | N/A |
Black or African American |
8.1% | 10.6% | 19.0% | 16.1% | 7.5% |
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 33.0% | 33.7% | 27.3% | 10.5%[43] | N/A |
Asian |
17.7% | 14.3% | 8.1% | 2.9% | 1.5% |
2020
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2000[44] | Pop 2010[45] | Pop 2020[46] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
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52,381 | 53,135 | 50,858 | 39.11% | 38.75% | 36.67% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
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18,711 | 13,912 | 10,795 | 13.97% | 10.15% | 7.78% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
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324 | 211 | 201 | 0.24% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
Asian alone (NH) | 13,253 | 19,293 | 24,149 | 9.90% | 14.07% | 17.41% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 104 | 106 | 130 | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.09% |
Other race alone (NH) | 302 | 434 | 835 | 0.23% | 0.32% | 0.60% |
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 4,127 | 3,857 | 5,989 | 3.08% | 2.81% | 4.32% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 44,734 | 46,174 | 45,742 | 33.40% | 33.67% | 32.98% |
Total | 133,936 | 137,122 | 138,699 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010
The
The Census reported that 133,629 people (97.5% of the population) lived in households, 2,472 (1.8%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,021 (0.7%) were institutionalized.
There were 55,270 households, out of which 14,459 (26.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 22,285 (40.3%) were married couples living together, 6,131 (11.1%) had a female householder with no husband present, 2,460 (4.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,016 (5.5%) unmarried partnerships. 18,838 households (34.1%) were made up of individuals, and 5,748 (10.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42. There were 30,876 families (55.9% of all households); the average family size was 3.18.
The age distribution of the population was as follows: 26,507 people (19.3%) were under the age of 18, 12,609 people (9.2%) aged 18 to 24, 45,371 people (33.1%) aged 25 to 44, 34,073 people (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 18,562 people (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.
There were 59,551 housing units at an average density of 2,574.8 per square mile (994.1/km2), of which 24,863 (45.0%) were owner-occupied, and 30,407 (55.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%. 64,306 people (46.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 69,323 people (50.6%) lived in rental housing units[citation needed].
According to the 2010 United States Census, Pasadena had a median household income of $69,302, with 13.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line.[48]
During 2015–2019, Pasadena had a median household income of $83,068, with 14.5% of the population living below the federal poverty line. For people ages 25 and over, 88.3% had a high school degree or higher while 52.3% had a Bachelor's degree or higher.[49]
Mapping L.A.
According to Mapping L.A., Mexican and English were the most common ethnic ancestries cited by residents in 2000. Mexico and the Philippines were the most common foreign places of birth.[50]
Economy
The Rose Bowl Flea Market is a large
Top employers
According to the City's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[54] the top employers in the city are:
# | Employer | # of employees |
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1 | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 6,426 |
2 | Kaiser Permanente | 5,279 |
3 | California Institute of Technology | 3,761 |
4 | Huntington Memorial Hospital | 3,400 |
5 | Pasadena City College | 2,708 |
6 | Pasadena Unified School District | 2,148 |
7 | City of Pasadena | 2,139 |
8 | Art Center College of Design | 825 |
9 | East West Bank | 757 |
10 | Hathaway-Sycamores | 565 |
Other companies based in Pasadena include Idealab, Inter-Con Security, Green Dot Corporation, Tetra Tech, Wesco Financial, OpenX, Stark Spirits Distillery and Wetzel's Pretzels.[55] The Los Angeles-area office of China Eastern Airlines is located in Pasadena.[56]
Arts and culture
Tournament of Roses Parade
Pasadena is home to the Tournament of Roses Parade, held each year on January 1 (or on January 2, if the 1st falls on a Sunday). The first parade was held in 1890 and was originally sponsored by the Valley Hunt Club, a Pasadena social club. The motivation for having the parade was, as member Professor Charles F. Holder said, "In New York, people are buried in snow. Here our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise."[57]
By 1895, the festivities had outgrown the Valley Hunt Club, and the
The Rose Parade is satirized by the popular Doo Dah Parade, an annual event that originated in Old Pasadena in 1978, and soon gained national notoriety.[60] Reader's Digest named the Doo Dah Parade "America's Best Parade", and was a recent feature in 50 Places You Must Visit Before You Die!.[60] It was formerly held around Thanksgiving, a month before the Rose Parade,[61] but the parade is now held in January. In 2011, after 33 years in Pasadena, the parade moved to East Pasadena for the first time.[59] It features unusual and absurd entrants such as the BBQ & Hibachi Marching Grill Team, the Men of Leisure, and the Bastard Sons of Lee Marvin.[60] Proceeds from the parade's pancake breakfast, T-shirts, and after-party are donated to charity.[60][62]
The Tournament of Roses also auditions local female high school students to be part of the Rose Court. There are total 7 candidates that advances to the Rose Court and one is chosen to be the Rose Queen and the others to be the Rose Princess. The Rose Court's main goal is to support local communities and local stores. They visit small stores owned by local residents to boost the activity of the area and to keep them in the current flow of the economics.
During the Rose Parade, the Rose Court members are also on a float, going through the parade together with the line of parades. The Rose Courts also represent their own local communities and their high school that they attend.
Rose Bowl Game
The
The Rose Bowl, also holds annual Fourth of July events in its stadium. Since fireworks are illegal in Los Angeles County.[63] Due to fireworks being banned or illegal, people gather together at the Rose Bowl to watch the night sky light up with colorful fireworks.
Performing arts
The legendary Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, is a member supported theater company that celebrated their centennial season in 2018. The theater puts on five shows a year. In 1937, the Pasadena Playhouse established a record as the only theatre in the United States to have staged the entire Shakespearean canon.[64] Today, the Playhouse is known for their innovative productions.
The
Boston Court Performing Arts Center, opened in 2003, is near Lake and Colorado. Its resident theatre company, the award-winning The Theatre @ Boston Court, presents four productions a year.[65] Music at the Court presents numerous music concerts each year, ranging from classical to jazz. The Friends of the Levitt organization presents a free summer concert series in Memorial Park, with the 2008 summer season marking its sixth year.
Beckman Auditorium and other venues on the Caltech campus present a wide range of performing arts, lectures, films, classes and entertainment events, primarily during the academic year.[66]
For more than ten years, twice annually Pasadena's cultural institutions have opened their doors for free during ArtNight Pasadena,[67] offering the public a rich sampling of quality art, artifacts and music within the city. This has evolved into the yearly PasadenART Weekend,[68] a three-day citywide event which, as of 2007, encompasses ArtNight, ArtWalk, ArtHeritage, ArtMarket, and ArtPerformance, a vibrant outdoor music event showcasing emerging and nationally recognized talent. Free concerts take place on multiple stages throughout Old Pasadena.[69]
The 1960s song "
Visual arts
A number of artists of national repute, such as
Museums and galleries
Pasadena is home to a number of art museums and public galleries, including the Norton Simon Museum. The museum's collections include European paintings, sculpture, and tapestry; sculpture from Southern Asia; and an extensive sculpture garden. The museum also has the contemporary art collection of its predecessor, the Pasadena Museum of Art, which focused on modern and contemporary art before being taken over by Simon in the early 1970s.[71]
Preserving and sharing the rich history and culture of Pasadena and its adjacent communities is the Pasadena Museum of History. Located on a campus of 2 acres (8,100 m2), it has gardens, a history center, the Finnish Folk Art Museum, the Curtin House, and the Fenyes Mansion, a 1906 Beaux Arts-style architectural residence and a Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmark.[72]
The Pacific Asia Museum, with a garden courtyard in its center, features art from the many countries and cultures of Asia. The nearby Pasadena Museum of California Art (recently closed) hosts changing exhibitions of work by historical and contemporary California artists.[73] The Armory Center for the Arts has an extensive exhibition program as well as serving as a center for art education for all ages.[74] Art Center College of Design offers exhibitions at its Williamson Gallery, as well as frequent displays of student work.[75] Pasadena City College has an art gallery that shows work of professionals as part of their annual artist-in-residence program, as well as exhibiting work by students and faculty.[76]
The
Literature
Red Hen Press, one of the largest independent literary publishers on the US west coast, is located in Pasadena. The press publishes over twenty titles of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction each year as well as a biannual literary magazine called The Los Angeles Review.
In 2002 David Ebershoff published the novel Pasadena. The novel won praise for its accurate recreation of Pasadena before World War II.[79]
Bungalow Heaven
Bungalow Heaven is a neighborhood of 800 small Craftsman homes built from 1900 to 1930. Many of these homes are still occupied. Much of the area became a landmark district in 1989,
Orange Grove Boulevard
The Norton Simon Museum is at the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevards. This corner is the official start of the Rose Parade route and the museum can be quite clearly seen every year during the parade television broadcast.
Orange Grove Boulevard is one of several exclusive residential districts in Pasadena, and has been a home for the rich and famous since the early 20th century. Because of the number of landmark mansions, the street earned the name
Historical estates
The maker of
The Gamble House, an American Craftsman masterpiece, was built in 1908,[88] by architects Charles and Henry Greene, as an exemplification of their ultimate bungalow. It is open to the public as both an architectural conservancy and museum.[89]
The Gamble House is a California Historical Landmark and a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1966, it was deeded to the city of Pasadena in a mutual agreement with the University of Southern California School of Architecture. Every year, two fifth-year USC architecture students live in the house full-time. The students change yearly.[93]
The home of Anna Bissell McCay, daughter of
Sports
Rose Bowl Stadium
In addition to the annual New Year's Day Rose Bowl game and a
The Rose Bowl stadium was the home ground for the
Aquatic center
The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center sits next to the Rose Bowl Stadium. The pool hosted the final practices of the 2000 US Olympic swimming and diving team. In 2008, the facility held the U.S. National Diving Championships.[100]
Tennis center
The Rose Bowl Tennis Center, operated by the city of Pasadena, is located due south of the Rose Bowl Stadium.[101]
Professional futsal
The city of Pasadena is also home to a professional futsal team, the Pasadena Purple Cows, as seen in futsal in the United States.[citation needed] The Cows were an expansion side in season 3 of the TSC Futsal League before making it to the championship game against the Jersey Hooligans in season 4, losing 4-3. Assistant captain, Chris Dailey, was named MVP of season 4 after a 10 goal season.
Government
The city charter specifies a city council/manager form of government. In addition to city manager, the city council appoints the city attorney and prosecutor, and the city clerk. The city manager oversees 13 departments including Water and Power and Human Services. The city has municipal operating companies including the Rose Bowl Operating Company and the Pasadena Community Access Corporation.[4] The city is one of three city members of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, which is a joint powers agency that owns Hollywood Burbank Airport.[102]
According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of 2009, the city's various funds had $583.0 million in revenues, $518.1 million in expenditures, $954,199,439 in net assets, $732.3 million in total liabilities, and $118,261,490 in cash and investments.[103][104]
The city operates its own public health department and alongside Berkeley, Long Beach, and Vernon, are the only cities in California doing so.[105] In 2016, the Pasadena Public Health Department received accreditation by the national Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).[106] The city is primarily served by Huntington Hospital, located adjacent to the downtown area. The eastern half of the city was formerly served by St. Luke Medical Center until its closure in 2002.[107] The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Monrovia Health Center in Monrovia, serving portions of Pasadena.[108]
The Pasadena Police Department serves most of the city of Pasadena. Unincorporated portions of the city are part of Los Angeles County and are served by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) and the Altadena Station in Altadena serves nearby portions of Pasadena.[109]
The Pasadena Fire Department moved into its first formal and permanent station in 1889. Before that they had been housed in a ramshackle structure and summoned by the church bell. There were 24 firemen for two shifts.[110] As of 2016, the Pasadena Fire Department is an ISO Class 1 department, consisting of 181 full-time employees (161 shift personnel, 20 administrative personnel) and eight modern fire stations that serve an area in a radius of 60 miles (97 km).[111][112]
The Department is dispatched by the Verdugo Fire Communications Center and is one of the three agencies that oversees its operations.[113]
Federal and state representation
In the United States Senate, Pasadena is represented by California's senators Alex Padilla, and Laphonza Butler.
In the United States House of Representatives, Pasadena is split between California's 28th congressional district, represented by Democrat Judy Chu, and California's 30th congressional district, represented by Democrat Adam Schiff.[114]
In the
Education
The
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine matriculated its first class in 2020, and waived tuition and fees for its first 5 classes.[118] The school is highly competitive. For the 2021 admissions cycle, Kaiser Permanente's medical school had the lowest acceptance rate among all American medical schools.[119]
Fuller Theological Seminary is one of the largest multidenominational seminaries in the world.[120]
The Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts (formerly known as the California School of Culinary Arts) is located at East Green Street and South Madison Avenue. The school offers the Le Cordon Bleu accreditation and has two campuses in Pasadena.
Pacific Oaks College is located next to Pasadena's National Historic Landmark, the Gamble House. Providence Christian College is located on the north side of Pasadena.
The
Private elementary schools located in Pasadena include
University of the People, the world's first tuition-free online university which awards accredited degrees, is located on Lake Avenue.[124]
Pasadena had a public library before it was incorporated as a city. The Pasadena Central Library was designed by architect Myron Hunt and dedicated in 1927.[125] The library has an area of 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2) and was recently renovated without damaging any of its historic integrity.[125] Movies like Matilda, Legally Blonde and Red Dragon utilized the Pasadena Central Library for both its architecture and interior while filming.[126] The library is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[125]
Media
Civic Auditorium venue
The Civic Auditorium is on Green Street. It was designed to be the south cornerstone of Pasadena's Civic Plaza. Every year, the popular television competition, American Idol films their "Hollywood Week" show there.[127] It was also the venue for the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant. The main auditorium is large enough to have been home to the annual Emmy Awards ceremony for 20 years, from 1977 to 1997. It is also used for high school graduation ceremonies.
Television
Pasadena is the setting of many TV shows including Family (1976 TV series), Brothers & Sisters,[128] Shrinking (an Apple TV+ series), Disney Channel's Dog with a Blog and The Big Bang Theory.[129]
ABC's TV show
Radio
Pasadena has been home to a number of notable radio stations. In 1967 radio iconoclasts Tom and Raechel Donahue took over an aging studio in the basement of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church and introduced Los Angeles to FM freeform radio. Broadcasting under the
Today the primary radio station in Pasadena goes by the call sign
Newspapers and magazines
Pasadena's largest and oldest newspaper is the
Infrastructure
Transportation
Public transit
Pasadena is served by the Los Angeles Metro A Line light rail, which originates at the Downtown Long Beach station in Long Beach and APU/Citrus College station in Azusa. Opening in 2003 as the Gold Line,[135] there are six A Line stations in Pasadena: Fillmore, Del Mar, and Memorial Park stations in Old Pasadena, Lake station in Downtown, Allen and Sierra Madre Villa stations. Construction began in June 2010 to extend the Gold Line east through several additional foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley, including Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. It began revenue service on March 5, 2016.[136]
Pasadena is also served by various bus services.
Trains
Pasadena was served by the
The Second District and the Pasadena Depot became well known; up to 26 passenger trains went through Pasadena every day. To avoid the media in Los Angeles, many celebrities chose to use Pasadena as their main train station, bringing it an association with old Hollywood.[29][138]
Airports
Hollywood Burbank Airport in nearby Burbank serves as the regional airport for Pasadena. The airport is owned and operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. The airport is under the control of the governments of the three cities named. While most destinations from Hollywood Burbank Airport are within the United States, Los Angeles International Airport and Ontario International Airport are the major airports that provide domestic and international commercial service. Other nearby airports with commercial service include Long Beach Airport and John Wayne Airport.
Freeways and highways
Four freeways run through Pasadena, and Pasadena is a
The
A spur of the
The Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR 110), also known as the Pasadena Freeway, was the first freeway in California, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena alongside the Arroyo Seco and is the primary access to Downtown Los Angeles. The freeway enters the southern part of the city from South Pasadena. Only one exit is actually inside city limits, the southbound exit connecting to State Street with access to Fair Oaks Avenue. At Glenarm Street, the freeway ends and the four-lane Arroyo Parkway continues northward to Old Pasadena.
Three state highways enter the city of Pasadena. Arroyo Parkway (SR 110), maintained by the city of Pasadena, runs from the termination of the Pasadena Freeway at Glenarm Street to Colorado Boulevard in Old Town Pasadena. While Arroyo Parkway continues north two more blocks, SR 110 ends at Holly Street.
A portion of the Angeles Crest Highway (SR 2) in the San Gabriel Mountains cuts through Pasadena near the Angeles Crest Ranger Station. This 2-mile (3.2 km) stretch of highway in the Angeles National Forest is north of La Cañada Flintridge and west of Mount Wilson and is approximately 3,000 feet (910 m) in elevation.
Historic
The intersection of
Water and power
The city Water and Power Department (PWP) provides services to an area encompassing 23 sq mi (60 km2) that includes areas outside of the city proper, including unincorporated areas of southern Altadena, East Pasadena, Chapman Woods, and East San Gabriel. PWP has operated the Glenarm Power Plant for over 110 years.
Pasadena created the Pasadena Municipal Light and Power Department in 1906. Expanding continued and more generating capacity was expanded and the city then offered power to commercial customers in 1908, and bought out Southern California Edison's Pasadena operations in 1920.[144] In 1911, the city began condemnation actions against a number of small, local water companies. In 1912, the Water Department was created; in 1913, it began actual operations. The city continued to acquire small, local water companies for several decades afterwards, usually en toto, such as the Pasadena Lake Vineyard and Land Company, and sometimes in part, such as Las Flores Water Company's southern portions and San Gabriel Valley Water Company's operations in the southern reaches of Pasadena. In 1967, the Water Department and the Light and Power department were consolidated into the "Pasadena Water and Power Department" (or PWP).[144]
It operates a number of water wells, has a spreading ground for the capture of surface water from the Arroyo Seco, and purchases surface water from MWDSC. A number of wells on the west side of the service area had become contaminated with volatile organic chemicals and perchlorate and had to be shut down several years. A treatment plant was built to remove these chemicals which began operation in July 2011.[citation needed]
Notable people
Wildlife
Pasadena has a large, non-indigenous population of
Sister cities
Pasadena has six sister cities as noted by Sister Cities International (SCI):[citation needed][153]
- Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (1948) pre-dates Sister Cities International which was formed in 1956
- Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan (1957)
- Järvenpää, Finland (1983)
- Vanadzor, Armenia (1991)
- Xicheng District, Beijing, China (1999)
- Dakar-Plateau, Senegal (2019)
The following are Friendship Cities: Kasukabe, Japan (1993) and Paju, Gyeonggi, South Korea (2009)
See also
- Largest cities in Southern California
- List of cities and towns in California
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Pasadena, California
- USS Pasadena, 3 ships
Explanatory notes
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Further reading
- Winter, Robert (2009). "Pasadena, 1900–1910: The Birth of Its Culture". Southern California Quarterly. 91 (3): 295–318. JSTOR 41172481.