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« Previous EntriesThe Souvenirs of Mt. Lowe at Pasadena History Museum
Friday, May 9th, 2008Jeanette Bovard at the Pasadena Museum of History alerted us to an interesting exhibit:
Your readers might be interested in the exhibition currently on display at the Pasadena Museum of History — “Mount Lowe: Souvenirs from the Incline Railway.” It runs through July — here’s a link to the info http://www.pasadenahistory.org/thingstosee/MountLowe.html
More info about MOTA Day (Museums […]
More on Arroyo as Historic Place
Friday, April 25th, 2008A reader forwards this question posed on the Arroyo Seco News listserv:
I haven’t read the nomination, but how do the “contributing resources” interface with the channel/stream? I know that several of the park and recreation resources in the Arroyo were built prior to channelization, but I don’t know if the stream or its engineered features […]
Sue Mossman Sheds Tears of Blood
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Beans, originally uploaded by Centinel of the SGV. Photo taken in the Arroyo Seco, hence it’s relevance to the post below.
Friday is nitpicking day at the FC Blog. I […]
Old Timey Fun
Thursday, April 24th, 2008[Ian Whitcomb and his Bungalow Boys, Orignally uploaded by Fire Monkey Fish]
Here we see Ian Whitcomb and his Bungalow Boys, experts in ukulele and old-style tin pan alley music (think Roaring Twenties), playing on the porch of the Gamble House. I needn’t say that the wealthy Gamble family would not have ever had such […]
Throwback to a Time of Better Architecture
Monday, April 21st, 2008[Metropolitan Water District Building, Originally uploaded by Ken McCrimmon]
Here is a building with a simple utilitarian purpose: purifying water. Built in 1940 by the Metropolitan Water District, it treats water from the Colorado River Aqueduct. The facility is named after Frank Weymouth, first general manager of the MWD and its chief engineer from […]
Monrovia Wilderness Preserve
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Speaking of Monrovia…
Amanda Rice of the About Cambria blog recently cited Donald R. Hopper’s old article in Western City Magazine highlighting the fact that 8 years ago “Monrovia’s residents voted overwhelmingly to tax themselves to buy the last remaining open space in the adjacent foothills and hold it in trust as a wilderness preserve.” […]
Monrovia Historic Preservation Group Urges Mural Display
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The Monrovia Historic Preservation Group (MOHPG) is asking Monrovians to show up at the next Library Board meeting in support of housing the Helen Forbes Mural from the Post Office in the New library currently under construction. The Library Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 7PM in the Community Center located at 119 […]
Brief: Larry Wilson on Katie Nack
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Larry Wilson remembers Katie Nack, one-time mayor of Pasadena, for a lifetime of service. Then, Wilson says something I take issue with:
Speaking of Forgetting Our History
Friday, March 7th, 2008I know that it’s somewhat tangential, but today is the 111 anniversary of the invention of the corn flake. John Kellogg and his brother Will were ardent health nuts, running their Battle Creak clinic like a resort spa, catering to the neuvo-riche of America’s Gilded Age. While corn flakes made them rich and […]
Altadena Above It All: Nuccio’s
Monday, March 3rd, 2008For some reason we’ve always left out Altadena (and San Marino, for that matter). As we’ve mentioned in the past, Altadena Above It All covers that small, interesting town. See this recent post, for instance:
Dozens of nurseries and growers once inhabited the hills of Altadena. And if it wasn’t for Pasadena fighting to […]
Arcadia City Hall to Be “Grand?”
Friday, February 15th, 2008The SGVT has a long unsigned up weighing in on the plans for a new Arcadia City Hall, which has been panned in recently. The result is…slightly confusing:
QUESTION: What makes for great civic architecture?
Answer: The same things that make for other great architecture - residential, commercial - only more so.
In other words, a capitol building, […]
Gene Widdicombe, Zillionaire, Lived in Glendora
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008I don’t know how Roy Kroc convinced Gene Widdicombe to invest her life-savings in a fast food joint, but on Planet Glendora, anything’s possible.
The Widdicombes raised cattle in the rural Canadian province of Manitoba. But they were forced to seek a warmer climate in the early 1950s when their oldest son came down with a […]
More Things That Aren’t Here Anymore
Saturday, January 19th, 2008[Spiral Staircase, originally uploaded by Centinel of the SGV]
At the turn of the century, Pasadena was the winter playground of the wealthy. Orange Grove Boulevard grew more than citrus, it sprouted the homes of millionaires, earning the nick-name “Millionaires’ Row.” But the Great Depression hit the wealthy hard. They cut back on […]
Around The Town With Sir Eric Maundry
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 “Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year — and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” - W. J. Cameron
Well, it looks like we’ve all made it to the end of another year. I […]
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum: The Blog
Thursday, December 13th, 2007The Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum has a handy blog. Go see the historical doll exhibit, if that’s your bag.
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