41 Facts About Pasadena California

Pasadena California is known for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade.

Original inhabitants of Pasadena California and surrounding areas were members of the Native American Hahamog-na tribe, a branch of the Tongva Nation.

The oldest transportation route still in existence in Pasadena California is the old Tongva foot trail, known as the Gabrielino Trail, that follows the west side of the Rose Bowl and the Arroyo Seco past the Jet Propulsion Laboratory into the San Gabriel Mountains.

In 1833, the mission lands were secularized and most of the lands in Pasadena California were granted to private Mexican citizens in the form of ranchos.

Pasadena California was the grandfather of WWII General George S Patton, Jr.

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Popularity of the region drew people from across the country, and Pasadena California eventually became a stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which led to an explosion in growth.

Pasadena California was served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown when the Second District was opened in 1887.

Pasadena California began hosting a large immigrant community, particularly from China, Japan, Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Italy, Armenia, and India.

In 1969, the Pasadena California Unified School District was desegregated, though the issue would continue to be fought in court for a decade.

Downtown Pasadena California became dangerous in some parts and deserted in others, and incidences of murder and arson skyrocketed.

Old Pasadena California faced destruction as plans for new high-rise developments were drawn up, though they were mostly stopped by increasingly active preservation advocates.

Pasadena California suffered demographically as many residents decamped for the nearby suburbs or the Inland Empire, causing an overall decrease in population.

Greater Pasadena California 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 California's towering Angeles National Forest greenbelt in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Pasadena California has a Mediterranean climate, with typically hotter summers and slightly cooler winters than nearby coastal areas.

Legendary Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, is a member supported theater company that celebrated their centennial season in 2018.

In 1937, the Pasadena California Playhouse established a record as the only theatre in the United States to have staged the entire Shakespearean canon.

Pasadena California Symphony, founded in 1928, offers several concerts a year at the Ambassador Auditorium and the Pasadena California Pops plays at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

Pasadena California is home to a number of art museums and public galleries, including the Norton Simon Museum.

Famed architects Greene and Greene built several of their Japanese-inspired bungalows in Pasadena California, including the Gamble House; the style of the homes in Bungalow Heaven show the effects of their success.

Orange Grove Boulevard is one of several exclusive residential districts in Pasadena California, and has been a home for the rich and famous since the early 20th century.

Pasadena California started a water-gas company, founded the Citizens Bank of Los Angeles, built numerous ice plants, and purchased a Pasadena opera house.

Pasadena California established the Mount Lowe Railway in the mountains above Pasadena and eventually lost his fortune.

City of Pasadena California is home to a professional futsal team, the Pasadena California Purple Cows, as seen in Futsal in the United States.

The city is one of three city members of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena California Airport Authority, which is a joint powers agency that owns Hollywood Burbank Airport.

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Pasadena California created the Pasadena California Municipal Light and Power Department in 1906.

Pasadena California City College is a community college founded in 1924 and located on Colorado Boulevard, slightly northeast of Caltech.

Pasadena California Unified School District encompasses 76 square miles and includes Pasadena California, Altadena and Sierra Madre.

Pasadena California had a public library before it was incorporated as a city.

Local television news for Pasadena California is produced through this station by the independently operated Crown City News.

Pasadena California has been home to a number of notable radio stations.

The Pasadena California Now is a community news website covering stories in the community since 2004.

Pasadena California Magazine is a magazine published by MMG Publishing with offices located on South Marengo Avenue.

Pasadena California is served by the Los Angeles Metro L Line light rail, which originates at the Atlantic Station in East Los Angeles.

Pasadena California was served by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad, which in 1906 became the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, at a Santa Fe Depot in downtown when the Second District was opened in 1887.

Second District and the Pasadena California Depot became well known; up to 26 passenger trains went through Pasadena California every day.

Four freeways run through Pasadena California, and Pasadena California is a control city for all of them.

Pasadena California is currently exploring options on the future of the spur.

Arroyo Seco Parkway, 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.

Intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Old Pasadena California is the zero-zero, east-west, north-south postal division of Pasadena California.

Pasadena California has six sister cities as noted by Sister Cities International :.