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== Parrots ==
== Parrots ==
[[Image:Pasadena wild parrot.jpg|thumb|left|A feral Pasadena parrot.]]
[[Image:Pasadena wild parrot.jpg|thumb|left|A feral Pasadena parrot.]]
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Pasadena has a population of feral [[Feral parrots|naturalized parrots]]. According to the "Parrot Project of Los Angeles", <ref>[http://natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm Parrot Project of Los Angeles]</ref> the parrots are of at least five species but could be many more different species of the family [[Psittacidae]].<ref name= "CApp">californiaparrotproject.org/</ref><ref name="par">http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/About/</ref> Locals residents have come to enjoy the birds as part of their unique city's culture, and like the residents of [[Long Beach]], California, they have become local icons to the citizens of the area. <ref>[http://www.natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm Parrot Project of Los Angeles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Many theories surround the mystery of how the parrots landed in Pasadena and many surrounding cities and claimed an extensive area as their own. A widely accepted story by residents of the area is that they were part of the stock that escaped from the large pet emporium at Simpson's Garden Town on East Colorado Blvd.that burned down in 1959. <ref name="par"/> <ref name="ABC">http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119786&page=1</ref> The parrots survived, flourished and multiplied in Pasadena and spread throughout the [[San Gabriel Valley]], [[Orange County]], as far north as the [[Monterey Peninsula]] and as far south as [[San Diego]] <ref name= "CApp"/><ref>[http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=112 Weird California - Pasadena Parrots<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.californiaparrotproject.org/red_crowned_parrot.html</ref>


"But the fire is only one factor," said Kimball Garrett, ornithologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. "Poachers smuggling parrot eggs from Mexico, birds escaping their cages and reproduction in the wild all contribute to the growing flock." <ref name="ABC"/> Therein lies the problem. "There are only so many nest sites available,” said Melanie Stalder, a graduate student at California Polytechnic University in Pomona who has studied the phenomenon. “If the parrots take over, then the native birds won’t be able to use them.” There are several researchers that have banded together to track parrot population and growth in cities all through California,among them: Temple City, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Bernardino <ref name="ABC"/>
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Pasadena has a population of [[Feral parrots|naturalized parrots]]. According to the "Parrot Project of Los Angeles",<ref>[http://natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm Parrot Project of Los Angeles]</ref> the parrots are of at least five species but could be many more different species of the family [[Psittacidae]].<ref name= "CApp">californiaparrotproject.org/</ref><ref name="par">http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/About/</ref> Locals residents have come to enjoy the birds as part of their unique city's culture.<ref>[http://www.natureali.org/parrot_project/suburban_jungles.htm Parrot Project of Los Angeles<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Many theories surround the mystery of how the parrots landed in Pasadena and many surrounding cities and claimed an extensive area as their own. A widely accepted story by residents of the area is that they were part of the stock from the large pet emporium at Simpson's Garden Town on East Colorado Blvd.that burned down in 1959,<ref name="par"/> and the parrots escaped. The parrots survived, flourished and multiplied in Pasadena and spread throughout the [[San Gabriel Valley]], [[Orange County]], as far north as the [[Monterey Peninsula]] and as far south as [[San Diego]] <ref name= "CApp"/><ref>[http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=112 Weird California - Pasadena Parrots<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.californiaparrotproject.org/red_crowned_parrot.html</ref>


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City of Pasadena
City
Pasadena City Hall
Pasadena City Hall
Official seal of City of Pasadena
Seal
Nickname(s): 
City of Roses, Crown City
Location in Los Angeles County and the State of California
Location in Los Angeles County and the State of California
CountryUnited States United States
StateCalifornia California
CountyFile:Los Angeles County flag.gif Los Angeles
SettledJanuary 27, 1874
IncorporatedJune 19, 1886
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • City ManagerMayor Bill Bogaard (D)
Jacque Robinson
Margaret McAustin
Chris Holden
Steve Haderlein
Victor M. Gordo
Steve Madison
Terry Tornek
 • City AttorneyMichele Beal Bagneris
 • City ClerkJane Rodriguez
 • City ManagerMichael Beck
Area
 • Total23.2 sq mi (60.0 km2)
 • Land23.1 sq mi (59.8 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
863 ft (263 m)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total143,667
 • Density6,384.7/sq mi (2,477.1/km2)
 • Demonym
Pasadenan
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
91101-91191
Area code626
FIPS code06-56000
GNIS feature ID1664804
WebsiteCity website

Pasadena (Template:Pron-en) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although highly famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to a multiplicity of leading scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena City College (PCC), NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Art Center College of Design, the Pasadena Playhouse, California School of Culinary Arts Pasadena, the Norton Simon Museum of Art and the Pacific Asia Museum. As of 2009, the estimated population of Pasadena is 143,667, making it the 168th largest city in the United States.[1] Pasadena is the seventh largest city in Los Angeles County, and in 1886, became the first to be incorporated in Los Angeles County, largely as a ploy to get rid of its saloons.[2][3] It is one of the primary cultural centers of the San Gabriel Valley.[4]

History

Main article: History of Pasadena, California

Demography

The California Finance Department estimated in 2008, that Pasadena's population is 148,126,[4] with 51,844 households, and 29,862 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,238.7/km2 (5,798.7/mi2). There were 54,132 housing units at an average density of 904.8/km2 (2,343.6/mi2). The racial makeup of the city was 53.36% White, 14.42% Black, 0.71% Native American, 10% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 16.01% from other races, and 5.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 33.40% of the population.[4] The number of people counted statistically in demographics will always exceed 100% because some Hispanics a identify as both White and Hispanic..

There were 51,844 households out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.30.

The population count was diverse with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.0 males.[4]

The median income for a household in the city was $61,269, and the median income for a family was $73,143.[5] Males had a median income of $41,120 and $36,435 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,186. About 11.6% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.[4]

Geography

Pasadena is located at 34°9′22″N 118°7′55″W / 34.15611°N 118.13194°W / 34.15611; -118.13194Invalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (34.156098, -118.131808).Template:GR The elevation at city hall is 864 feet (263 m) above sea level. 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.[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 60.0 km2 (23.2 mi2). 59.8 km2 (23.1 mi2) of it is land and 0.2 km2 (0.1 mi2) of it (0.30%) is water.[4]

Ten miles (16 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena is bordered by 11 communities--Highland Park, Eagle Rock, South Pasadena, San Marino, Temple City, San Gabriel, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, La Cañada Flintridge, and Altadena. The communities of Eagle Rock, Highland Park and Garvanza are incorporated within the city of Los Angeles and Altadena is an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County.[4]

Rose Bowl

See also: Rose Bowl (stadium) and Rose Bowl Game
Main entrance to the Rose Bowl Stadium

The Rose Bowl, a National Historic Landmark, is host of the first, oldest and most famous college football postseason bowl game, the Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Game, every New Year's Day. The Tournament of Roses committee made the decision to augment the parade by adding a football game. This was the very first of New years post season football games, that has developed into a tradition in many colleges arenas. But although Stanford University accepted the invitation to take on the top ranked University of Michigan, the West Coast team was humiliated, 49-0, and gave up in the third quarter.[6] The skewed score discouraged the Tournament committee and it was decided to have Roman-style chariot races instead.[6]

In 1916, by popular demand, the football game was reinstated.[6] The large crowds soon overwhelmed the stands in Tournament Park. William L. Leishman, the Tournament’s 1920 President, imagined a stadium comparable to the Yale Bowl. It is the first significant contemporary football stadium, constructed in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco. Completed in 1922, the Rose Bowl has grown in size over the years. Originally built in a horseshoe shape, the capacity rose from 57,000 to 76,000 when in 1929, the open south end was added on. By the 1950s it could accommodate over 100,000 fans.[7] The new stadium hosted its first New Year’s Day football game in 1923 and was soon christened “The Rose Bowl.” [6] It is the home field for the UCLA Bruins football team and has hosted five Super Bowls. Important soccer matches include the 1984 Summer Olympics,[8] the final of the FIFA World Cup 1994 [7] hosted in USA, and the final in FIFA Women's World Cup 1999.[9]

Called “The Granddaddy of Them All”, the Rose Bowl Game has sold out every year since[6] that 1947 contest was the first game played under the Tournament’s exclusive agreement with the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences.The Rose Bowl has hosted the National Championship Game between the top two teams in the nation in 2002, 2006, 2010 and will again in 2014, as an integaral part of the Bowl Championship Series[6]

Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

Shortly before the Rose Bowl game in 1958, Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes started looking for a place to sequester his team from the wicked temptations of Los Angeles. The Mater Dolorosa monastery in Sierra Madre offered secluded serenity, along with a small company of black-robed friars to make sure the team didn't get into any mischief. The Buckeyes won the game.[10] Other team coaches have followed suit. Bobby Bell, a Minnesota linebacker, remembers the team bus pulling into the monastery one late night, with only the headlights and police escort lights shining against the religious statues. He remarked to his coach: "You don't have to worry about bed-check tonight."[10]

The Rose Bowl stadium was the home ground for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer from the team's inception in 1996 until in 2003, it moved into the soccer-specific Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The venue additionally hosted the 1998 MLS Cup.[11]

Los Angeles is seeking another National Football League team to replace the Rams and the Raiders, each of whom played in Los Angeles from 1946–1994 and 1982-1994 respectively. In November, 2006. In March 2011, Tim Leiweke, the president and CEO of Downtown-based Anschutz Entertainment Group, anticipates negotiating a deal to bring National Football back to Los Angeles and to build a $Billion Sports Center.[12]

The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center is an aquatics facility located adjacent 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 US National Diving Championships.[13] The Rose Bowl Tennis Center, operated by the city of Pasadena, is located due south of the Rose Bowl stadium.[14]

Tournament of Roses Parade

Spectators gather before the 2004 Rose 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."[6]

By 1895, the festivities had outgrown the Valley Hunt Club, and the Tournament of Roses Association was formed to take charge of the parade. The Rose Parade, as it is familiarly known, traditionally features elaborate floats. According to the organizers, "Every inch of every float must be covered with flowers, or other natural materials, such as leaves, seeds or bark. On average a float requires about

File:Dooh-Dah, 1979.jpg
1979 Doo Dah Parade.

100,000 flowers and greenery. Volunteer workers swarm over the floats in the days after Christmas, their hands and clothes covered with glue and petals.".[15] The most perishable flowers are placed in small vials of water, which are placed onto the float individually." Over the almost 3 hours of the parade, floats and participants travel over five miles (8 km) [15] and pass by over one million viewers who traditionally camp out over New Year's Eve to have the best view along the parade route.[16]

The Rose Parade is satirized by the popular Doo Dah Parade, an annual May event that parades thought East Pasadena.[16] It features unusual and absurd entrants such as the The Synchronized Briefcase Drill Team, with 16 men & women in three-piece suits performing precision routines, he BBQ & Hibachi Marching Grill Team and The Shopping Cart Drill Team. It is preceded by a five dollar "All-you-can-eat" pancake breakfast at Pasadena Senior Center. All parade proceeds are donated to charity. [1]

Government

Local government

According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $583.0 million in Revenues, $518.1 million in expenditures, $1,633.4 million in total assets, $732.3 million in total liabilities, and $323.4 million in cash and investments.[17]

The structure of the management and coordination of city services is:[17]

Architect Robert A. M. Stern chose a bold design for the new Pasadenda, California Police Department Building, which opened in 1990.
City Department Director
City Manager Michael J. Beck
Assistant City Manager Julie Gutierrez
Acting Assistant City Manager Stephanie De Wolfe
Acting Director of Finance Steve Mermell
Fire Chief Dennis J. Downs
Director of Human Resources Karen S. Ezell
Director of Human Services and Recreation Patricia Lane
Director of Information Services Jan Sanders
Chief Information Technology Officer John Pratt
Chief Prosecutor Constance Orozco-Morgan
Director of Planning and Development Richard J. Bruckner
Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez
Director of Public Health Takashi Wada
Director of Public Works Martin Pastucha
Director of Transportation Fred Dock
General Manager of Water and Power Phyllis Currie
CEO of Pasadena Center Operating Company Michael Ross
General Manager, Rose Bowl Operating Company Darryl Dunn

Police Services

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.[18]

Fire Department

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.[19] Today The Pasadena Fire Department consists of 185 full time employees, 153 shift personnel, 32 administrative personnel, and eight modern fire stations that serve an area in a 60 mile radius.[20]

County representation

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services operates the Monrovia Health Center in Monrovia, serving portions of Pasadena.[21]

Politics

In the state legislature Pasadena is located in the 21st Senate District, represented by Democrat Jack Scott, and in the 44th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Anthony J. Portantino. Federally, Pasadena is located in California's 29th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of D +12[22] and is represented by Democrat Adam Schiff. Though Pasadena has consistently leaned liberal in state politics, in national politics it was a stronghold for moderate Republicans until the 1990s, and was represented in Congress by Republicans from 1945 to 2001.

Transportation

Public transit

Gold Line Memorial Park Station.

Pasadena is the northern terminus of the Los Angeles Metro Gold Line light rail, which originates at the Atlantic Station in East Los Angeles. There are currently 6 Gold Line stations in Pasadena: Fillmore Station, Del Mar Station in Old Pasadena, Memorial Park Station in Old Pasadena, Lake Station in Downtown, Allen Station and Sierra Madre Villa Station. Construction began in June 2010 to extend the Gold Line east through several additional foothill communities of the San Gabriel Valley.

Pasadena is also served by various bus services. Pasadena ARTS exclusively serves the city while Los Angeles metro area bus services Foothill Transit, LADOT, Metro Local and Metro Rapid also serve Pasadena.

Airports

Bob Hope Airport (also known as Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport) in nearby Burbank serves as the regional airport for Pasadena. The airport is owned and operated by the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority, which is controlled by the governments of the three cities in its name. Since most destinations from Bob Hope Airport are within the western United States, Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles and LA/Ontario International Airport in Ontario are also important airports less than an hour from Pasadena.

Freeways and highways

Foothill Freeway (I-210) as seen from the Metro Gold Line Sierra Madre Villa Station

Four freeways run through Pasadena and Pasadena is a control city for all of them. The most important is the Foothill Freeway (I-210) which enters the northwestern portion of the city from La Cañada Flintridge. The Foothill Freeway initially runs due south, passing the Rose Bowl before its junction with the Ventura Freeway. At this interchange, the Foothill Freeway shifts its alignment and direction, becoming an east-west freeway, exiting the city on its eastern boundary before entering Arcadia. The Foothill Freeway connects Pasadena with San Fernando (westbound) and San Bernardino (eastbound).

The Ventura Freeway (SR 134) starts at the junction of the Foothill Freeway (I-210) at the edge of downtown Pasadena and travels westward. This freeway is the main connector to Bob Hope Airport and the San Fernando Valley.

A spur of the controversial Long Beach Freeway (SR 710 in Pasadena) is also located in Pasadena. The Long Beach Freeway was intended to connect Long Beach to Pasadena but a gap, known as the South Pasadena Gap, between Alhambra and Pasadena has not been completed due to legal battles involving the city of South Pasadena. The spur starts at the junction of the Ventura Freeway and Foothill Freeway and travels south along the eastern edge of Old Pasadena with two exits for Colorado Boulevard and Del Mar Boulevard before ending at an at-grade intersection with California Boulevard. Currently, Caltrans is researching the possibility of using advanced tunneling technologies to build the Long Beach Freeway under South Pasadena without disturbing the residential neighborhoods on the surface. This would create twin 4.5-mile-long tunnels, which would be the longest in the United States.

The Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR 110) (also known as the Pasadena Freeway)[23] is 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 at the six- and four-lane Arroyo Parkway continues northward to Old Pasadena.

Three state highways enter the city of Pasadena. Arroyo Parkyway (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 Colorado Boulevard.

Rosemead Boulevard (SR 19) is a state highway on the eastern edge of Pasadena and unincorporated Pasadena from Huntington Drive to Foothill Boulevard.

An obscure 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 U.S. Route 66 used to run through Pasadena until it was deleted in 1964. The historic highway entered Pasadena from the east on Colorado Boulevard and then jogged south on Arroyo Parkway before becoming part of the Pasadena Freeway (SR 110).

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

Culture

Performing arts

Pasadena City Hall

The Pasadena Symphony, founded in 1862, offers several concerts a year at the Pasadena Civic Center and the Pasadena Pops plays at the Rose Bowl. The Civic Center also holds a few traveling Broadway shows each year. The legendary Pasadena Playhouse, presently in reorganization, usually presents seven shows a season, each show running six to eight weeks. The Furious Theatre Company is one of several small theatre companies in Pasadena. They are currently housed in the Carrie Hamilton Theatre adjacent to the Pasadena Playhouse. 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.[24] 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.[25]

The California Philharmonic[26] performs two series in Pasadena, Cal Phil at the Ambassador Auditorium from November through April, and Cal Phil Music Martinis & the Maestro in the Romanesque Room at the Green Hotel from January to May. They also perform Cal Phil Festival on the Green at nearby Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in Arcadia from July to September, and from July to August Cal Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In conjunction with The Old Mill Foundation, they perform a summer chamber concert series Cal Phil at the Mill in San Marino.

For more than ten years, twice annually Pasadena's cultural institutions have opened their doors for free during ArtNight Pasadena,[27] offering the public a rich sampling of quality art, artifacts and music within the city. This has evolved into the yearly PasadenART Weekend,[28] 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.[29]

The Ambassador Auditorium, center, along with other former Ambassador College buildings, in December 2008.

Ambassador Auditorium was built under the guidance of Herbert W. Armstrong as both a facility to be used by the Worldwide Church of God for religious services and as a concert hall for public performances celebrating the performing arts. In 2007, the native Pasadena band Ozma reunited and produced the album "Pasadena" in tribute to the city. The album photos and artwork were shot at the Colorado Street Bridge.[citation needed]

The 1960s song The Little Old Lady from Pasadena parodies a popular Southern California image of Pasadena as home to a large population of aged eccentrics. In the song, Jan and Dean sing of an elderly lady who drives a powerful "Super Stock Dodge" muscle car and is "the terror of Colorado Boulevard." The Dead Kennedys payed a tribute to this archetypal song in the track "Buzzbomb From Pasadena" in the album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death.

Visual arts

A number of artists of national repute, such as Guy Rose, Alson S. Clark, Marion Wachtel and Ernest A. Batchelder, of the Arts and Crafts Movement, made Pasadena their home in the early twentieth century. The formation of the California Art Club, Pasadena Arts Institute and the Pasadena Society of Artists heralded the city's emergence as a regional center for the visual arts.

Art museums

The Norton Simon Museum collections include: European paintings, sculpture, and tapestry; sculpture from South Asia; and an extensive Sculpture garden in a beautiful landscape with a pond. The Museum has the Contemporary art collection of its predecessor, the Pasadena Museum of Art, periodically on exhibit.

The Pacific Asia Museum, with its tranquil garden courtyard in the center, features art from the many countries and cultures of Asia. The nearby Pasadena Museum of California Art hosts many temporary exhibitions of work by contemporary Californian artists.[30]

The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, with painting and sculpture galleries, is adjacent to Pasadena in the city of San Marino.[31] The innovative Kidspace Children's Museum is located in Brookside Park .[32]

Literature

In 2002 David Ebershoff published the novel Pasadena. The novel won praise for its accurate recreation of Pasadena before World War II.[33]

Bungalow Heaven

Main article: Bungalow Heaven

Bungalow Heaven is a neighborhood of 800 small craftsman homes built from 1900 to 1930. Most of these homes are still occupied. Much of the area became a landmark district in 1989[34] and annual historic home tours are conducted every year since that designation.[35][36] Bungalow Heaven's borders are Washington Boulevard to the north, Orange Grove Boulevard to the south, Mentor Avenue to the west, and Chester Avenue to the east.[37] The neighborhood is usually extended to Lake Avenue to the west and Hill Avenue to the east.[34][38]

Orange Grove Boulevard

Tournament House

The Norton Simon Museum, 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[39] in Pasadena, 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 Millionaire's Row, an appropriate sobriquet considering that the estates that once lined this spacious boulevard and the surrounding neighborhood read like a Who's Who [39] of American consumer products. Some of the more notable families include:

Historical residents

The Gamble House is located on Westmoreland Place, an offshoot of Orange Grove Boulevard.

conservancy and museum.[43] The Gamble House is a California Historical Landmark and a National Historic Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Thaddeus S. C. Lowe. His 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) home originally was on South Orange Grove. The 24,000 square-foot (2200 m2) house included a sixth story solarium which he converted into an observatory. Lowe was also a generous patron of the astronomical sciences. He started a water-gas company, founded the Citizens Bank of Los Angeles, built numerous ice plants, and purchased a Pasadena opera house. He also established the Mount Lowe Railway in the mountains above Pasadena and eventually lost his fortune.[45]
  • The brilliant, but troubled, rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons. Parsons sometimes shared his residence with other noteworthy people, including L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Parsons died in an explosion while testing a new rocket fuel in his Pasadena home laboratory, in 1952. Parsons' mother committed suicide a few hours after he died.[46]

Education

The California Institute of Technology is in the southern-central area of Pasadena. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (managed for NASA by Caltech) is in Pasadena. Fuller Theological Seminary, one of the largest multidenominational seminaries in the world,[47] sits just east of downtown Pasadena. The Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Los Angeles (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. The Art Center College of Design is in the San Rafael Hills overlooking the Rose Bowl, and ranks as one of the top five art schools in the United States and one of the top 10 art schools worldwide;[48] it is particularly known for its design programs. Thirteen of Cal Tech's 31 Nobel Prizes were awarded between the years 1970 and 2005.[49]

Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, founded in 1996, is a contemporary music school whose acclaimed faculty of experienced professionals are active in the film, television and recording industries. The school is located between Colorado and California Boulevards on South Fair Oaks Boulevard.

Pasadena City College is a highly rated community college founded in 1924, and located on Colorado Blvd., it is slightly northeast of Cal Tech. The college will celebrate its 85th Anniversary in 2012. Until about 1970, the Rose Parade Queen's court was exclusively selected from its students. Two of the most outstanding alumni of PCC are: Jackie Robinson, and Jaime Escalante.[50]

Public Schools

The Pasadena Unified School District encompasses 76 square miles and includes Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre. There are 17 K-5 grade schools, three schools of K-8 are on the same campus, but the middle school grades (6-8) are separated from pre-K-5 on campus. There are 5 middle 6-8, schools. There are four senior high schools, grades 9 – 12.[51]

Private schools

St. Andrew School is a Catholic co-educational K-8 elementary school, located on Chestnut St, between N. Raymond Ave and N. Fair Oaks Ave.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Elementary School is a Catholic co-educational K-8 elementary school on Orange Grove Blvd

The Chandler School is a co-educational K-8 school.

Pasadena Christian School is a preschool, elementary and junior high school on Los Robles Ave.

St. Philip the Apostle School is a Catholic co-educational K-8 elementary school at the intersection of Hill Ave. and Green St., directly adjacent to Pasadena City College.

The Polytechnic School is a K-12 institution, adjacent to Caltech's campus.

Former campus of Ambassador College, is now Maranatha High School.

Walden School is PK-6 Nonsectarian school on San Gabriel Blvd.

The Waverly School, located near Fair Oaks Avenue and South of Old Town Pasadena, is a K-12 school.

Westridge School is a private school for girls grades 4-12, is located on South Orange Grove Blvd.[2]

La Salle High School is a Catholic school located on the border of Pasadena and Sierra Madre on Michillinda Blvd.

Maranatha High School is a college preparatory Christian high school.[52]

Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus, is a Catholic independent K-8 school located o n Euclid Avenue.[3]

Mayfield Senior School of the Holy Child Jesus is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for young women grades 9-12 located off of Orange Grove Blvd. on Bellefontaine.[4]

Historical schools

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts founded in 1884 in New York, opened its Pasadena campus in 1974. However, in 2001 the conservatory moved from Pasadena to Hollywood. Training actors for the stage in a two year program, the conservatory was the first school in the United States to offer professional education in the field of acting. Point Loma Nazarene University was located in Pasadena for many years before moving to San Diego County. Ambassador College campus and Ambassador Auditorium, located between Green Street and Del Mar Boulevard. The grounds of this former Worldwide Church of God liberal arts college are distinctive for their lush gardens, fountains and spacious lawns. The oldest buildings are listed as historical landmarks and display the wide variety of mansions once common in the area. They are the perfect backdrop to highlight the starkly bright, honeycomb facades of the "sixties modern" buildings that make up the campus. The Pasadena campus of Ambassador was consolidated with its sister campus in Big Sandy, Texas in 1990. The Ambassador College campus is now home to Maranatha High School, located in the western part of the city just east and south of the route of the Rose Parade.

Shopping and dining

Old Pasadena

Old Pasadena is the revitalized old downtown that spans 21 blocks and provides both locals and tourists a genuinely urban mix for living, shopping, dining, and entertainment. It boasts upscale retail shops like Diesel, J.Crew, Guess, Kenneth Cole, Juicy Couture, American Apparel, Urban Outfitters, and Tiffany & Co. A wide variety of restaurants, nightclubs, posh outdoor cafés, pubs, and comedy clubs keep this vibrant part of the city alive seven days a week. Locals refer to it as "Old Town".[53]

Colorado Blvd. is one of the busiest shopping streets in Pasadena.

Paseo Colorado

Paseo Colorado is an upscale shopping mall designed to be a modern urban village. It's an open-air mall that covers three city blocks and includes upscale shops like Tommy Bahama, Coach, Brighton, BCBG Max Azria, Maxstudio, Sephora, and Lucky Brand. Restaurants include an Noor restaurant | ballroom, Islands, PF Changs, Yard House, Tokyo Wako, and Porte Alegre. Paseo Colorado is anchored on the west end by upscale grocery store Gelson's, on the east end by Macy's and Arclight Cinemas centers the middle portion of the mall, along with 400 loft-style condominiums called Terrace Apartment Homes.

Rose Bowl Flea Market

The Rose Bowl Flea Market is a large swap meet that involves thousands of dealers and tens of thousands of visitors in and around the grounds of the Rose Bowl. The merchandise on display ranges from old world antiques to California pottery to vintage clothing. The flea market has been held every second Sunday of the month, rain or shine, since 1967.

South Lake

A shopping district is located in the South Lake Avenue neighborhood. On Lake Avenue a Macy's department store and Furniture Gallery is in a registered California historical landmark. The building was originally designed and built as the fourth Bullock's department store in the mid 1950s (the last freestanding store they constructed). It recently underwent a major expansion, with restoration to preserve its unique and historic character.

Economy

According to the City's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[54] the top employers in the city are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5,065
2 Kaiser Permanente 3,500
3 Huntington Hospital 3,000
4 Pasadena Unified School District 2,600
5 California Institute of Technology 2,550
6 AT&T 2,500
7 City of Pasadena 2,307
8 Pasadena City College 1,789
9 Bank of America 1,500
10 Art Center College of Design 810
11 Parsons 773
12 Hathaway-Sycamores 615
13 The Langham Huntington 584
14 Pacific Clinics 550
15 San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group 525
16 Rusnak Auto Group 450
17 Avon Products 320

Other companies based in Pasadena include Avery Dennison, Inter-Con Security, Jacobs Engineering Group, OneWest Bank, Tetra Tech and Wetzel's Pretzels.

Climate

Pasadena has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).

Climate data for Pasadena
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 93
(34) 		92
(33) 		96
(36) 		105
(41) 		102
(39) 		110
(43) 		110
(43) 		107
(42) 		110
(43) 		108
(42) 		98
(37) 		93
(34) 		110
(43)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 68
(20) 		70
(21) 		71
(22) 		76
(24) 		78
(26) 		84
(29) 		89
(32) 		91
(33) 		88
(31) 		82
(28) 		74
(23) 		68
(20) 		78
(26)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 44
(7) 		46
(8) 		47
(8) 		50
(10) 		54
(12) 		57
(14) 		61
(16) 		62
(17) 		61
(16) 		55
(13) 		48
(9) 		44
(7) 		52
(11)
Record low °F (°C) 23
(−5) 		15
(−9) 		23
(−5) 		34
(1) 		37
(3) 		41
(5) 		45
(7) 		48
(9) 		44
(7) 		37
(3) 		29
(−2) 		26
(−3) 		15
(−9)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.48
(114) 		5.00
(127) 		4.38
(111) 		1.22
(31) 		.45
(11) 		.21
(5.3) 		.05
(1.3) 		.21
(5.3) 		.48
(12) 		.65
(17) 		1.50
(38) 		2.40
(61) 		21.09
(536)
Source: [55]

The wettest year was 1983 with 48.47 inches (1,231 mm) and the driest year was 1947 with 5.37 inches (136 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 19.70 inches (500 mm) in February 1980. The most rainfall in 24 hours was 7.70 inches (196 mm) on March 2, 1938. Pasadena averages 20 inches of rain a year, about 6 inches more than nearby Los Angeles due to the rain shadow effect created by the San Gabriel Mountains. 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; 6 inches fell at Pasadena's city hall and more than 12 inches fell in the foothills of the city.[56]

Parrots

A feral Pasadena parrot.

Pasadena has a population of feral naturalized parrots. According to the "Parrot Project of Los Angeles", [57] the parrots are of at least five species but could be many more different species of the family Psittacidae.[58][59] Locals residents have come to enjoy the birds as part of their unique city's culture, and like the residents of Long Beach, California, they have become local icons to the citizens of the area. [60] Many theories surround the mystery of how the parrots landed in Pasadena and many surrounding cities and claimed an extensive area as their own. A widely accepted story by residents of the area is that they were part of the stock that escaped from the large pet emporium at Simpson's Garden Town on East Colorado Blvd.that burned down in 1959. [59] [61] The parrots survived, flourished and multiplied in Pasadena and spread throughout the San Gabriel Valley, Orange County, as far north as the Monterey Peninsula and as far south as San Diego [58][62][63]

"But the fire is only one factor," said Kimball Garrett, ornithologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. "Poachers smuggling parrot eggs from Mexico, birds escaping their cages and reproduction in the wild all contribute to the growing flock." [61] Therein lies the problem. "There are only so many nest sites available,” said Melanie Stalder, a graduate student at California Polytechnic University in Pomona who has studied the phenomenon. “If the parrots take over, then the native birds won’t be able to use them.” There are several researchers that have banded together to track parrot population and growth in cities all through California,among them: Temple City, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Bernardino [61]

Media

Civic Auditorium Venue

The Civic Auditorium is situated on Green Street. It was designed with the intent of being the southernmost cornerstone of Pasadena's Civic Plaza. The City Hall is located between the auditorium and the Central Library to the north. Every year, the popular television competition, American Idol films their "Hollywood Week" show there.[64] It was also the venue for the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant. The main auditorium is elegant and is large enough to be the home to the Annual Emmy Awards ceremony for nearly 25 years, from 1977 to 2001.[65]

Television

Pasadena is the setting of many TV shows including Brothers & Sisters [66] and The Big Bang Theory.[67] Pasadena Community Access Corporation oversees four television stations: The Arroyo Channel (Channel 32), KPAS (Channel 3), KLRN (Channel 95) and PCC TV (Channel 96).

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 KPPC-FM call sign at 106.7 FM it quickly became the voice of the counterculture and provided the soundtrack to LA's hippie era. Early on-air personalities included Michael McKean, David Lander, Harry Shearer and Dr. Demento. The staff was fired en masse in 1971 and the station lost its distinctive personality.

By 1976 KPPC had changed owners, station managers and its format and would reemerge on the radio dial as KROQ 106.7. Broadcasting from cramped studios on Los Robles Ave in central Pasadena, it wasn't long before KROQ would become one of the most influential radio stations in the United States. Soon after being purchased by Infinity Broadcasting in 1986, KROQ was moved part and parcel to new studios in nearby Burbank, and eventually ending up in Los Angeles proper.

Today the primary radio station in Pasadena goes by the call sign KPCC located at 89.3 FM. Broadcasting from the Pasadena City College campus, this public radio station carries many of the best shows from National Public Radio but maintains a fierce independent streak, committing a large chunk of air time to presenting local and state news. Accordingly, the station has received numerous awards for journalistic excellence and continues to be an important part of the city's heritage.

Newspaper

Pasadena's largest newspaper is the Pasadena Star-News, which was first published in 1884. The alternative Pasadena Weekly is published by Southland Publishing.

Sister cities

Pasadena has seven sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:

Notable residents

See also

References

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  67. ^ The Big Bang Theory Streaming

Further reading

  • Winter, Robert (2009). "Pasadena, 1900-1910: The Birth of Its Culture". Southern California Quarterly. 91: 295–318.
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