Relocating to Pasadena California?

If you are thinking of moving or relocating to Pasadena, California, you are looking for a lot of information.  You came to the right place.  Welcome! 

Here, you will find neighborhood resources, a restaurant guide, local museums and market data information for Pasadena real estate. 

Pasadena California is best known for its annual rose parade, but it's reputation for beautiful tree-lined streets and historical turn-of-the century homes makes it a beautiful city to visit and a wonderful place to live.

Pasadena California also features many museums and historical sites like Norton Simon Museum, The Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art and is minutes from the Huntington Library.   

The Gamble House built in 1908 showcases the best of American Arts and Crafts era.

Old Town Pasadena and South Lake Avenue District offer tremendous shopping opportunities and outstanding restaurants for a variety of tastes.  And, the Playhouse District keeps us entertained.

Pasadena California is conveniently located only 9 miles North of Downtown Los Angeles and is nestled at the base of the majestic San Gabriel mountains.

LOCAL PASADENA AREA NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION

 

• History of Pasadena California
• Pasadena CA Historic Homes & Districts
• Bungalow Heaven Neighborhood Website
• Old Town Pasadena
• South Lake Avenue District of Pasadena
• Rose Parade

• Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau

PASADENA NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY AND HISTORICAL HOMES

• Oak Knoll Neighborhood
• Madison Heights Neighborhood
• Orange Heights Neighborhood
• Old Town Pasadena Historic District Neighborhood
• San Rafael and Lower Arroyo Neighborhood
• Historic Highlands Neighborhood
• Bungallow Heaven Neighborhood
• Prospect Park

 

PASADENA HOMES AND CONDOS FOR SALE

(Direct feeds from the IMRMLS) 

Search over 16,000 homes - the entire Pasadena California Multiple Listing Service

• Pasadena Homes for Sale $300,000 to $400,000
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• Pasadena Homes for Sale $2,000,000 to $2,500,000
• Pasadena Homes for Sale $2,500,000 to $3,000,000
• Pasadena Homes for Sale over $3,000,000

  PASADENA CONDOS and TOWNHOMES:

• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale under $300,000
• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale $300,000 to $400,000
• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale $400,000 to $500,000
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• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale $900,000 to $1,000,000
• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale $1,000,000 to $1,200,000
• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale $1,200,000 to $1,400,000
• Pasadena Condos and Townhomes for Sale over $1,400,000

 PASADENA LAND FOR SALE:

• Pasadena California Land for Sale

PASADENA CALIFORNIA INCOME PROPERTY FOR SALE

•  Pasadena California Income Property For Sale

 

California Department of Justice

• Megans Law
• Sex Offender Registration ¦
• Megans Law
• Facts about Sex Offenders

• How to Keep Your Family Safe

SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES

• Pasadena Public Library
• Pasadena Unified School District
• Pasadena City College
• California School of Culinary Arts

• Pasadena Private Schools Reports

• Complete Guide to Pasadena Public Schools

PASADENA BUILDING AND HOUSING

Building Inspection	626-744-4200
Building Permits	626-744-4200
Building Plan Check	626-744-6901

Occupancy Inspection (commercial)	626-744-4200
Occupancy Inspection (residential)	626-744-4633

Read Also:  Moving into Pasadena?  What are Occupancy Requirements?

UTILITIES 

Water and Power
Customer Service	626-744-4005
AnswerLine	626-744-6970
Bill Payment, Connections, Meter Reading	626-744-4005
Downed Power Lines, Power Outages	626-744-4673
Broken Water Mains, Hydrants	626-744-4138
Utility Planning	626-744-4495

Champion Broadband	86...
Charter Communications	888...

Gas Company

800-427-2200

Trash/ Garbage Bill Payment

626-744-4005

LICENSES

• Business Licenses - on-line service available      (626) 744-4166     
• Drivers License -      (626) 796-1228     
• Marriage License -      (626) 575-5491     
• Animal Licensing - on-line service      (626) 744-4166     

• Animal Rescue/Control -  Pasadena Humane Society      (626) 792-7151      

TOP PASADENA HOTELS

• Sheraton Pasadena Hotel      (626)449-4000     
• Pasadena Hilton      (626) 577-1000     
• The Westin Pasadena      (866) 716-8132     
• Courtyard-La Old Pasadena      (626) 403-7600     

• Quality Inn      (626) 796-9211     

TOP PASADENA RESTAURANTS

• Porto Alegre - if you haven't tried a Brazilian churrascaria (steak house), this is a place to take your first taste.  It's an all you can eat fiesta of meets and other goodies.  Come hungry! 260 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadean in Paseo Colorado on the 2nd floor.  (626)744-0555.
• P.F.Chang's - also in Paseo Colorado across the way from Porto Alegre.  A great place for family style, high end Chinese food.  Try the walnut shrimp with melon and the wonton soup - yummy!      (626) 356-9760     
• Yard House Restaurant - located in Paseo Colorado next to PF Chang's.  They claim to have the largest selection of draft beer in the world! Great food, easy atmosphere, a large bar and TV screens to follow your favorite LA team.330 E Colorado Blvd,Pasadena:      (626) 577-9273     

• Island's - We're all kids at heart, right?  My kids favorite, anyways.  Great tortilla soup and hamburgers can't be beat!  Paseo Colorado 330 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena -      (626) 304-9050     

• Central Park Restaurant - just a few blocks away from Old Town Pasadena, Central Park is a popular hang out for locals especially for breakfast.  219 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena:      (626)449-4499    

• Vertical Wine Bistro - located in Old Town Pasadena at 70 N. Raymond Avenue.  Open for lunch and dinner and offers Wine Tasting Thrusdays on the first Thursday of the month.  For reservations, call    (626)795-3999   . 

 

 

PASADENA GOLF COURSES

• Brookside Men's Golf Club - Pasadena, California
• Arroyo Seco Golf Course - by South Pasadena
• Altadena Golf Course - just a bit North of Pasadena
• San Gabriel Golf Course - San Gabriel, CA (where Bob Hope is rumoured to have played)

• Whittier Narrows Golf Course - Rosemead (close enough to Pasadena to check out)

TRANSPORTATION IN AND AROUND PASADENA CA

• Dial-A-Ride
• Pasadena ARTS Bus routes
• Gold Line
• LA Dot - Dash Line and Commuter Express information and schedule

 

THINGS TO DO AROUND PASADENA

Pasadena Museums:

• Kidspace Children's Museum -      (626) 449-9144     
• The Pasadena Museum of California Art      (626) 568-3655     
• Pacific Asia Museum -      (626) 449-2742     
• Norton Simon Museum -      (626) 449-6840     
• Pasadena Museum of History -(626) 577-1660

• The Bunny Museum -      (626) 798-8848    

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Area Museums and Botanical Gardens:

• Huntington Library - San Marino

• Descanso Gardens - La Canada

Other Activities:

• Gamble House -      (626) 793-3334      Offers a great example of American Arts & Crafts style architecture.
• Rose Bowl - Great place for walking and meeting other Pasadenians.

  The stadium is the proud home of the Tournament of Roses Football Game, UCLA Bruin Football, Fourth of July celebrations, concerts, religious services, filmings and the World's Largest Flea Market (R.G. Canning).

  A National Historic Landmark built in 1922 and known mainly for the New Year's Tournament of Roses Football Game, the Rose Bowl Stadium has also earned its World-Class Reputation by hosting five NFL Super Bowl Games, the 1984 Olympic Soccer Matches, the 1994 Men's World Cup, the 1999 Women's World Cup, the 2002 and 2006 BCS National College Football Championship Games and numerous other memorable events over the past eighty plus years.

 

PASADENA RELOCATION SPECIALIST

• Irina Netchaev - Real Estate Broker

• Pasadena California Real Estate

 

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MADISON HEIGHTS       

  

A great neighborhood right next to the South Lake Avenue District.  It has a strong neighborhood association and has an annual 4th of July parade and other family oriented activities.

The neighborhood was laid out in the 19th century, and the oldest house still standing dates from 1890.  Some of the origins of our street names go back to this era.  The most prominent is El Molino Avenue, named for Col. E. J. C. Kewen's El Molino Ranch with its "old mill of the padres."

Euclid Avenue was opened in 1885 by C. M. Skellen who took the name from Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.  Glenarm Street was named by Thomas Banbury after his wife's hometown in Canada.  Los Robles Avenue was named after Governor George Stoneman's ranch which was at the southern extremity of the road.  Oakland Avenue originally did not extend south of California.  It was named after the City of Oakland and the street was also lined with oak trees.  The section of the street in Madison Heights was originally called Eastern Avenue.

The original "Madison Avenue Heights" subdivision consisting of 63 lots was opened in July, 1906.  Lots were priced from $1,500 and carried a stipulation that homes to be built should cost at least $3,000.

The Madison Heights neighborhood was largely developed between 1910 and 1917.  It consisted of family homes of professional people.  A number of architects and contractors who worked in the neighborhood also lived here.  Many early residents subdivided their lots to build homes for their grown children.  To this day, it's common for multiple generations of a family to own separate homes in the neighborhood.

Read More:  Everythng You Wanted to Know about Pasadena Neighborhoods

Allendale Branch Library (1920s)

1130 S. Marengo Ave.

At the southern border of Madison Heights, this adobe structure is currently a Pasadena Public Library branch as well as a school library for Allendale Elementary School.  Built as an isolation hospital for patients with infectious diseases, it became a library in 1951.

Heineman-designed House (1911)

885 S El Molino Ave.

This Craftsman home was designed by Arthur S. Heineman.

 

E.J. Blacker House (1912)

675 S. Madison Ave.

You can call this craftsman Pasadena home, a grandbaby of the original Blacker House in Oak Knoll.  This one was built a few years later.

Read More:  Pasadena's Oak Knoll Neighborhood

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LOWER ARROYO SECO & SAN RAFAEL                   

In 1940s, the housing shortage in Pasadena led to the development of the San Rafael area and new residences were built that reflected the upper middle class and very wealthy families.

What is a surprise to many is that this residential area used to house the elaborate Busch Gardens which closed its doors in 1937. 

This area is quite diverse and is known for its famed "Millionaire'Row" condo complexes on Orange Grove, stately estates on Grand Avenue and very rustic and quaint hills of San Rafael.

READ MORE:  Everything you wanted to know about Pasadena Neighborhoods

Colorado Street Bridge (1912-1913)

This is one of the most graceful and beautiful bridges in the area.  This curving bridge is made out of reinforced concrete.  It was restored in the 1990s and spans nearly 1,500 feet.  It connects Old Pasadena to the San Rafael Hills and Eagle Rock.

Vista del Arroyo Hotel (1920)

125 S. Grand Avenue.

The federal government acquired this Sylvanus Marston designed resort hotel to use as a military hospital.  It is now used as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

La Casita del Arroyo (1933)

177 S Arroyo Blvd.

Designed by Myron Hunt at no charge, this structure was built using Arroyo stone and lumber from bicycle tracks built at the Rose Bowl for the 1932 Olympics.

Batchelder House (1909)

626 S Arroyo Blvd.

Ernest Batchelder is a famed artisan known around Pasadena for his beautiful decorative tiles around the fireplaces.  These tiles became emblematic of the Arts & Crafts movement.  Batchelder's kiln remains in the backyard of this lovely home, and the discerning viewer can see examples of his tile work from the street.

Wrigley Mansion (1911)

391 S Orange Grove Avenue

This ornate mansion built for the chewing-gum mogul William Wringley, who controlled the development of Catalina island.  It is now home to Pasadena's Tournament of Roses.

Church of the Angels (1889)

1100 Avenue 64

This church was commissioned by the widow of Alexander Campbell-Johnston, the developer of Rancho San Rafael, and designed by the British architect Arthur Edmund Street to memorialize her husband.

Pergola House (1910)

1025 S. Arroyo Blvd.

Remnants of Busch Gardens are incorporated into a home built consdierably later.

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OLD PASADENA HISTORIC DISTRICT (OLD TOWN PASADENA)

Old Town is Pasadena's original business district that began at the intersection of Fair Oaks Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.  Newly revitalized, Old Town is one of Southern California's leading destinations.  It has pedestrian-friendly streets, designer boutiques, coffee shops and restaurants.

READ ALSO:  Pasadena Area Neighborhoods

Norton Simon Museum (1969)

411 W. Colorado Blvd.

The Norton Simon Museum is on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado Blvd at the beginning of Old Town as you exit the Colorado Street Bridge.  It was designed by the architectural firm of Ladd & Kelsey.  The art museum's interior was renovated by Frank Gehry from 1996 to 1999.

Hotel Green (1898)

Currently known as Castle Green, this was the second building of a lavish 19^th-century resort built in the Moorish style for wealthy Easterners who came to California during winter months to enjoy our moderate climate.  The enclosed bridge that now ends at a small tower once crossed Raymond to connect with the first building in the hotel's complex.  Architect for Hotel Green was Frederick Roehrig.

Today, Castle Green has been converted to luxury condominiums and is open for self guided tours twice a year - June and December.

Pasadena City Hall (1927)

100 N. Garfield Avenue

 

 

Pasadena City Hall just underwent an extensive seismic retrofitting.  It's a great example of the Mediterranean style and was translated to fit its California setting by the San Francisco architectural firm of Bakewell and Brown.  The impressive circular tower rises six stories and is topped by a dome which is in turn topped by a cupola that is finally topped by an urn and ball. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Santa Fe Railway Station, 1935

222 South Raymond Avenue

Architect: H. C. Gilman

Chamber of Commerce Building, 1906

117 East Colorado Boulevard

Architects: Parkinson & Bergstrom

Kinney-Kendall Building, 1897

65 East Colorado Boulevard

Architects:

Charles & Henry Greene

Friend Paper Co., 1965

100 West Green Street

Architects: Smith & Williams

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BUNGALOW HEAVEN 

 

Bungalow Heaven is Pasadena's first Landmark District.  It has many different architectural styles, but locals mainly know it due to its abundance of  California Bungalows that were built between 1900 to 1930s.

READ MORE:  Everything You Wanted to Know about Pasadena Neighborhoods

Many of the bungalows here were built from kits - often at a cost of $1,000 - and delivered to Californians eager to build the low-slung, often single-story homes with the deep verandas and overhanging eaves that protect them form California's powerful sunshine. 

There are so many beautiful bungalows here that it's impossible to point out just one or two.  Take a walk through the neighborhood and explore it yourself.

Bungalow Heaven is located between Washington Blvd (north) and Orange Grove (South) , Lake Avenue (West) and Hill (East)

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