April 1st, 2023
April 1 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Old Pasadena Walking Tour – North
Memorial Park 85 East Holly Street, Pasadena, CA
This month’s Old Pasadena Walking Tour will include the northern section of Old Pasadena, beginning at Memorial Park and walking south through several historic alleyways. This tour features the ruins of Pasadena’s second library, a historic theatre that is now readapted as condominiums, and perhaps one of the most controversial preservation stories regarding an entire block that was saved.
Old Pasadena is a shopping and dining destination, but without Pasadena Heritage, this National Register Historic District would have been destroyed! Now it is one of the finest examples of downtown revitalizations in the country. One of our trained docents will lead you through the historic district and reveal its many hidden and unusual architectural details, old alleyways, and historic signs.
The tour is approximately 1.5 hours and covers approximately 1.5 miles.
Tickets $18 members | $22 nonmembers
May 6th, 2023
May 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Playhouse District Walking Tour
The Blinn House 160 N Oakland Ave, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena, settled by a group of farmers from Indiana in the 1870s, originally developed along the Arroyo Seco. The Pasadena Playhouse Historic District contains approximately 34 buildings, which represent the eastward growth of the City’s urban core during the 1920s and 1930s, after Pasadena’s economy had changed from agriculture to tourism. Development of this area was spurred by the construction of Pasadena’s grand and imposing Civic Center in the 1920s, prompting the construction of residential, religious and cultural facilities in the district. This walking tour includes the Scottish Rite Temple, the United Artist Theater, the Pasadena Playhouse, the Professional Building (Pasadena’s only example of Gothic revival office building architecture) and the Bank of the West building, to name a few.
Tours last approximately 1.5 hours with a walking distance of approximately 1 mile.
Tickets $18 members | $22 nonmembers
