See’s Candies are a popular gift every holiday season, but did you know about part of their delicious history in Pasadena?
Wishing you very sweet and happy holidays! 🍫
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This giving season, we hope you will consider making a donation at pasadenaheritage.org to help sustain our vital mission and help guarantee Pasadena’s future!
Every dollar you contribute goes toward saving historic places, informing the public about our great city, and assuring that Pasadena has a vibrant future that celebrates and builds on its extraordinary past.
In 2024…
✏️ Our educational programs furthered our mission and included tours throughout the city, lectures, free participatory workshops, and more
📢 Our many successful advocacy efforts included saving the historic Swanson & Peterson daylight factory building, consulting on a host of development projects, participating in planning for the Central Library and supporting its bond measure, seeing plans for new fencing on the Colorado Street Bridge move forward, working on the best future for the former 710 freeway, and more
In 2025, our work continues, and…
🎉 The Colorado Street Bridge Party will return
đź‘ź New walking tours are being scheduled
🤝 New community programs are being visualized, and more
We are so grateful for your support, and we wish you a wonderful holiday season and all the best for the New Year!
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Remembering Pasadena’s culinary legend, Julia Child, as Thanksgiving approaches next week. What are you cooking for the holiday - any of Julia Child’s recipes?
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If you’ve been to the historic Blinn House, you may have noticed the broken arch motif repeated throughout the home. How many broken arches do you think there are? Let us know your guess in the comments!
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In honor of Pride Month, we would like to highlight a legacy business that has had an enormous impact on Pasadena’s rich cultural history. The Boulevard Bar in East Pasadena has offered a safe meeting space for the San Gabriel Valley’s LGBTQIA+ community for decades. This year it was identified as a cultural resource during the initial outreach phase of the Historic Places Pasadena survey project. The Boulevard Bar is a tangible representation of Pride and we are so happy that Pasadena is their home!
Happy Pride month to all!
Special thanks to @boulevardpasadena for opening their arms to our organization and thank you to @xoxoscarlettletters for allowing us to feature their performance in our reel! #preservation #pasadena #pridemonth #community
Breaking Ground: The Legacy of Women Landscape Architects, Part I of our Preservation Pasadena series, is here!
Join us this Women’s History Month as we explore the exceptional work and lasting legacy of pioneer women landscape architects including Katherine Bashford, Beatrix Farrand, Ruth Shellhorn, Florence Yoch and Lucile Council through exclusive tours, lectures, wine tastings, and more.
For tickets and a complete schedule of weekend events, please visit our website. We hope you will join us this weekend, March 22nd - 24th!
Preservation Pasadena Part I is graciously sponsored in part by KornRandolph, our Lead Sponsor, and Susan Masterman Architects•Interiors•Gardens.
đź“·: Photos courtesy of La Casita Foundation, The Huntington Library, Getty Images, The Old Mill Foundation, Getty Research Institute, and Pasadena Heritage.
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As another remarkable year comes to an end, we are filled with gratitude for all the support from those who made 2023 an unforgettable one.
A few highlights from 2023:
- In our first full year in the Blinn House, it was busy with groups, meetings, tours, and events.
- After a five-year hiatus, the Colorado Street Bridge Party returned with over 4,500 attendees.
- Our full year of scheduled events returned with high demand and sellouts.
- We were voted favorite non-profit in the San Gabriel Valley and received a City of Pasadena Preservation Award.
- We kept watch, spoke out, and consulted on numerous threats to historic buildings.
Help us finish the year in top form by making a year-end contribution to our Annual Appeal at pasadenaheritage.org - thank you for your support!
Wishing you a happy holiday season and all the best in 2024!
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