Two for One
Think the owner will notice if I take one out for a spin? Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
March 24, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
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Sign On
It’s official: Landmark wants the Rialto sign to stay exactly where it is! We still have a long, long, LONG way to go to officially save and revitalize our beloved Rialto Theatre, but as Escott Norton of Friends of the Rialto posted on Facebook, “I would say today’s news is a very good ‘sign’!” (Be [...]
March 23, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
In this case, the words of the prophets are written on…
…the bathroom walls. (I guess we just don’t have enough subways in Southern California.) Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
March 22, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
Greenlisted
Phil slowed down and looked at the property. Isolated? Check. Right color scheme? Check. Vaulted ceilings? “Damn!” He said. “No vaulted ceilings!” Once again, Phil drove on. (It wasn’t easy being the Jolly Green Giant’s realtor.) Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
March 21, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
Storm Clouds
Nice of that woman to be walking with such a striking red coat just as the clouds parted… (For Rialto fans, the clouds have still not parted. I’ll repeat my update from the bottom of yesterday’s post: Pasadena Star News reports that Rialto sign can be saved if Landmark Theaters fund repairs. Officials from Landmark [...]
March 20, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
Hanging in the Balance
Expert structural engineer Michael Krakower will offer the city of South Pasadena a report today regarding the safety of the historic Rialto sign. (LA Times blog got a few facts wrong — Landmark Theaters leases but does not own the Rialto, for example — but you can read more about the latest in the saga [...]
March 19, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
Monterey Hills Modern
It’s all in the details… Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
March 18, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
If only it were this easy…
…sigh. (For those of you who don’t live in Los Angeles, this type of sign points to a movie/TV production location around town. Projects often have code words to identify them to the cast and crew, or perhaps a shortened version of the working title. For all of us, we know what a bully is. [...]
March 17, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
What Was That Name Again?
The man who built this building, Alexander R. Graham, named it after himself. (The Alexander Building.) Not content with one mere structure as his namesake, he built another one right next to it and named that one after himself, too. (The A. R. Graham Building.) What would you bet he would have been peeved to [...]
March 16, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
Three Azaleas
(There’s a country song or a children’s story somewhere in that title…) Read the Full Story at Glimpses of South Pasadena
March 15, 2012 | Posted in Glimpses of S. Pas. | Read More »
