4 November 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Architecture , Greater Los Angeles Area , Green Buildings
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Pasadena City Hall, completed in 1927, serves as the central location for city government in the
City of Pasadena, California and it is a significant architectural example of the
City Beautiful movement of the 1920s.
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11 April 2016 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Greater Los Angeles Area
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Pasadena was incorporated on June 19, 1886, becoming only the second city to be incorporated in what is now
Los Angeles County , after
Los Angeles (April 4, 1850). It is one of the primary cultural centers of the
San Gabriel Valley . Pasadena is a part of the original Mexican land grant named
Rancho del Rincon de San Pascual , so named because it was deeded on Easter Sunday to
Eulalia Perez de Guillén Mariné of
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel . The Rancho comprised the lands of today’s communities of Pasadena,
Altadena and
South Pasadena . The city is known for hosting the annual
Rose Bowl Game and
Tournament of Roses Parade . In addition, Pasadena is also home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ,
Pasadena City College ,
Fuller Theological Seminary ,
Art Center College of Design , the
Pasadena Playhouse , the
Norton Simon Museum of Art and the
Pacific Asia Museum . The television series
The Big Bang Theory plays in Pasadena. February 25 – on this day in 2016, the 200th episode of the television series aired – was officially declared the
The Big Bang Theory Day .
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