Playhouse District, Pasadena, California

Neighborhood in Pasadena, California, United States

Birds eye view of the central business cluster down Colorado Blvd of Playhouse Village.

Playhouse Village, (formerly known as Playhouse District) a neighborhood in Pasadena, California, is bordered by Interstate 210 to the north, California Boulevard to the south, Los Robles Avenue to the west, and Hudson Avenue to the east, with a panhandle-like extension to Wilson Avenue. The district is also notable for its manhattanization, the legacy of extensive urbanization from the 1960s to the 1980s.

## Landmarks[edit]

Pacific Asian Museum on Los Robles Avenue

At Playhouse Village's center is the district's namesake, the Pasadena Playhouse, as well as Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena's oldest operating independent bookstore, and Laemmle's Playhouse 7. At the neighborhood's east end is the Ice House comedy club and art-house Boston Court Pasadena. Fuller Theological Seminary is located at the western end.

At the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Ave. is the Pasadena Star News building. The newspaper started publication in 1884. The building now houses New School of Cooking's Pasadena location and a 24 Hour Fitness location.

Additionally, the First United Methodist Church and Pasadena Presbyterian Church, on the former home of KPPC-FM, are located on Colorado Blvd.

The USC Pacific Asia Museum, which started in 1971, is located on North Los Robles Avenue. It has a collection of 15,000 pieces of Asia and the Pacific Islands art work.[1]

## Education[edit]

Playhouse Village is served by McKinley School and Blair High School

## Transportation[edit]

The Metro A Line operates a station on Lake Avenue, just north of the neighborhood. Playhouse Village is served by Metro Local lines 177, 180, 662 and 686. It is also served by Pasadena Transit routes 10 and 20, and Foothill Transit route 187.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Building and Garden Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, Pacific Asia Museum, 2011

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Pasadena, California

History|

* Hahamog-na
* Rancho San Pasqual
* Indiana Colony
* Super Bowl XI XIV XVII XXI XXVII

Government|

* Mayor
* City Council
* City Hall
* Pasadena Transit
* Pasadena Unified School District
* Pasadena Police Department

Culture|

* Armory Center for the Arts
* Brookside Golf Course
* California Art Club
* Convention Center
* Kidspace Children's Museum
* Norton Simon Museum
* Pasadena Chalk Festival
* Pasadena Museum of California Art
* Pasadena Museum of History
* Pasadena Symphony and POPS
* Rose Bowl
* Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
* Rose Parade
* USC Pacific Asia Museum

Neighborhoods|

| Downtown|

* Civic Center
* Old Pasadena

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Northwest|

* Banbury Oaks
* Brookside Park/Arroyo Terrace
* Garfield Heights
* La Pintoresca
* Lincoln-Villa
* Linda Vista
* Muir Heights
* The Oaks
* Orange Heights
* Prospect Park
* Villa Parke

North Lake|

* Bungalow Heaven
* Catalina Villas
* Lexington Heights
* Normandie Heights
* Olive Heights
* Washington Square

Northeast|

* Brigden Ranch
* Casa Grande
* Daisy Villa
* East Washington Village
* Jefferson Park
* Victory Park

Far East|

* California Village
* Chapman
* Eaton Canyon
* Hastings Ranch

Southwest|

* Annandale
* Bellefontaine/Governor Markham
* Lower Arroyo
* Raymond Hill/Arroyo Del Mar

Southeast|

* Lamanda Park
* Madison Heights
* Marceline
* Oak Knoll
* Playhouse Village
* South Lake

Education|

| Primary and
secondary schools|

* Pasadena USD
* Blair IB
* Marshall Fundamental Sec.
* John Muir HS
* Pasadena HS
* Chandler School
* International School of Los Angeles Pasadena Campus
* Maranatha High School
* Polytechnic School
* Sequoyah School
* Westridge School

| Closed|

* AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian HS

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Colleges and
universities|

* Pasadena City College
* Art Center College of Design
* California Institute of Technology
* Fuller Theological Seminary
* Pacific Oaks College
* Providence Christian College
* Tyson School of Medicine
* William Carey International University
* Ambassador College (closed)
* Highland College (closed)

Landmarks|

* Ambassador Auditorium
* Huntington Hospital
* Paseo Colorado
* Pasadena Conference Center
* Tallest and largest buildings

Media|

* Pasadena Star-News
* Pasadena Weekly
* Pasadena Now

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