The hometown gets some love from the NY Times:
NYT: 36 Hours in Pasadena, Calif.
Although, one bone to pick: South Pasadena is not Pasadena. South Pasadena is an entirely separate city with its own city hall, city council, police force, municipal services, and school district. Therefore, if this article is about 36 hours in Pasadena, then why list a wine bar in South Pas? It's not as if there aren't any good wine bars in Pasadena.
Admittedly, the article also lists the Huntington Library which technically is in San Marino, but it has always been associated with Pasadena and is pretty much on the border of the city limits. So, I'll let that one go.
My main gripe is with the South Pas inclusion. Actually, I guess my gripe should be with the city of Pasadena for not putting up proper signage to mark where the city begins and ends; and for ever allowing the city of South Pasadena to put up a big sign along the 110 freeway into Pasadena that says "City of South Pasadena" implying that all the following off-ramps will land you in South Pas. (Of course, the sign has been there as long as I can remember--I'll say over 20 years.) Yes, if you exit at the two subsequent off-ramps you do land in South Pas, but the freeway actually ends in Pasadena. But when you get off there, there is no sign saying "City of Pasadena." So, the unknowing visitor will assume they have landed in South Pasadena as they drive along Arroyo Parkway.
Why can't the city of Pasadena put a few signs up? It's not as if Pasadena is some hole in the wall like Irwindale (which, by the way, has better signage!). If it warranted an article in the NY Times travel section, I would think it warrants a sign, at least at the end of the 110, that says "Welcome to Pasadena...You've officially escaped South Pasadena."
And to help pay for it, I'd like all my future parking ticket fines to go towards the sign fund.
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