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Celestino Drago immigrated to Los Angeles from Sicily in the mid-1970s, and held his first job with Osteria Romana Orsini on Pico Boulevard as a chef before leaving to launch Celestino, "his seminal Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills (now defunct but re-created in Pasadena under the same name)". [7]
Two of Pasadena's historic bridges, the Colorado Street Bridge, built in 1913 and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings, and the La Loma Bridge, built in 1914, are among the sites listed on the Register. Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties.
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Pasadena (/ ˌ p æ s ə ˈ d iː n ə / ⓘ PAS-ə-DEE-nə) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. [18] Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Northeast Pasadena is the area north of the 210 freeway, between Hill Avenue and the Eaton Wash. Residents of Northeast Pasadena attend Pasadena High or Marshall Fundamental Secondary School. This neighborhood is served by Metro Local line 267, Foothill Transit Route 187 and Pasadena Transit lines 10, 31, 32, 33, 40 and 60.
Alvin Simon, restaurateur who revitalized Old Pasadena; Sirhan Sirhan, resident of Pasadena at the time of assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy; John Patten Story, U.S. Army major general [22] Bertha L. Turner caterer, cookbook author, and community leader in Pasadena; active within the National Federation of Colored Women
In 1882, Charles Cook Hastings purchased 1,100 acres (450 ha) of land between Pasadena and Sierra Madre for US$7 per acre. He named his ranch "Mesa Alta Rancho" and began planting 300 acres (120 ha) with grape vines and constructed a mansion. Soon after he died, his son, Charles Houston Hastings, assumed responsibility for the land.
The courthouse is the largest of several buildings adjacent to a residential district at the western edge of Pasadena. The old hotel was constructed primarily in two sections: a two-story steel and wood frame section built in 1920–21, and a six-story reinforced concrete portion built in 1930–1931.