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The Neighborhood Files
Pasadena History: Opening Fort Smallwood Park
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula, by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. During the first few years of the park's existence, visitors took a s...
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The Neighborhood Files
Pasadena History: 6-Man Crew Runs Local Roads
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula, by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. Do you think you could identify every car that went by on Mountain Ro...
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The Neighborhood Files
Pasadena History: Riviera Beach Offers Longest Ambulance Service
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula, by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Company got its start in the 1930...
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Business
Pasadena History: Monkeys, Bears Call Angel's Home
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. Imagine seeing a monkey or even a bear at Angel's on your way down Mou...
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News
Pasadena History: Taking Flight in Pasadena
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. In the 1920s and 1930s residents could pay $5 to go on a daring plane ...
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News
Pasadena History: Paving Mountain Road
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. Imagine not being able to pass a car turning on Mountain Road? It woul...
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News
Pasadena History: Fire Destroys Brown's Grove
Here’s your weekly dose of some Pasadena history thanks to The Pasadena Peninsula by Isabel Shipley Cunningham. Brown's Grove was a resort for African American that featured waterfro...