- Title
- East Colorado St., Pasadena, Cal.
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- Description
- A view of East Colorado St. at Fair Oaks Ave. in downtown Pasadena, California. The building on the corner with the dome and spire is the First National Bank. The street is crowded with horse-drawn carts, pedestrians, bicycles, and trolley cars. Overhead, a dense network of wires crisscrosses the street.
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- Physical description
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Central business districts--California--Pasadena; Stores, retail--California--Pasadena; Cable cars (Streetcars)--California--Pasadena;
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- Note
- The city of Pasadena incorporated in 1886. That same year, the city auctioned off five acres of land around Colorado Street east of Fair Oaks avenue, which sparked rapid growth in this area. Colorado Street (redesignated Colorado Boulevard in 1958) became the main thoroughfare for downtown Pasadena. The following decade saw the installation of a sewer system, paved roads, and electric street lighting. The First National Bank opened at the corner of Colorado Street and Fair Oaks Avenue in 1886. It was designedy by architecht Harry Ridgway and advertised itself as a fireproof structure. It rented retail spaces facing Colorado Avenue, and offices on the upper floors. Beginning in 1929, city officials decided to widen Colorado street in order to reduce congestion. In order to do so, the first 14 feet of buildings along Colorado Street were removed, and nearly all of the original Victorian building facades were lost.
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- Collection Location
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Colorado Blvd. (Pasadena, Calif.); Pasadena (Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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