Pasadena Heritage

06/17/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the inaugural Regional Restoration Expo!

From homeowners to preservation advocates, it was inspiring to see so many people come together around a shared commitment to preserving the places that tell our stories.

A special thank you to our exhibitors, presenters, volunteers, and community partners who shared their expertise and made the day possible.

We are grateful for everyone who spent part of their Saturday with us and helped make this year’s Expo a success! 🥂

06/10/2026

🏈 Join Pasadena Heritage as a new member (Individual level or higher) by June 17th and be entered for a chance to win a complimentary ticket to our Kick a Football on the Rose Bowl Field, Father’s Day Stadium Tour! Step onto the legendary turf of the Rose Bowl Stadium, test your kicking skills, take memorable photos, and enjoy a rare opportunity available only to Pasadena Heritage supporters! This event is the perfect Father’s Day gift for the special dad in your life!

Your membership helps protect and celebrate Pasadena’s rich history while supporting ongoing educational and preservation efforts.

To join or renew, please visit pasadenaheritage.org/membership.


Historic Preservation | Pasadena

06/08/2026

Don’t miss the Regional Restoration Expo this Saturday!

Check out the speaker schedule below and tap the link for more details.

Learn more: https://www.pasadenaheritage.org/events-tours/regional-restoration-expo

Speaker Schedule:

10:00 – 10:45 AM: Moving Forward: Preservation for a Changing World
Adrian Scott Fine, President & CEO, Los Angeles Conservancy

11:00 – 11:45 AM: An Upward Spiral: Sustainability, Restoration and Fire Defense
Cassy Aoyagi, President & CEO, FormLA Landscaping
JT Wilkinson, Maintenance Care Manager
Izumi Tanaka, Host, Home Green Home

12:00 – 12:45 PM: Alta Dena: Between Wilderness and City
Michele Zack, Writer & Journalist

1:00 – 1:45 PM: Designing with Meaning: Redesign, Reuse, Reimagine
Frances Anderton, Writer & Broadcaster, specializing in design and architecture. Author of Common Ground: Multifamily Housing In Los Angeles

2:00 – 2:45 PM: Janes Village: Community Rebuild — The Alta Dena Collective
Chris Corbett, Architect, Principal Owner — Dreamers & Doers Design
Tim Vordtriede, Founder, Vordtriede & Company

3:00 – 3:45 PM: Bridging Craft & Science: Where Traditional Craft Meets Modern Performance
Robert Chuang, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Enhaus Design
Bader Jaffan, Director of Operations & Co-Founder, Enhaus Design
May Saab, Marketing Director, Enhaus Design

4:00 – 4:45 PM: Saving Homes, Rebuilding Community: Reviving the Art of Historic Home Relocation in Altadena
Brooke Iva Lohman-Janz & Michael Janz, Alta Dena Homeowners
Brad Chambers, Preservationist

Join us for the Regional Restoration Expo — a free, one-day celebration of historic preservation, craftsmanship, and the communities built around both.

06/05/2026

Join us for “The Places In Between” with Andy Romanoff on Saturday, June 27th at 5pm:

🎙️ Photographer and writer Andy Romanoff presents an evening exploring travel, memory, landscape, and the strange poetry of the American road. Through short films, readings, photographs, and personal reflections, Romanoff traces the sometimes overlooked spaces between destinations: the faded towns, roadside encounters, desert highways, and fragments of memory that define the experience of travel in the American West.

🚗 Using photographs, film, and stories gathered over years on the road, the presentation moves through U.S. Route 66, the Loneliest Road, the Sierra Nevada, Silver City, roadside bars, and countless in between places typically seen through the windshield. Rather than focusing on destinations alone, Romanoff looks at the landscapes, chance encounters, and fleeting moments that shape how we think about travel and the places we call home.

🛣️ At its heart, the evening reflects on the idea that no matter how far the road stretches, every journey eventually circles back home to Los Angeles.

🎟️: Tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/the-places-in-between

📷: Images © Andy Romanoff. All rights reserved.



Historic Preservation | Pasadena

06/04/2026

Join us!

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05/29/2026

As Preservation Month comes to a close, we visited the birthplace of Pasadena Heritage almost 50 years ago.

This home was built in 1891 and designed by G. Lawrence Stimson, a very popular local architect.

A meeting was held in its living room by a group of concerned residents who saw Pasadena changing, historic buildings being sacrificed for aggressive redevelopment plans, and historic neighborhoods being threatened. This group became Pasadena Heritage.

Learn more about our history, mission, and how to get involved at pasadenaheritage.org.


Historic Preservation | Pasadena

05/20/2026

Look no further for the perfect Father’s Day gift!

🏈 Kick a Football on the Rose Bowl Field: A Father’s Day Stadium Tour

🗓️ Sunday, June 21st, 10am & 2pm
📍 Rose Bowl Stadium

👟 Led by Rose Bowl docents, you will move through spaces most people never see, including the original 1922 locker rooms, press box, broadcast center, and out onto the field itself. It’s equal parts architecture, infrastructure, and lived history.

Spend Father’s Day at the Rose Bowl Stadium, a piece of Pasadena’s civic history that’s been continuously in use since 1922. Designed by Myron Hunt, the building has evolved over the decades, shaped by changing needs, careful upgrades, and a long tradition of stewardship that’s kept it both relevant and remarkably intact.

This tour is a look at the Rose Bowl as a place, how it works, how it’s changed, and what’s taken place there along the way.

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/kick-a-football-on-the-rose-bowl-field-fathers-day-stadium-tour


Historic Preservation | Pasadena

05/15/2026

🚨 Our historic PUSD campuses are not only important schools, but also visual and cultural anchors within the community.

With Eliot Middle School and San Rafael Elementary School threatened, we need your help to send a clear message: demolition is not the only answer.

We recognize and sympathize with the serious financial and enrollment challenges facing PUSD. However, we strongly reject the narrative being advanced that demolition is the best or only viable option for these campuses.

With decisions regarding school consolidations and closures still pending, these demolition proposals feel premature and deeply concerning. Pasadena’s historic schools are irreplaceable community assets. Once lost, they cannot be rebuilt.

✍️ Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-tower-save-altadena-s-eliot-middle-school?recruiter=546805109&recruited_by_id=e3ec2200-21d6-11e6-81a5-7145097dbf6e&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=7FFYzJK4vd&fbclid=IwVERFWARoewZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEepsXJVV4fclg9bih3KqGmj8B0qMY8Vzs4g4EbihmqwWtLc0G8lb8JskkzEak_aem_P_pta8HcO7oNPg7qkn5hfw



Historic Preservation | Pasadena | Altadena

05/14/2026

Join us for a Member Appreciation Open House on May 19th for an evening of connection and a look at what’s ahead. This is our chance to thank you for your continued support and involvement!

Enjoy light refreshments, connect with fellow members, and meet our team. Our docents will be available to share information and insights about the historic Blinn House. Whether you’ve been with us for years or just joined, we’d love to see you there!

This event is complimentary for members and by reservation only. To RSVP, or to ask questions about membership, please email [email protected].

If you are not currently a member, join or renew at pasadenaheritage.org/membership by May 19th to receive an invitation to this event!


Historic Preservation | Pasadena

05/11/2026

Join us for Playhouse Village Walking Tour: A Roaring 20s Exploration on Sunday, May 31st at 10am!

👟The Pasadena Playhouse Historic District includes approximately 34 buildings that tell the story of Pasadena’s eastward growth in the 1920s and 1930s, as the city shifted from its agricultural roots into a center of tourism, culture, and design.

On this tour, we’ll stop at landmarks like the Scottish Rite Cathedral, the United Artists Theatre, and the Warner Building, along with other buildings that reflect the energy and optimism of the period.

🎟️ Tickets and details available here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/explore-historic-architecture-in-the-playhouse-village

Love the 1920s? Celebrate the era all weekend! This walking tour is part of Roaring 20s Weekend, which kicks off with Poker Night at the Blinn: A Roaring 20s Fundraiser on Saturday, May 30th from 5pm - 10pm. Learn more at pasadenaheritage.org. See you there, old sport!



Historic Preservation | Pasadena | 1920s | Art Deco