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Pasadena

Pasadena (pàs´e-dê´ne)
1. A city of southern California northeast of Los Angeles. It is famous for its Rose Bowl and annual Tournament of Roses parade. Population, 131,591.
2. A city of southeast Texas, an industrial suburb of Houston. The Lyndon B. Johnson Manned Space Center is nearby. Population, 119,363.

Pasadena

Pasadena.   1 City (1990 pop. 131,591), S Calif., at the base of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1866. Its manufactures include electronic and aerospace components; the California Inst. of Technology, with its NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is in the city. It is the scene of the annual Tournament of Roses parade and the postseason college football game in the Rose Bowl.  2 City (1990 pop. 119,363), S Tex., on the Houston ship channel, an industrial suburb of HOUSTON; inc. 1929. The port of Houston, and oil and related industries provide much employment. NASA's manned space center (on Clear Lake) and the San Jacinto battlefield (1836) are nearby.

• 1003 South Orange Grove
• residence of Jack Parsons, one of the founders of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (originally called GALCIT - Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories California Institute of Technology), before he died in a mysterious chemical explosion.
• Anomalog: The Imperial Fleet Over Pasadena Scoping For 'terer'
• track _Buzzbomb From Pasadena_ MP3 by Dead Kennedys off of _Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death_
• detroit tech house track _Pasadena Shuffle_ MP3 by John Tejada off of _Little Green Lights & 4" Faders_ 12"x3 on A13 #004 (1998)
• post rock emo track _Pasadena_ MP3 (192k) by Flit
• presence of Aleister Crowley when he was affiliated with Jack Parsons and L.Ron Hubbard
• location of California Institute of Technology (Cal-Tech)
• location of Art Center School of Design
  • Keanu Reeves film class is being taught at Art Centre College of Design, he says: "I guess I'm not really involving my imagination to that of a circumstance or happening – I'm just kind of acknowledging it as an existence." - Keaunu Reeves
    WHO weekly (Australia)
  • Brian Eno spoke at the Art Center College of Design on October 2, 1997. topics covered: generative music, oblique strategies, "hair axes", John Cage.
• location of Albert Hofmann Museum - psychedelic history

• location (in a narrow alleyway) of the Rudolph Steiner Anthroposophical Library
• location of the Theosophical Library
• in 1947, science fiction author Octavia Butler was born in Pasadena

 
• Orean Burger - an all vegetarian fastfood drive thru located on Lake.  some items on the menu: African Tostada,  veggie dogs, veggie burgers, tofu burgers, air dried french fries.
• November 5th, 1911 - The first transcontinental flight across the United States ended at Pasadena. Pilot C.P. Snow took off from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17 and covered a distance of 3,417 miles.
• trying to compete with America On-Line, Earthlink merged with Mindspring (which earlier bought out my provider, Netcom) to become the second largest ISP.  Earthlink is affiliated with Scientology and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Frank Malina, one of his colleagues at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena, has chronicled John (Jack) Parsons' contributions to rocketry. (2) In 1936, Parsons and Edward S. Forman came upon a report of a GALCIT (Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory-Caltech) lecture concerning the idea of a rocket-powered airplane. Parsons, though a self-trained chemist, had powers of imagination that proved to be invaluable in all of his pursuits (whether scientific or magical). He and Forman (a mechanic) had together been making small black-powder rockets.

They wanted to experiment with a liquid propellant rocket motor, so (lacking the funds) they approached Caltech.  As a result, Malina (in 1936) came up with a proposal for his doctoral thesis on rocket propulsion and performance in-flight. Theodore von Karman (who headed GALCIT) gave Malina permission to collaborate with Forman and Parsons, even though the latter two were neither students nor staff members of the institute.

Even so, funds were scarce, and the three experimenters chipped in necessary funds for the materials. They conducted the tests at Arroyo Seco, behind the Devil's Gate Dam in Pasadena (very near the present-day Jet Propulsion Laboratory), a site that, unbeknownst to them, had previously been used by rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard.

Pasadena is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 133,936. It located at 34°10' North, 118°8' West.

Geography

Pasadena is located at 34°9'22" North, 118°7'55" West (34.156098, -118.131808)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 60.0 km² (23.2 mi²). 59.8 km² (23.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.30% water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 133,936 people, 51,844 households, and 29,862 families residing in the city. The population density is 2,238.7/km² (5,798.7/mi²). There are 54,132 housing units at an average density of 904.8/km² (2,343.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 53.36% White, 14.42% African American, 0.71% Native American, 10.00% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 16.01% from other races, and 5.39% from two or more races. 33.40% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 51,844 households out of which 27.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% are married couples living together, 12.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% are non-families. 33.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.30.

In the city the population is spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 34.9% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $46,012, and the median income for a family is $53,639. Males have a median income of $41,120 versus $36,435 for females. The per capita income for the city is $28,186. 15.9% of the population and 11.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.3% are under the age of 18 and 10.5% are 65 or older.

Points of Interest

* Caltech
* Fuller Theological Seminary
* Rose Bowl
* Tournament of Roses
* Gamble House
* Old Pasadena

South Orange Grove Boulevard

One of two primary, exclusive residential districts in Pasadena, California South Orange Grove has been a home for the rich and famous since the early 20th Century. Because of a number of landmark mansions, the street earned the name "Millionaire's Row". However, by the early 21st Century many of these homes had been replaced by spacious, pricey condominiums. Prominent among the historic residences is the Wrigley Mansion, former home of chewing gum magnet William Wrigley Jr., which now serves as headquarters for the world-renowned Tournament of Roses. On the north end of the street lies the Gamble House, built by renowned Arts & Crafts movement architects Greene & Greene, but once home to David and Mary Gamble of Procter & Gamble fame. The annual Rose Parade on New Year's Day uses South Orange Grove Boulevard as a staging area for flower-covered floats, and it is where the parade begins. The Norton Simon Museum sits at the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards. The companion exclusive residential district is South Lake Avenue.

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