Citywide Historic Context Statement Available for Review & Comment and Our History, Our Places: Celebrating Pasadena’s Cultural Heritage Event

[Link] PASADENA, Calif.- The Planning and Community Development Department has released for public review and comment the draft Citywide Historic Context Statement, which was produced during phase 1 of the Historic Places Pasadena: Completing Our Story project. The Historic Context Statement is a narrative history of the development of the City that establishes a framework for evaluating properties for historical significance and designation. The draft document includes contexts related to Native American Settlement, Colonization and American Expansion; Residential Development; Commercial Development; Civic & Institutional Development; Industrial Development; Social, Cultural & Political Development and Architecture & Design and explores a wide variety of themes within each context. The document provides information about the history of the diverse communities that make up the City. Public comments will be accepted throughout the duration of phase 2 of the project, which is expected to take approximately one year to complete.

The Department also invites the public to attend the upcoming event "Our History, Our Places: Celebrating Pasadena's Cultural Heritage" on Saturday, May 24, 2025, from 11 am - 2 pm at Jackie Robinson Community Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave.

The event will celebrate the release of the Historic Context Statement and will include:

• Performances by local artists
• Children's activities
• Pasadena history scavenger hunt, with prizes for the first 150 completed
• Panel discussion about Pasadena's multi-cultural history with noted community historians
• Premiere of a short documentary about the project
• Opportunities to share stories about living in Pasadena
• Ability to find out some of what we learned about the places the community told us matter to them
• Overview of the city's development history as outlined in the historic context statement
• Free refreshments
• Live Spanish translation available

For more information, visit cityofpasadena.net/historicplaces or contact Kevin Johnson, Principal Planner at (626) 744-7806 or kevinjohnson@cityofpasadena.net