May 16, 2008

HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Pasadena City Hall shared honors last night with Santa Fe Station, Snyder Diamond Store and Pinocchio’s Pizza, among others, in receiving a Pasadena Historic Preservation award.

The fifth annual awards program honors the best examples of preservation, rehabilitation and maintenance of historic properties.

The awards were presented by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission, which acts as an advisory body to Pasadena City Council, proactively seeking to raise awareness of preservation as a desired land-use option through development review and nomination of individual landmarks and landmark districts.

Pasadena has long been recognized for its impressive variety of architectural styles and historic buildings, with many designed by notable architects such as Greene & Greene, Myron Hunt, Wallace Neff, Sylvanus Marston, Richard Neutra and others.

Historic preservation is one of the city’s defining characteristics, with more than 1,000 properties in the National Register of Historic Places, more than 50 works by Greene & Greene, 16 local landmark districts, and 80 individually designated landmarks.

The city’s Historic Preservation Awards occur during a nation-wide observance of Preservation Month. “This Place Matters" is the theme of the month-long celebration, which is sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Residential properties awarded this year were:

• 790 Prospect Blvd, owned by John and Cherie Raidy

• 525 Prospect Blvd., owned by Paul B. Devine and James D. Fielding

• 1681 Loma Vista St. owned by Michael and Michele Logan

• 173-175 Carlton redeveloped by Heritage Housing Partners

• 1141 N. Marengo owned by Laura and Leo Stewart

• 884-888 N. Raymond Avenue owned by Rick B. Atcheson

• 1044 E. Orange Grove Blvd., rehabilitated by Parviz Taba

• 192 E. Villa St. owned by Julio C. Camera

• 60 El Circulo owned by Carol and Richard King

• 275 Marguerita Lane owned by Elizabeth Urban

Commercial/ institutional awards were presented to:

• 1445-1449 N. Lake Avenue, Pinocchio’s Pizza, owned by George Gharehbagloo

• Pasadena City Hall Seismic Retrofit and Rehabilitation

• 808 N. Los Robles Ave., First Lutheran Church

• 432 S. Arroyo Parkway, Snyder Diamond store, owned by Arroyo Pacific LLC

• 260 S. Raymond Ave., Santa Fe Station, rehabilitated by La Grande Orange Café and Archstone Smith

• 250 S. Lake Ave, First Financial Credit Union
• Pasadena Public Works Dept. for historic street lights and fixtures

A special recognition award was presented to Michele McDonough, preservation consultant, for contributions to several successful rehabilitation projects.

For more information call (626) 744-7310.