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A drive through the Arroyo is a ride through history. Some The Metro Gold Line brougkf walkabilify and susfainabilify ~~ ~ There's a long bicycling history here in the Arroyo. It all might call the Arroyo Seco Parkway the starting point for back by reconnecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, but long started in X897 with a vision for a bicycle follway between Los Angeles car culture. It was the first "freeway" in the before that, this route was usedby the Santa Fe Railroad Pasadena and Los Angeles. The raised, wooden bobbin's West and an engineering marvel of its time. Add to that the ~*~ and connected the Arroyo all the way to . Take a _~ Cycleway, was a feat of engineering, but qut~kly faded with imprint of historic Route 66 running throughout the area and you have ride on the train and imagine those early days as you catch the sights. the advent and popularity of the automobile. Today, bike culture thrives makings for the perfect local car trip. throughout the Arroyo with a growing network of bicycle and • Start at Olvera Street, the oldest part of downtown Los Angeles, for authentic Mexican leisure pathways to both the urban and natural landscapes. • Starting in Chinatown, take a drive along the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Experience the food and shopping. going north, wind alongside the Arroyo Seco River itself, and • Nead to Union Station to buy a Metro Day Pass and catch the Gold Line heading north. • Begin your two-wheeled Arroyo adventure at EI Alisal, the Craftsman stone home of don't miss the river rock gateway sign that marks the entrance to South Pasadena. • Visit the Southwest Museum (), Los Angeles' oldest museum activist, writer, founder of the Southwest Museum, and Los Angeles' first librarian, • Enjoy a morning, creekside walk through and home to a fantastic collection of American Indian, Spanish Colonial and Western the nature trails in Pasadena's Lower Arroyo Charles Lummis. Seco Park that extend all the way to the Rosebowl. American artifacts (Only open Saturdays). • Tour historic homes from our region at the nearby Heritage Square Museum, a • Stop in Old Town Pasadena for shopping and lunch. • Take the Gold Line south and to Chinatown Station for a walk through this historic and collection of locally relocated buildings saved from demolition that explores Southern • Tour the Gamble Nouse to see an outstanding example of Arts culturally rich district. and Crafts style California life at the close of the 9th century. architecture. • Venture over to Los Angeles State Historic Park to see an interpretive park in • Ride over to the Audubon Center at Debs Park, an environmental, conservational and • Cruise south to Highland Park, one of the original Los Angeles suburbs, and drive the development. educational center and the nation's first LEED Platinum-certified building. It's a great Historic Route 66 on Figueroa Street( "Old LA") for a tour of the Signage • Get back on the Metro headed south to the Japanese American Museum where you District and a place for a hike and to see plenty of native species. glimpse of Chicken Boy. Pick up a treat at world-famous Galco's Soda Pop Stop. can learn about Japanese American history before you explore the streets and treats • Follow the Arroyo Seco bike path to South Pasadena and cruise through the Mission of Little Tokyo. District where you'll find plenty of places for a meal. You can ride back or take your bike on the Metro from the South Pasadena station.

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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles /Grand Avenue Sites ~3 Heritage Square Museum 24 Arroyo Vista Inn 25o S. Grand Avenue, LA • www.moca.org 3800 Homer Street, LA • www.heritagesquare.org 335 Monterey Road, South Pasadena • www.arroyovistainn.com Walt Disney Concert Nall /Music Center /Grand Park 14 Lummis Home &Gardens / EI Alisal 25 South Pasadena's Mission District »~ S. Grand Avenue, LA • www.laphil.com • www.musiccenter.org 20o E. Avenue 43, LA • socalhistory.org www.southpasadenamissiondistrict.com Los Angeles City Hall 15 Audubon Center at Debs Park 26 South Pasadena Historical Museum (Meridian Iron Works) 20o N. Spring Street, LA • www.lacity.org 4700 N. Griffin Avenue, LA • http://ca.audubon.org/audubon-center-debs-park q~3 Meridian Avenue, South Pasadena • www.sppreservation.org Japanese American National Museum /Little Tokyo /Arts District 16 Sycamore Grove Park 27 The Raymond Restaurant goo N. Central Avenue, LA • www.janm.org 4702 N. Figueroa Street, LA • http://www.laparks.org/dos/parks/facility/sycamorePk. 125o S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena • www.theraymond.com Union Station /Transportation Hub htm 28 Huntington Library, Art Collections &Botanical Gardens 80o N. Alameda Street, LA • www.metro.net 17 Southwest Museum ~~5~ Oxford Road, San Marino • www.huntington.org EI Pueblo de Los Angeles / Olvera Street 234 Museum Drive, LA • http://theautry.org/exhibitions/highlights-of-the-southwest- 29 Arroyo Craftsman Neighborhood $45 N. Alameda Street, LA • www.ci.la.ca.us/elp/ museum-collection 3o Pasadena's Lower Arroyo Seco Park Philippe The Original Restaurant ~8 Avenue 5o Studio 37 Old Pasadena 1001 N. Alameda Street, LA • www.philippes.com ~3~ N. Avenue 50, LA • www.avenue5ostudio.com www.oldpasadena.org Chinatown ~9 Highland Park Historic Business District( "Old LA")/Historic Route 66 32 Pacific Asia Museum chinatownla.com www.oldla.org 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena • www.pacificasiamuseum.org Los Angeles State Historic Park 20 Chicken Boy( "The Statue of Liberty of LA") 33 Pasadena Museum of California Art X245 N. Spring Street, LA • www.parks.ca.gov/lashp/ 555$ N. Figueroa Street, LA • www.chickenboy.com 4qo E. Union Street, Pasadena • pmcaonline.org Elysian Park 2~ Los Angeles Police Museum 34 The Gamble House $35 /academy Road, LA • www.laparks.org/dos/parks/facility/elysianpk.htm 6045 York Boulevard, LA • www.laphs.org q Westmoreland Place, Pasadena • www.gamblehouse.org Arroyo Seco Parkway (State Route ~~o) 22 Galco's Soda Pop Stop 35 Pasadena Museum of History www.arroyosecobyway.org • www.byways.org 5702 York Boulevard, LA • www.galcos.com 470 W. Walnut Street, Pasadena • www.pasadenahistory.org Los Angeles River Center and Gardens 23 Judson Studios 36 Angeles National Forest 570 W. Avenue 26, LA • www.lamountains.com/planning_river.html 200 N. Avenue 66, LA • www.judsonstudios.com www.fs.usda.gov/angeles