We had a great time exploring the remains of Pasadena’s Busch Gardens on Sunday, January 28, 2018. Made some new friends, found a secret guest book, and even got invited in for a private look at one of the most impressive remnants of the Gardens! Thanks for walking with me!
Photos by Sarah Emery Bunn
Sunday January 28, 2018 | 2PM
Meet at 2PM at the southwest corner of Arlington & Orange Grove.
Pasadena’s Busch Gardens is long gone, but thanks to a great article/item at KCET recently, we are going to take a walk to see the hidden remains of this piece of our city’s history. This won’t be a long or very vigorous walk, just a chance to explore and walk and talk!
Approximate Route:
Update:
From Petrea Burchard: “Hi everyone. In 2010 I wrote a series of posts about some of the sights in Busch Gardens. These were on the blog where I posted every day for about 5.5 years, Pasadena Daily Photo.”
5/25/10:
http://pasadenadailyphoto.blogspot.com/…/busch-gardens-pasa…
Saturday, November 26, 2016, 8:30AM
Meet outside Whole Foods Arroyo Parkway
465 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena, CA 91105
There are some great features to this walk south of Pasadena’s Old Town – come explore Fair Oaks and Raymond Avenues with the Walking Pasadena group! We’ll meet at the entrance to the Arroyo Parkway Whole Foods, and wander 2-3 miles on Fair Oaks, Raymond Avenue, California Boulevard, and Arroyo Parkway. There may be a few alleys we discover on the way that we can explore! You have probably driven these streets many times, but have you walked them? There are Art Center murals, hidden alleys, great coffee shops and antique stores, interesting architecture, and more!
We celebrated World Labyrinth Day as a group on May 7, 2016 with a peaceful walk with Walking Pasadena!
Walking Pasadena did the Pasadena secret stairs in record time! Beautiful morning, great bunch of people, and 996 stairs. Here are some photos from Sarah Emery Bunn and Thomas Lenz. Thank you for walking with me!
Saturday March 26, 2016 | 8:30AM
Meet at the corner of 
N Figueroa St & Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90041
Curious about the “Secret Stairs of LA” ? One of the walks in the book by Charles Fleming is in western Pasadena. A repeat of a group walk we did about a year ago, we’ll follow this guided walk for 2.7 miles and 996 steps/stairs! Meet in front of the Post Office at Fig and Colorado.
RSVP on the Facebook Event Page or comment here to let us know you’re coming!
The route for this walk comes from the book “Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles” by Charles Fleming
Here’s the walk text and map, from the site. Sherry and I will lead the walk, but if you want to set your own pace, you can download and print or load on your phone ahead of time: WALKS-1.pdf
More about the Secret Stairs of LA: “The staircases lace the hillsides of L.A. neighborhoods, and are historical reminders of a time when this was not a city of cars. City planners and developers installed them as direct routes for pedestrians—housewives and children particularly—to get down the hills to school, the supermarket, and transit lines. The city at that time was well served by trolleys, streetcars, buses, and light-rail systems. The staircases were clustered around steep hillside communities near these transit lines, especially steep-streeted communities that developed in the 1920s.” From http://www.secretstairs-la.com
Let’s walk the Rose Bowl as a group next weekend! Saturday 3/5/16 @ 8:30AM, meet at the benches outside the Aquatic Center.
Last minute Walking Pasadena meetup! I’m going to walk the perimeter of the Huntington Library grounds starting at 9AM tomorrow morning (Saturday 10/3) if anyone wants to join me. This walk is about 3.2 miles and includes a bonus set of “secret stairs” across from Lacy Park in San Marino. It’s a good hike!
Exciting news! The Pasadena City Council is scheduled to declare October 2015 as Pedestrian Safety Month! The Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition is scheduled to receive the proclamation at the City Council meeting on Monday, September 28th at 6:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers.
In honor of this “Walktober” we will be repeating a great walk we did last year, walking Colorado Boulevard from Sierra Madre Bl west to cross the Colorado Street Bridge, and back again (optional). There is lots to see on Colorado Blvd, let’s explore a significant portion of it together!
We will meet at the corner of Sierra Madre & Colorado (in front of Vons) at 9AM. We’ll walk Colorado to the bridge and across. There’s an option to finish here or in Old Town and take the bus back to Vons, OR you can walk back to our starting point on the other side of the street. One way: 3.79 miles, approx 2 hours depending on your speed and how many times you stop to take photos! 🙂
8:30 was already pretty hot for this meet-up, but a few of us intrepid walkers still enjoyed the company and scenery on this walk exploring two neighbor campuses right in the middle of Pasadena. It was fun hearing about people’s previous exposure to the campuses – what classes they took, who worked where, who grew up in the neighborhood. Thanks for walking with me!
Photos by Sarah Emery Bunn and Keith Garcia.
Walking Pasadena 