Route 66 Landmarks Together With Historic Downtowns- San Bernardino To Pasadena


Downtown Upland - Turn left on Euclid thence left ane time again on ninth Street.  Old timey hamlet amongst a gazebo inward the middle.  Not the most lively house at night, though.  Try Caffe Allegro for some genuinely skillful Italian nutrient or come upwardly to the Lemon Festival inward May.
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Heritage Park, La Verne - This expanse was ane time covered inward orangish groves.  H5N1 modest ane is preserved here.  Saturdays, from Jan through March, you lot tin selection oranges for $5 for a large bag.
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Old Town, La Verne - Dating dorsum to the 1890's, this footling downtown...originally called Lordsburg...was the pump of a Brethren community.  It's surrounded past times the University of La Verne, which dates dorsum to 1891, as well as is Tim's alma mater (see below).

  -  Downtown San Dimas - Cute, Western themed downtown.  H5N1 ghost town at night.  Turn left on San Dimas Ave. to Bonita.
Aztec Hotel, Monrovia - H5N1 good preserved former hotel, forthwith by as well as large used for apartments.  The anteroom as well as gardens are real beautiful.  There's a bar as well as eating house hither simply I can't vouch for them.  Tim as well as I used to instruct our pilus cutting hither at the hairdresser store simply he's gone now, I don't know what happened to him.

Past the Aztec, plow left on Mayflower as well as furnish to Huntington Drive as well as plow right, every bit you lot turn, bring out the diner manner McDonald's on the corner.  H5N1 plaque within has a alphabetic lineament written past times Dick McDonald  telling the even out close how their commencement eating house was actually hither inward Monrovia (approximately at Huntington medico as well as Shamrock Ave)  It was called the Aerodrome as well as was moved to San Bernardino as well as renamed McDonalds.
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Santa Anita Park, Arcadia - One of America's premiere Equus caballus racing facilities.  Home of the Breeder's Cup as well as the Santa Anita Handicap.  Seabiscuit raced here.  So did Spectacular Bid, John Henry, as well as many others.  It's non uncommon to come across trainers watching their horses run during breakfast at Clocker's Corner.  Racing inward Oct as well as belatedly Dec through April.  One of my favorite places to go.

  -  Downtown Sierra Madre - Turn due north on Michilinda thence correct ane time again on Sierra Madre Bl.  Quiet as well as quirky former section.  Probably the entirely urban gist inward Los Angeles County without a traffic light.  They guide maintain an former fashioned playhouse that puts on some pretty darn skillful shows.  Try Lucky Baldwin's on the corner of Baldwin Ave. for some peachy Belgian beer as well as pub food.  This is where the master copy Invasion of the Body Snatchers  was filmed.



Tournament of Roses, Rose Parade, Pasadena - Continuing along Colorado Bl. into Pasadena, ane time you lot exceed Sierra Madre Bl., you're traveling on the Rose Parade road until you lot instruct to Orange Grove Ave. inward Old Pasadena.
  -  Old Pasadena - One of the peachy urban renewal success stories.  Wildy pop amongst tons of restaurants, nighttime spots, shops, as well as theaters.  Huge area.  Metro's Gold Line runs correct through it.
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Suicide Bridge (Colorado Street Bridge), Pasadena - Beautiful arch twain at the border of town that, yes, has been the scene of a few jumps.  It turned 100 years former inward 2013.

We'll terminate the landmark listing if you lot expect to the due north of the bridge...
Rose Bowl, Pasadena - This New Year's Day landmark has seen many classic games.  It tin concur about 110,000 fans because most of the seats are wooden benches.  You tin guide maintain a expect when no games are scheduled past times going through the S entrance.  UCLA forthwith uses this stadium every bit its domicile champaign for football.

-Darryl
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