Welcome to Bungalow Heaven
Walking street-to-street in this Pasadena neighborhood is good for the soul.
By Kris Grant
In the northeast sector of Pasadena, where the city begins its gentle rise into the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, lies an amazing collection of some 800 bungalow homes, most of which were built between 1900 and the 1930s.
Many are still intact [...]
Pasadena Heritage Tour Shows Off Craftsman Homes at their Best
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Tour goers come away with design inspirations for future projects
By Kris Grant
You might call it the mother lode of design ideas for aficionados of everything Craftsman.
Pasadena is one of the, if not the, showplaces for Craftsman design in the United States, the location where architects William and Henry Greene set up shop, where Ernest Batchelder [...]
Art Glass Guild explores the seductive beauty and flow of art glass
By Ann Jarmusch
Wander around Spanish Village’s art displays in Balboa Park and eventually you’ll find sparkling Studio 25. It’s the cheerful, colorful home of the Art Glass Guild, where natural light pours into skylights to illuminate the gleaming works of 35 members.
Energy flows here. Color and curves entrance the eye.
“I’ve always found glass to be [...]
Craftsman Calendar • November
RARE IRVING GILL FURNITURE
ON DISPLAY AT MARSTON HOUSE, BALBOA PARK
Redwood furniture designed a century ago by Irving J. Gill, San Diego’s foremost modernist architect, is on public view together for the first time at the recently reopened Marston House Museum and Gardens in Balboa Park.
A simple bed, a dining room server, three chairs with [...]
