why is pasadena so nice compared to other areas?

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheMandarin

Construction on the 210 began in 1955 and completed in 1966. La Canada was incorporated in 1976.


South Pas was incorporated in 1888 and shared its high school with San Marino until 1955 when they split off.

I wonder if the areas of Pas destroyed to build the 210 also had people who were considered ethnically expendable by the city fathers?

[TheMandarin]

Originally Posted by majoun

I wonder if the areas of Pas destroyed to build the 210 also had people who were considered ethnically expendable by the city fathers?

Of course, but it was more than just that


1) Poor people certainly weren't going to be suing the state (unlike the 710 in South Pas) to stop construction
2) It was probably considered slum clearance
3)It created a physical barrier to keep black in their place


Keep in mind that legally black people could not own homes east of Lake Avenue in Pasadena due to the housing covenants.

[majoun]

Originally Posted by TheMandarin

Of course, but it was more than just that


1) Poor people certainly weren't going to be suing the state (unlike the 710 in South Pas) to stop construction
2) It was probably considered slum clearance
3)It created a physical barrier to keep black in their place


Keep in mind that legally black people could not own homes east of Lake Avenue in Pasadena due to the housing covenants.

I thought so.
Similar to the building of the 10.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by majoun

La Canada and Flintridge breaking away from PUSD so their kids wouldn't go to Muir occurred several years before busing. It may have had a role in bringing about busing in PUSD.

But yes, before busing, PUSD was considered an excellent district. It says something about the strength of community feeling and identity in Pasadena that Pasadena itself was not torn apart by what was happening in its schools like Inglewood was at the same time (as both were the first districts in CA to have forced busing)

Ah yes, but what happened was a form of soft bigotry - maybe not Boston but the effects long term were the same - schools were still segregated in one way or another.

[TheMandarin]

Originally Posted by majoun

La Canada and Flintridge breaking away from PUSD so their kids wouldn't go to Muir occurred several years before busing. It may have had a role in bringing about busing in PUSD.

But yes, before busing, PUSD was considered an excellent district. It says something about the strength of community feeling and identity in Pasadena that Pasadena itself was not torn apart by what was happening in its schools like Inglewood was at the same time (as both were the first districts in CA to have forced busing)

I dunno man, I would say that the city was fairly torn apart by what happened... In the 90's there was serious gang related stuff going down.


I assume in Inglewood you're referring to massive white flight out of the area?

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by majoun

I thought so.
Similar to the building of the 10.

Not really surprising. Major freeways/expressways are often built where the locals don't have the clout to block it - and they become major socioeconomic/racial demarcation lines, like railroad tracks were.

Classic example was Robert Moses building the Cross Bronx Expressway in NYC which wiped out a neighborhood while not affluent, was healthy. It sliced up a largely residential neighborhood that went into decline afterwards.

[426HemiCA]

Originally Posted by 426HemiCA View Post
Because the Little Ole Lady is driving her Super Stock Dodge around keeping an eye on the place :-)

Originally Posted by TheMandarin

She is quite the terror.

Especially on Colorado Boulevard. .....

[Exitus Acta Probat]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

But Glendale is a very nice area. Maybe he means Eagle Rock? Yet Eagle Rock has really improved in the past decade.

Eagle Rock is Cole Trickle's hometown.