tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post7692720249778575341..comments2024-02-15T08:38:15.412-08:00Comments on the sky is big in pasadena: photo request #13: glass elevator from c&tcfben widemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-45050613922145838292008-10-30T10:10:00.000-07:002008-10-30T10:10:00.000-07:00Thanks for the clip Clare!Thanks for the clip Clare!ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-8789353878632235202008-10-30T09:42:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:42:00.000-07:00Oh, that is so cool!Oh, that is so cool!Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-21092512909576518602008-10-29T23:03:00.000-07:002008-10-29T23:03:00.000-07:00Thanks for the photos everyone - glad it sparked s...Thanks for the photos everyone - glad it sparked some interest. Let me know if you have an expedition to the top of the building. I'd love to come along too!<BR/><BR/>Here's an extract from the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' with Gene Wilder and friends smashing out of the roof of the factory in the glass elevator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtV7P-L0sk&feature=related<BR/><BR/>See what I mean?Clare Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227521135547129562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-51391803783932928042008-10-27T23:37:00.000-07:002008-10-27T23:37:00.000-07:00I've actually been in that bldg. Lookin 4 new offi...I've actually been in that bldg. Lookin 4 new office space a few yrs back. 1 of the selling points from the leasing agent: you can watch the Rose Parade from your office. <BR/><BR/>It looks much better from the outside than in. A lot of therapists, I recall, are in this bldg.Cafe Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115520512264907360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-20500622290872880752008-10-27T19:40:00.000-07:002008-10-27T19:40:00.000-07:00Next time I have a chance I'll just stop in and as...Next time I have a chance I'll just stop in and ask. It can't hurt.<BR/><BR/>Rerablom.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-56321344503477513472008-10-27T18:45:00.000-07:002008-10-27T18:45:00.000-07:00I haven't seen that movie. I feel left out!I haven't seen that movie. I feel left out!pasadenapiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07938353886802913728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-1761365280383926172008-10-27T16:54:00.000-07:002008-10-27T16:54:00.000-07:00we should climb the stairs! Is it even possible??...we should climb the stairs! Is it even possible?? my word verification is expolown - weird.ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-68551773933405149532008-10-27T16:22:00.000-07:002008-10-27T16:22:00.000-07:00if anyone figures out how to get access to that ro...if anyone figures out how to get access to that roof, I'd love to come along. (It doesn't look human friendly.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the adds Ben & Petrea - I tried to return the favor, only to discover that the website which handles my own blogroll (http://blogrolling.com/) is functional but inaccessible - meaning I can't change anything until their server heals. But I promise to put you on a to-do list. Pasadenaaadjacent too.<BR/><BR/>DavidDavid Ockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468370745653879674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-28363777030377126952008-10-27T15:35:00.000-07:002008-10-27T15:35:00.000-07:00David, I didn't have you on my blogroll either. So...David, I didn't have you on my blogroll either. Sorry for the oversight. I fixed it.<BR/><BR/>Has anyone noticed how user-friendly the word verifications have been lately? Mine this time is "ovals." Gee.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-53668875085817497932008-10-27T15:31:00.000-07:002008-10-27T15:31:00.000-07:00It's one of my favorite structures, or structure a...It's one of my favorite structures, or structure adornments, in all of Pasadena. I look at it all the time and have a deep desire to get in there and climb the stairs and find out more about it.<BR/><BR/>Shall we?Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-82082311962481114642008-10-27T14:44:00.000-07:002008-10-27T14:44:00.000-07:00Not 100%, but I'm pretty sure it's just some form ...Not 100%, but I'm pretty sure it's just some form of light structure. I'm not sure why it is needed for on top of that building... maybe that's where Batman sends out his signals.ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-73227125813584296662008-10-27T14:38:00.000-07:002008-10-27T14:38:00.000-07:00I wonder what it's original purpose was....Maybe i...I wonder what it's original purpose was....Maybe it was a top floor terrarium. It's not really an elevator is it? Ben, you've introduced me to something I didn't know about. I like itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-29085473767097945572008-10-27T09:35:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:35:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link! I've added your blog to my l...Thanks for the link! I've added your blog to my list of SGV bloggers - not sure why it wasn't there before now!ben widemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010635436712076159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37900702.post-29771900395558256602008-10-27T09:21:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:21:00.000-07:00I posted several shots of the "lighthouse" last Ju...I posted several shots of the "lighthouse" last June <A HREF="http://meters-mixed.blogspot.com/2008/06/reach-for-sky-part-3.html" REL="nofollow">here.</A> It's rather a perplexing architectural feature for land-locked Pasadena.David Ockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468370745653879674noreply@blogger.com