skywatching at hamilton park

the third park to be featured here on skywatch friday. hamilton park is tucked up in the northeastern corner of pasadena's boundaries - almost to sierra madre. it boasts a large playground and a large number of athletic fields.

from the city website:

"Hamilton Park is located at 3680 Cartwright Street. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 6.4 acres. Large community park with the following amenities: three softball diamonds (two with seating capacity for 400); two lighted tennis courts; basketball court; paved volleyball court; large multi-purpose field for flag football/soccer; large parking area; 2 picnic areas; children’s play area with equipment; restrooms; and drinking fountains."



previous pasadena parks...

1. brookside park
2. singer park
3. central park
4. grant park
5. victory park
6. jefferson park
7. allendale park
8. san rafael park
9. robinson park
10. brenner park
11. washington park
12. villa park
13. mcdonald park
14. la pintoresca park
15. eaton blanche park
16. eaton sunnyslope park
17. gwinn park
18. vina veja park

eaton sunnyslope park

this quaint little park is tucked off the road amidst some little hills and tall trees. it is one of three parks in very close proximity (the other two will be featured on wednesday and thursday).

from the city website:

"Eaton Sunnyslope Park is located on Sunnyslope Avenue and Paloma Street. The size of the park is 1.88 acres. Hours of operation are from 6:00am to 10:00pm. This neighborhood park provides a children’s play area; picnic tables; drinking fountains; and an open grass area."



previous pasadena parks...

1. brookside park
2. singer park
3. central park
4. grant park
5. victory park
6. jefferson park
7. allendale park
8. san rafael park
9. robinson park
10. brenner park
11. washington park
12. villa park
13. mcdonald park
14. la pintoresca park
15. eaton blanche park

eaton blanche park

one of several parks that pop up along the wash out that starts from eaton canyon, eaton blanche park is in a quiet corner of southeastern pasadena. this is another park that i never knew existed until starting this project.

from the city website:

"Eaton Blanche Park is located at 3100 East Del Mar Boulevard. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 5.5 acres. Well-developed park located in the southeast section of the City provides facilities which include two lighted tennis courts; one softball diamond; one lighted basketball court; open grass area; playground equipment; 9 picnic tables; parking lot; and rose garden."



previous pasadena parks...

1. brookside park
2. singer park
3. central park
4. grant park
5. victory park
6. jefferson park
7. allendale park
8. san rafael park
9. robinson park
10. brenner park
11. washington park
12. villa park
13. mcdonald park
14. la pintoresca park

san rafael park

this park is so far west, it's almost in eagle rock. a small playground, and a giant grassy field that would be perfect for a game of ultimate frisbee. oh yeah, and it also has a lovely mosaic park sign.

from the city website:

"San Rafael Park is located at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Melrose Avenue. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 0.90 acres. Small neighborhood park with facilities consisting of benches; grass area; playground equipment; picnic facilities; and drinking fountain."




previous pasadena parks...

1. brookside park
2. singer park
3. central park
4. grant park
5. victory park
6. jefferson park
7. allendale park

grant park

the fourth installment of the pasadena park series. featuring of course, another new park, and another new mosaic tile sign! grant park was a park that i had never visited before taking on this project. meredith and i really liked the look of the giant red spiderweb thing.

from the city website:

"Grant Park is located at 232 South Michigan Avenue. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 2.5 acres. This neighborhood park is ideally situated for use by downtown residents. Park facilities include two lighted tennis courts; half-basketball courts; softball diamond; three horseshoe pits; open grass area with several trees; restrooms; drinking fountains; picnic tables with canopies; barbecue pits; and a large playground area for children."



previous pasadena parks...

1. brookside park
2. singer park
3. central park

central park

day three of the tour of pasadena's parks. central park is (of course) centrally located in old town pasadena. right next door to the castle green.

from the city website:

"Central Park is located at 275 South Raymond Avenue. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 9.2 acres. This near downtown facility includes six horseshoe pits; picnic tables; rose garden; children’s playground area; benches; restrooms and drinking fountains. In addition, there are two lawn bowling greens and a clubhouse under the auspices of the Pasadena Lawn Bowling Club, an affiliate of the American Lawn Bowling Association."




pasadena parks so far...

1. brookside park
2. singer park

the park that launched 1000 posts

several days ago i wrote this post in which i joked about taking a picture of all of pasadena's mosaic park signs. apparently quite a few years ago, the city decided it would be a great idea to get groups to help paint tiles to form a double-sided mosaic art piece for each of the city parks.

as it turns out, several of my loyal readers were very supportive of this crazy idea. so i set out to photograph.

i discovered that there are 20 of these mosaic park signs around town - each one completely unique, acting as public art, and a monument to each city park. and so, what follows on this blog is 20 days of photographs from these 20 parks - featuring of course, their beautiful mosaic signs - front and back.

this will either be the greatest idea, or one of the most boring. i'll let you be the judge. sit back and enjoy!

kicking things off is the park that got this whole thing going. from the city website:

"Brookside park is located at 360 North Arroyo Boulevard. Hours of operation are from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. The size of the park is 61.1 acres. Pasadena’s largest fully maintained park facility located just south of the Rose Bowl Stadium. Extensive parking facilities are available off Arroyo Boulevard. The north section of the park contains one lighted regulation baseball diamond with seating for 4,200 and restrooms. The central section includes two lighted softball diamonds each with 240 seating capacity; a large, lighted multi-purpose field for flag football and soccer; a speaker’s platform with permanent seating; numerous picnic tables; play area; restrooms; and drinking fountains. Barbecue pits are available in most picnic areas."

brookside park

every single park space in pasadena has one of these colorful signs denoting the name of the park, a tile mosaic picture, and the city of pasadena. i've recently been thinking that it might be a fun goal to try and capture a picture of each and every one... hmm...