Photos From The Castle Green

If you don't recognize the photo above as the Hotel Green, you haven't spent that much time in Pasadena. Which is a shame, as Pasadena is a great town to bike in, through, or mountainbike above. In the 1900's and thereabouts, it was an artists' colony, a tourist destination, and generally a far-flung place quite a distance from  Los Angeles. Today, I know Pasadena as home of the nearest Performance Bike store and the Academy, the 99¢ store of movies theaters.

If you know the Hotel Green, you may recognize it from the above feature, "the bridge" which extends to the Raymond St. sidewalk. Probably not from the pictured angle, however. I took that picture from someone's balcony during the twice annual Castle Green Tour. The Castle Green is the half of the building that is owned as condos. The other half remains apartments, I believe. With separate ownership, you can actually tell where the Castle ends and the Hotel begins, because of the color of the paint. One was repainted more recently...

Lots of statues...

The Buddha above is in the bridge, which actually houses a bookstore. Besides the books, there were many posters and pictures and sculptures...

Seems like everyone was shooting...

The roof had many wonderful views. Why did I take a picture of people taking pictures? Seemed funny at the time... The next few photos are from peoples' apartments.

The most impressive light I saw...

A kitchen full of kitchens...

Not the most spacious of digs...

Just a friendly reminder that I have less taste than some...

The next few photos are from common spaces. 

Taken from the roof...

In the basement...

And a partridge in a pear tree.
Wait, that's a peacock... In a christmas tree...

Victorian dancers...

All in all, I was very happy to have the opportunity to see inside an historic building I've known most of my life. The tour was quite crowded. But quite worth it.