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  Pasadena, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pasadena is a city southeast of Houston in Harris County, Texas — it is the largest suburb anchoring the Houston Metropolitan Area.
Pasadena was enshrined in film history when John Travolta, Debra Winger and others descended on the city to film the 1980 hit movie Urban Cowboy, which depicted life and young love in Pasadena.
Pasadena is the location of the last battle of the Texas Revolution, where the Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna was captured in 1836.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasadena,_Texas   (947 words)

  
 Pasadena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pasadena is also the name of a submarine in the United States Navy, the SSN 752 Pasadena, the third naval vessel to bear that name and the first submarine to do so.
There was also a television series in 2001 called Pasadena on the Fox Network.
The name Pasadena is derived from an Ojibwa (or Chippewa) word meaning "valley", "valley town", "key of the valley", or "crown of the valley", depending on which expert you ask.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pasadena   (141 words)

  
 Pasadena Real Estate Homes for Sale in Los Angeles County California Realtor Julianne Worrell
Pasadena is located just 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, 34.16 degrees north of the equator and 118.13 degrees west, at an elevation of 865 feet above sea level.
Pasadena is probably most famous for the annual Tournament of Roses Parade, which was first held in 1890 and and Rose Bowl Game.
Pasadena is located on land originally occupied by the Hahamogna Tribe of Indians and later part of the San Gabriel Mission (1771) of the California Mission Chain.
www.pasadena-real-estate.net   (665 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: PASADENA, TX
Pasadena quickly established itself as the strawberry capital of the region.
A private school was established in Pasadena in 1894 and became a part of the Harrisburg Common School District by 1895.
Pasadena had a population of 3,436 in 1940 and 22,483 in 1950, as the postwar boom continued.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/PP/hdp2.html   (664 words)

  
 Pasadena Houses and Homes For Sale as Real Estate Anne Arundel County
Pasadena is a family oriented community located on the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore and Annapolis and east of Fort Meade.
Pasadena is called home for many that live in the many prestigious planned communities such as Farmington Village and Old Saybrooke.
Pasadena is close to the major thoroughfares and public transportation allowing residents to enjoy the suburban setting and still have easy access to work in Baltimore, Washington or Annapolis.
www.annapolis-real-estate-and-homes.com /pasadena.htm   (672 words)

  
 Houston Community Newspapers Online - The Pasadena Citizen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pasadena police are investigating an incident in which a man was seen taking pictures of children in the 1400 block of Taylor.
Pasadena police are investigating the theft of three stop signs and two barricades from roads in Pasadena.
Pasadena police are investigating an incident in which an employee at the Fairmont Center located at southwest corner of Fairmont Parkway and Beltway 8 reported a gasoline theft.
www.thepasadenacitizen.com   (1767 words)

  
 South Pasadena on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
PASADENA, CA -- Miami's James Lewis scores on his interception of Nebraska's offense in the second quarter of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on January 3, 2002.
PASADENA, CA -- Miami's James Lewis tackles Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch in the first quarter of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on January 3, 2002.
PASADENA, CA -- Miami's Ken Dorsey looks for an open receiver in the second quarter of his team's game against the University of Nebraska at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on January 3, 2002.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SthP1sdn.asp   (722 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Pasadena : A Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the city of Pasadena, affluence exists side by side with poverty, an uneasy coexistence, with the workers who sustain the privileged lifestyle crammed into inadequate housing, the rambling estates surrounded by acres of groves.
Pasadena, the novel, connotes a more comprehensive attention to the city and its origins, yet the book, but for a few asides, is located on one private estate of producing groves, and limited to this very specific world.
Pasadena is Wuthering Heights dressed in an orange grove and onion farm.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812968484?v=glance   (2014 words)

  
 Church of Scientology of Pasadena
The purpose of the Scientology religion is to enable you to achieve a happier life based upon spiritual values.
The Church of Scientology Pasadena is one of thousands of churches and centers and is part of the fastest-growing religious movement in the world.
At the Church of Scientology Pasadena we have Life Improvement Courses on such subjects as marriage, children, work, relationships with others and personal integrity — and that is just the beginning.
www.scientology-pasadena.org   (276 words)

  
 .:: The Town of Pasadena ::.
Pasadena is an excellent place to live regardless of the age or socioeconomic group you may fall into.
Of utmost importance is Pasadena's proximity to nature.
Pasadena is a great place to start and grow a business.
www.town.pasadena.nf.ca   (169 words)

  
 All About Pasadena ( The Traveler's Guide )
Pasadena offers everything from mountains caressed by the sun, through gardens radiant with roses, to extraordinary turn of the century architecture.
Old Pasadena is a place where you can step back in time to a place when streets were unpaved and carriages were horse-drawn.
Pasadena also offers present day attractions that look to the future including: the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
www.allaboutpasadena.com   (332 words)

  
 Pasadena Houses and Homes For Sale as Real Estate Los Angeles County
Pasadena is a charming residential city that was originally part of an enormous land grant, given to the San Gabriel Mission by the King of Spain over 100 years ago.
Today, Pasadena has become one of Southern California's most favored residential communities as well as a premiere shopping area in the San Gabriel Valley.
Whatever your interests, rest assured Pasadena is not only a city for shopping and gardens but a place where you will find fine schools for your children.
www.pasadena-homesforsale.com   (388 words)

  
 Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts ("PSHA") is a non-profit California corporation.
The Pasadena Showcase House of Design ("Showcase") is produced as the annual benefit, combining the efforts of PSHA members with over 50 designers who transform the interior and grounds of an estate selected by PSHA.
Program, the Pasadena Showcase House Youth Concert for children, and the Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition for young musicians.
www.pasadenashowcase.org   (174 words)

  
 Pasadena, TX News
A Pasadena school district bus driver was charged with felony murder Monday in connection with the death of a 9-year-old student run over in August.
The issue of alcohol sales in the city of Pasadena was first brought up by District F Councilor James Guthrie during reports from council members at the end of the meeting.
She had left her job at a Pasadena insurance agency early, and may have surprised the intruder at her home where he took a shower after spending the night in their garage unknown to them.
www.topix.net /city/pasadena-tx   (1135 words)

  
 City of Pasadena Volunteer Fire Department
The Pasadena Fire Department is the largest single municipal volunteer fire department in the United States.
The Pasadena Fire Department also provides mutual aid fire protection in conjunction with Ellington Field, Johnson Space Center, the University of Houston-Clear Lake and for about 1,500 homes in the City of Taylor Lake Village.
The Pasadena Fire Department’s mission is to suppress and fight fires within the city, train its firefighters in the most up to date techniques of firefighting and educate all citizens in the prevention of fires.
www.ci.pasadena.tx.us /pvfd.htm   (541 words)

  
 Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Since the earliest days of Pasadena, the Chamber has played a major role in the development of this internationally renowned city.
Pasadena is a community rich in diversity, historic architecture, arts, entertainment, dining, shopping and economic opportunities.
The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization that offers its members many benefits in addition to providing them an opportunity to serve the community.
www.pasadena-chamber.org   (287 words)

  
 South Pasadena, CA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The South Pasadena Museum (at 913 Meridian Avenue) occupies the original Meridian Iron Works building, one of the oldest structures still standing in the city.
Across Mission Street from the Historical Museum is the Century House, one of South Pasadena's oldest standing residences.
While the plans were approved by the state in the early 1960's, South Pasadena has remained successful in its efforts to halt the freeway for nearly 30 years.
www.wemweb.com /traveler/towns/35sopasa/35toc.html   (618 words)

  
 Pasadena Rugby Football Club
The Pasadena Rugby Football Club was founded in 1971 by former Japanese national scrum-half Kei Takarabe with the merging of the Warlords and Crown City Rugby Football Clubs.
For over 30 years, the Club has maintained a strong rugby tradition in the highly competitive Southern California Rugby Football Union and has seen several of its players move on to play for the USA Eagles national team.
Pasadena R.F.C. is a member in good standing within the S.C.R.F.U. and is seeded in the Blue Division.
www.pasadenarfc.com   (169 words)

  
 Tour Pasadena - Museums, Theaters, Gardens, Transportation, Maps - Pasadena CityCenter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pasadena has a rich history that can be seen in some famous places around town.
The Pasadena Museum of California Art, open since 2002, is devoted to the presentation of art, design, and architecture from 1850-present.
The Pasadena Museum of History is Pasadena's only museum devoted solely to preserving our local history and culture.
www.pasadenacitycenter.com /tour/index.asp   (680 words)

  
 Vivekananda House, South Pasadena
In 1900 the house in South Pasadena which has now become known as the Vivekananda House was occupied by the three Mead sisters (Carrie, Helen, and Alice), their father, two children, and a housekeeper.
The Swami accepted and while there worked in Pasadena for about six weeks in January and February of 1900.
In 1955 the Mead house was acquired by the Vedanta Society of Southern California.
www.vedanta.org /vssc/centers/pasadena.html   (293 words)

  
 2005 Pasadena Doo Dah Parade - Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Dabney will continue to nurture the creative life of the ranch, which was formerly a summer camp and hosted many local residents during their formative years.
Seen often at local cultural soirees, Dabney is an active member of the Pasadena Art Alliance and loves horses and equestrian activities.
The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade’s Annual Thorny Rose selection committee is a highly confidential and eclectic panel of community observers.
www.pasadenadoodahparade.com   (826 words)

  
 Pasadena Villa - Orlando
Pasadena Villa, located in Orlando, Florida, is a premier residential treatment facility for adults and young adults with mental illness, and those with co-existing psychiatric and substance abuse issues.
Pasadena Villa provides a comprehensive program in a very comfortable and therapeutic environment complimented by many amenities.
Pasadena Villa implements a truly unique social integration model as the key component of treatment.
www.pasadenavilla.com   (313 words)

  
 Old Pasadena.COM
on the East and Pasadena Avenue on the West, Old Pasadena stretches from Holly Street on the North to Green Street on the South.
Better known as the street on which the major portion of the annual Rose Parade takes place, Colorado Boulevard has become the main strip of Old Pasadena and is packed with pedestrians and vehicles nightly.
Old Pasadena abounds with night clubs, bars, over 50 restaurants serving all types of cuisine and countless specialty shops offering such items as clothing, antiques, furniture and exotic items from around the world.
www.oldpasadena.com   (252 words)

  
 Pasadena Texas - fastest growing city in Texas - pasadenatexas.com, pasadena tx
Pasadena Texas - fastest growing city in Texas - pasadenatexas.com, pasadena tx
Manlove noted an episode in which several Pasadena nursing homes saw their own evacuation plans fail to address needs when private ambulance services did not fulfill agreements with the nursing homes.
The City of Pasadena will start spraying to control the mosquito infestation this evening.
www.pasadenatexas.com   (404 words)

  
 About South Pasadena   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
South Pasadena's streets are lined with numerous species of native California trees and oaks, and is a popular site for
South Pasadena has been cited five times on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of "Most Endangered Places.
Having already seen its historic landscape carved into subdivisions by one freeway, the city is committed to preventing construction of another freeway extension that would destroy its neighborhoods, its heritage and its economic survival.
www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us /about/about.htm   (335 words)

  
 W6KA Pasadena Radio Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pasadena Radio Club has earned the designation Special Service Club from the American Radio Relay League by offering a well-rounded program of education, public service, and involvement of its members in furthering Amateur Radio.
In addition, club members are active in Los Angeles County Disaster Communication Service and in the Pasadena Emergency Communications Group, as well as the Tournament of Roses Radio Association.
The Club also has a members-only e-mail list, that allows us to get the word out quickly to those who might not be on 2M-FM every day, and pass on interesting juicy bits to the rest of the group.
www.qsl.net /w6ka   (783 words)

  
 The Pasadena Unified School District -
The awards were presented in Pasadena on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus by Frank Ciraci, vice president of Notification Technologies, Inc.
The Pasadena Unified School District All-Star Band marches in the world-famous Tournament of Roses Parade again in
The Pasadena Police Department's Community Services Section is sponsoring a Halloween child safety presentation on October 27.
www.pasadena.k12.ca.us   (1905 words)

  
 PASADENA MODEL RAILROAD CLUB
The Pasadena Model Railroad Club operates the Sierra Pacific Lines, one of the largest HO Scale operating Model Railroads in the world covering almost 5000 square feet.
In February 1984, the Pasadena Model Railroad Research Center was established for the purpose of acquiring books, photographs, periodicals, motion picture film and videotapes related to all phases of railroading.
Whatever the future brings, the Pasadena Model Railroad Club will continue to pursue its objectives to bring dedicated modelers together in good fellowship and to build an HO railroad to the highest standards for their and the public's enjoyment.
www.pmrrc.org   (1460 words)

  
 Pasadena Real Estate Agents, Pasadena Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Pasadena
We also have information on Pasadena home selling, home buying, mortgages, insurance, movers and other realty services for anyone looking to sell a home or buy a home in Pasadena, CA.
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HomeGain has services to help you find a top Pasadena real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Pasadena home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Pasadena real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
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