Plaza Pasadena was an enclosed, indoor shopping mall in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

 built in 1980 and re-developed in 1999.

History

In the late 1970s, the Pasadena Redevelopment Agency demolished three historic blocks on Colorado Boulevard to make way for the Plaza Pasadena Project, whose construction was assisted with $41 million in public subsidy from the city. The mall's architect was Charles Kober Associates and its original owner was Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. The mall was approximately 750000 square feet (69,677.3 m²) in size.

Today

The mall was considered unattractive by enough citizens to be redeveloped in 1999 into Paseo Colorado

Paseo Colorado

Paseo Colorado, also called Paseo, is an upscale outdoor mall in Pasadena, California, covering three city blocks with office space, shops, restaurants, an upscale grocery store, a movie theater, and 400 loft-style condominiums above.It is located in downtown Pasadena between Colorado Boulevard to...

, which included the removal of the mall's upper level and reorienting of the lower level to focus on Colorado Blvd. The original parking structure below the old Plaza Pasadena continues to serve customers of Paseo Colorado as does the parking structure on the corner of Green St and Los Robles Ave. and its bridge, which connects the structure to the Terrace Apartment Homes and Macy's. The Macy's building (originally The Broadway) was the only building left intact, as it looked when it was a part of the Plaza.