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Sometimes, Altadenans agree: Yes on Measure Z
In a forward-looking decision in 1961, the Altadena Library District Board of Trustees purchased the historic estate of Colonel George G. Green, a patent medicine millionaire and the founder of Pasadena’s Green Hotel.
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Boyd Georgi: the Vision Behind the Altadena Library
When architect Boyd Georgi was designing the new Altadena Library on East Mariposa Street in 1966, he wanted to draw in a certain group of patrons, so he consulted a local expert. “Karl,” he said, “what would you do when you go in there? Where would you go?”
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Op-Ed: Your aggressively helpful local librarians are still on the job
As a professional librarian, and the trustee of a public library district, I took it as a compliment recently when I heard librarians described as “aggressively helpful.”
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Holocaust Survivor Visits South Pas Middle School
Life in middle school can be very complicated, and sometimes quite difficult. But last week, nearly 400 eighth graders at South Pasadena Middle School gained a new perspective when they heard about the life of a 14-year-old girl from Poland who survived the Holocaust.