Glimpses of South Pasadena: Deco Unexpected

Monday, February 13, 2012

Deco Unexpected

The next time you see a play at the South Pasadena High School Auditorium, make sure to check out the water fountain in the women's bathroom.

Who knew?!

10 comments:

Mister Earl said...: I'll check them out if you stand guard!; February 13, 2012 5:16 AM
Judy Williams said...: What an odd juxtaposition with what I think of as the more traditional SP architecture. That is MEGA cool!!

Earl - I'll hold watch outside the door so you can go check it out.; February 13, 2012 5:32 AM
Pasadena Adjacent said...: Nice!!; February 13, 2012 8:18 AM
Anonymous said...: I've never seen that!; February 13, 2012 8:19 AM
Jon said...: Great title. I really like our deco high school.; February 13, 2012 9:22 AM
JF said...: Very cool. On Huell Howser's tour of the restored Bullocks on Wilshire (now Southwest Law School) they uncovered a preserved fountain, built into the wall with a tiled back, much in the same style as that one at the South Pas high school. They must have been built around the same time period...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3163/2679648362_2242b607b6_z.jpg; February 13, 2012 9:36 AM
San Diego Farmgirl said...: That's not a water fountain, it's a teleporter. A rounded door slides shut behind you, and you're flushed back up to the mother ship like a pnuematic tube in an old bank drive through. And thank god, because my bangs look, like, totally terrible today, and I could just, like, diiiiiiiiie!; February 13, 2012 10:16 AM
Green Guy said...: How cool is that?; February 13, 2012 12:50 PM
Warren said...: I remember coming across this at the high school in the 90's. Though when I last saw it the paint was a light hospital-lime green. I don't think either color goes well with the yellow/orange/brown but it's very cool nonetheless. All sorts of great random decco fixtures, ceramics and art all over town. Great pic!; February 14, 2012 7:55 AM
Babooshka JH said...: Possibly the coolest water fountain I have ever seen in the ladies toilets. A work of art in itself.; February 15, 2012 6:00 AM

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