tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post1902001108667563859..comments2024-02-26T10:52:14.585-08:00Comments on Glimpses of South Pasadena: Apartments in BlueLaurie Alleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-75179889773317963682009-07-21T02:51:27.137-07:002009-07-21T02:51:27.137-07:00Really amazing...
Nice photo...wonderful thoughts...Really amazing...<br /><br />Nice photo...wonderful thoughts....<br /><br /><br />Thanks for sharing...<br /><br /><br />___________________<br />Andrew<br /><a href="http://www.directstartv.com/jump.html?referID=oa-0-173189" rel="nofollow">Entertainment at one stop</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-58701043913347893342009-05-29T02:15:48.090-07:002009-05-29T02:15:48.090-07:00This could be the UK. A modern rhapsody in blue. I...This could be the UK. A modern rhapsody in blue. I'd rather look at than live in thought.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-43838836803756947272009-05-29T01:13:57.321-07:002009-05-29T01:13:57.321-07:00HEy gang,
Thanks for all the great stories and co...HEy gang,<br /><br />Thanks for all the great stories and comments. I'm all for more apartment tales! But nothing more from me tonight -- I have a cold and my brain is wrapped up in benadryl. So, until tomorrow everyone...Laurie Alleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460272282273523408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-46903261651096591782009-05-29T01:13:21.014-07:002009-05-29T01:13:21.014-07:00Judy: I don't remember arranging your crayolas int...Judy: I don't remember arranging your crayolas into a warm and cool palette, but I'm glad I did and glad that you remember!!!Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608168607510299123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-87709476215729567032009-05-28T22:58:52.010-07:002009-05-28T22:58:52.010-07:00That tiled (?) wall just made me smile. Reminds me...That tiled (?) wall just made me smile. Reminds me of the 50s and 60s houses here too.Hildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572824685124656116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-66206927517753950772009-05-28T15:29:15.660-07:002009-05-28T15:29:15.660-07:00Trish, someday we'll have to do a worst neighbor e...Trish, someday we'll have to do a worst neighbor ever post. And steps one may have taken in revenge. You can help me write it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-53259840966971027112009-05-28T10:12:44.425-07:002009-05-28T10:12:44.425-07:00I am intrigued by the "complex pool parties" you m...I am intrigued by the "complex pool parties" you mention and am trying to picture some really complicated sipping and chatting as the chlorine wafts by.<br /><br />;-)Linda Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776352090489595324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-40658955272947771622009-05-28T09:32:20.303-07:002009-05-28T09:32:20.303-07:00I love the different shades of blue. I also notice...I love the different shades of blue. I also noticed the aluminum windows...probably original along with those tiles and light fixtures!<br /><br />Am not sure the "moat" would be considered a pool, tho it looks like they have a chlorinator floating in it!<br /><br />I'm having a vague recollection of this place, but can't remember why.<br /><br />My first apartment---the first first one was when mom & I moved out. A little bungalow type place over near the SoPas golf course. Cool for me who had grown up in the hills, not so cool when the night owl neighbor played his Big Band music all night long! I love it, just not while I'm trying to sleep!<br /><br />My first apartment on my own, shared with a teacher I hardly knew through an ad---what was I thinking? 3rd story, no elevator, exterior stairwells that rattled any time anyone looked at using them (somewhat like the ones in this picture). The "stud" moron across the courtyard used to make all sorts of noise coming in and out, partying, boinking his dates loudly with the windows open---karma got to him---he brought home a REALLY drunk date one night, she made it 2 1/2 stories up and puked all down the stairs...we giggled as we heard him cleaning it up for the next few hours---fitting payback!Trishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-90234063190830865872009-05-28T08:38:54.283-07:002009-05-28T08:38:54.283-07:00Cool blues.
First apartment? Ohhh yeah. A one be...Cool blues. <br /><br />First apartment? Ohhh yeah. A one bedroom, no pets,pueblo-looking place; only entrance and only window was a sliding glass door. Shared it with a guy and a girl. No funny stuff, we were just really broke. And my dog lived there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-9747453016346933972009-05-28T08:36:06.159-07:002009-05-28T08:36:06.159-07:00My first apartment was in a courtyard built in the...My first apartment was in a courtyard built in the 1920's near USC. It was a small single with an unvented gas heater that cost $75 a month. I was living on my own for the first time and it was my tiny castle.<br /><br />My first reaction upon seeing this photo was that it looked like Miami. But Sharon's right, it's much more California.dbdubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462665006132459258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-71090144144532704432009-05-28T08:32:48.934-07:002009-05-28T08:32:48.934-07:00Both today and yesterday's photos have such a stro...Both today and yesterday's photos have such a strong sense of what the Sixties were like before it became "The Sixties." And strictly speaking, I suppose both buildings could have been created prior to that time.<br /><br />Now I have the sudden craving to watch the first season of "Mad Men."-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-66048883956993652132009-05-28T08:18:56.524-07:002009-05-28T08:18:56.524-07:00There is something about this place that just scre...There is something about this place that just screams "California" to me. I guess that when I was still living in Illinois this is where I pictured living in those day-dreams about living somewhere else and experiencing new things.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-38107079923415007312009-05-28T07:29:26.642-07:002009-05-28T07:29:26.642-07:00I grew up in apartments. The earliest memorable o...I grew up in apartments. The earliest memorable one was on Willoughby in West Hollywood. It's still there and it's still memorable. Some of the apartments had these neat little iron work balconies--very Romeo and Juliet.Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-16366049838097202472009-05-28T07:25:40.746-07:002009-05-28T07:25:40.746-07:00They have a pool. Beautiful blues. Maybe you jus...They have a pool. Beautiful blues. Maybe you just started a new blog, "Overheard in South Pasadena."Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-90166392768004027252009-05-28T07:20:44.511-07:002009-05-28T07:20:44.511-07:00My first apartment was a third story furnished nea...My first apartment was a third story furnished near Univ. of Texas - so everybody that summer were students. We hung out together and 10 of us did everything together. I learned how to do the 2-step that summer. We'd go to an old dive beer hall and drink $.10 Falstaff (eeeeeuw). I also learned how to drive a stick shift on my friend Susan's '64 VW bug that summer. I still think of her every time I see one.<br /><br />This blue themed shot is so nice. I remember Shanna explaining the cool and warm color palettea and we would arrange my Crayolas so that all of the yellow, oranges and reds were on one side and the blue, green and lavenders on the other. This is a lovely study in the cool palette and the use of geometry in architecture.<br /><br />Thanks for jogging my memory and sending me down a nice reminiscence.Judy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081035351814381283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-9970237263233723372009-05-28T06:17:42.464-07:002009-05-28T06:17:42.464-07:00I know what you mean about apartment life. I did e...I know what you mean about apartment life. I did enjoy those days, but owning a home is nice too! <br /><br />I love the blues in this photo. Now all they need is a pool.Halcyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729819462354019534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4926759868384604174.post-62040171800269324762009-05-28T06:17:17.266-07:002009-05-28T06:17:17.266-07:00For those of you who knew the music of Glenn Mille...For those of you who knew the music of Glenn Miller you know that he had a famous song that this reminds me of: Serenade in Blue. I missed the whole apartment thing, unless you want to count a reconverted chicken house as an apartment. Those were grim living conditions complete with a real ice man (with a real line of bull)and a leaky ice box. What I wouldn't have given to have had a chance to live in a blue apartment during those times. Or pink, or chartreuse. This one seems to have a luminosity.Dixie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591688785324214877noreply@blogger.com