Playhouse Village, (formerly known as Playhouse District) a neighborhood in Pasadena, California, is bordered by Interstate 210 to the north, California Boulevard to the south, Los Robles Avenue to the west, and Hudson Avenue to the east, with a panhandle-like extension to Wilson Avenue. The district is also notable for its

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, the legacy of extensive

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from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Landmarks

At Playhouse Village's center is the district's namesake, the

Pasadena Playhouse The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California, United States. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engage ...

, as well as Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena's oldest operating independent bookstore, and Laemmle's Playhouse 7. At the neighborhood's east end is the Ice House comedy club and art-house Boston Court Pasadena.

Fuller Theological Seminary Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature. Fuller consistently has a student body that compr ...

is located at the western end. At the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Oakland Ave. is the ''

Pasadena Star News The ''Pasadena Star-News'' is a paid local daily newspaper for the greater Pasadena, California area. The Pasadena ''Star-News'' is a member of Southern California News Group (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group), since 1996. It is also part ...

'' building. The newspaper started publication in 1884. The building now houses New School of Cooking's Pasadena location and a 24 Hour Fitness location. Additionally, the First United Methodist Church and Pasadena Presbyterian Church, on the former home of KPPC-FM, are located on Colorado Blvd. The

USC Pacific Asia Museum USC Pacific Asia Museum is an Asian art museum located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California, United States. The museum was founded in 1971 by the Pacificulture Foundation, which purchased "The Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Orienta ...

, which started in 1971, is located on North Los Robles Avenue. It has a collection of 15,000 pieces of Asia and the Pacific Islands art work.Building and Garden
, Pacific Asia Museum, 2011

Education

Playhouse Village is served by McKinley School and Blair High School

Transportation

The Metro Gold Line operates a station on Lake Avenue, just north of the neighborhood. Playhouse Village is served by

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lines 177, 180, 662 and 686. It is also served by

Pasadena Transit Pasadena Transit, formerly known as Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System (Pasadena ARTS), is the transit bus service in the city of Pasadena, California. The system was launched as a single shuttle route ahead of the 1994 World Cup, at the Rose B ...

routes 10 and 20, and

Foothill Transit Foothill Transit is a public transit agency that is government funded by 22 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley region of eastern Los Angeles Cou ...

route 187.

References

Neighborhoods in Pasadena, California {{DEFAULTSORT:Playhouse Village