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Sunday, April 25, 2010 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES HONOROn April 10, 2008, the Bungalow Heaven Historic District was listed by the United States Department of the Interior in the National Register of Historic Places. As a result of the listing, Bungalow Heaven has also been listed in the California Register of Historical Resources. According to the notification from the State Historic Preservation Officer, "Placement on the National Register affords a property the honor of inclusion in the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation and provides a degree of protection for adverse affects resulting from federally funded or licensed projects." The listing of Bungalow Heaven in the National Register is truly an honor. As many residents of the district, citizens of Pasadena, and visitors have known for many years, this area of Pasadena is one of the best collections of Arts and Crafts-period bungalows in the United States. Thanks to this important designation, Bungalow Heaven's significance as an outstanding collection of properties, which represent Pasadena's importance in the history of the Arts and Crafts Movement, is further recognized and celebrated. ABOUT BUNGALOW HEAVENBungalow Heaven, located in Pasadena, California, is a rare and mostly intact collection of over 800 homes built from the 1900s through the 1930s. The history of this neighborhood is woven from the threads of several rich and fascinating stories that include the settlement of Pasadena, the evolution of the American Ar Bungalow Heaven has been featured in several books, newspaper features and magazines, including Sunset, which named Bungalow Heaven the "Best Neighborhood" in the West in 2002. An article in a Japanese magazine ("Woody") described Bungalow Heaven thusly: "Northeast of the city center, where the city starts to rise up to the San Gabriel mountains, in an area sectioned off by four . . . major streets, is an historic district, the first historic district in Pasadena, an area called Bungalow Heaven. You will find tree-canopied streets, quiet sidewalks, well-kept houses, a quiet, homey community where neighbors stand on front lawns to talk to each other. In the middle of this area is McDonald Park, a clean, grassy park where children play and old people sit and watch the passing of the day. There is a sense of warmth and peacefulness on these streets, a feeling of community. The melody of an ice cream truck lingers in the air long after the truck has passed." |
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ts & Crafts movement and social and cultural changes of the early 20th century.