Just a few blocks from famed Old Town Pasadena, California is the urban village of Paseo Colorado, a self-contained residential apartment complex and shopping center. According to the Paseo Colorado website paseocoloradopasadena.com, this development is “one of the largest concepts of its kind in the country, Paseo Colorado is an urban town featuring a unique collection of retail shops, fine and casual restaurants, luxury apartments, luxury and garden walks that reestablish vital links to the historic core of the Pasadena Civic Center and Old Pasadena.”
“Paseo Colorado features Mediterranean architecture, pedestrian walkways with many gardens, courtyards, towers, and terraces. The property features a variety of artistic details from well-known and respected artists, including a fountain with custom hand-crafted glazed ceramic tiles created by the artist Anne Marie Karlsen, a second fountain adorned with an Italian glass mosaic by artist Margaret Nielsen, and intricate iron grilles and rails created by artist Michael Amescua.” There are 391 luxury residential apartments and lofts, an upscale Gelson’s supermarket, a Macy’s department store, more than sixty-five specialty stores and boutiques, including Coach, Ann Taylor, Tony Bahama, Hugo Boss, Bombay Company and Sam Goody, a Pacific Theater with fourteen screens, seventeen (17) restaurants, a gym, a day spa and much more.
This is a great place to spend time shopping and/or just relaxing. There is ample validated parking. There are plenty of places to sit and relax on the promenades, patios, and restaurant patios, while people watching or listening to a live summer jazz concert. The merchants and their employees are polite and helpful, but not pushy. Everyone seems pretty relaxed and no one seems to be rushing you.
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