Altadena Heritage addresses its mission to raise awareness of our foothill community’s rich architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage by recognizing places that make Altadena unique. This work includes periodically designating sites and whole neighborhoods as Altadena Heritage Areas through our AHA! Program, annually celebrating gardens that give to the beauty of our streets in the Golden Poppy Awards and Garden Party, and holding other special programs that give members access to special places in our community.
Third Thursday Presentation – Altadena Streetlighting
Public Works and Southern California Edison Altadena Street Lighting…
Enhancements to the Old Marengo Triangle
We were joined by staff from Southern California Edison and community volunteers.
Old Marengo Fundraiser
Old Morrero FundraiserIrrigation , Planting & Landscaping at Old Marengo As many of you know, Altadena Heritage was part of a coalition of community organizations that designed and installed the landscaping at Old Marengo Triangle at Woodbury and Marengo. The...
Golden Poppy Awards 2022
Upcoming Events Golden Poppy Garden Awards and Celebration Sunday May 20, from 3-6 pm • 2485 Marengo Avenue, Altadena Members: $10 Non-members: $25 (memberships available at the door) This year’s Golden Poppy will be held at the home of Michele Zack and Mark...
Golden Poppy Awards & Garden Party
Attendees also learned about Altadena Heritage & partners.
Protecting Altadena from Wildfire
Protecting Altadena from Wildfireby Mark Goldschmidt Our scenic mountain backdrop is Altadena’s greatest amenity, yet also poses our greatest danger. The precipitous slopes of crumbly rock are covered with shrubs and grasses that have evolved to burn, and in the hot,...
Letter from the Chair
Letter from the ChairWe are dedicated to protecting, preserving, and raising awareness of our foothill community’s rich architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage. How we do that is through public events, advocating for change with the County, gathering and...
A “Collection of Collections”
A “Collection of Collections”Altadena Heritage is known for its advocacy, preservation, and activism — things like helping to build parks, the Golden Poppy Awards, getting the Farmers Market started, planting trees. But we also maintain important paper and digital...
Streetlight Update & Call to Action
Streetlight Update & Call to ActionBy Mark Goldschmidt In an article in AH’s Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter, “Change Coming to Nighttime Streets,” we wondered what night time lighting would be like with the coming inevitable change to LEDs. When I contacted Inez...
A Short History of Fire and Fire Protection in Altadena
A Short History of Fire and Fire Protection in AltadenaBy Mike Manning The following story, somewhat abridged here, appeared in the January 1994 edition of “Peaks at Altadena”, a monthly news magazine put out by the Manning family, Mike, Sean, Julie and Stacy. It had...