Celebrate and Recognize Community

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.

Charles Company Construction on Lake & Calaveras

Charles Company Construction on Lake & Calaveras

On May 26, 2016 Altadena Heritage received notice that the County had issued a “Revocation of Approval for Site Plan” for the Charles Company construction on Lake Avenue and Calaveras Street. This means that construction on the site must stop until the developer answers the County’s questions

Zero-Waste

Zero-Waste

Zero-Waste Altadena Heritage’s April “Third Thursday” presentation   April 21, 2016 - The evening before Earth Day. Altadena Heritage invites you to join us at the Altadena Community Center (730 E. Altadena Dr.) from 7 to 9 pm on Thursday, April 21 –the eve of...

Historic Preservation 101

Historic Preservation 101

Altadena Heritage’s March “Third Thursday” presentation features a panel of experts who will inform us about the recently adopted Los Angeles County Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Mills Act…

Impacts of El Nino on the Arroyo Seco

Impacts of El Nino on the Arroyo Seco

A great crowd attended Separating Fact from Fear: The Probable Impacts of El Nino on the Arroyo Seco Watershed. Experts, including a Caltech geologist, analyzed the media hype surrounding El Nino, and looked at past El Ninos…

Yuge/Waldorf – Report

Yuge/Waldorf – Report

When William Scripps Kellogg died in 1977, he willed the five-acre Scripps Hall estate on Mariposa Street…