Washington Park — Attraction in Pasadena

Washington Park is one of the City of Pasadena's earliest public parks. Renowned landscape architect Ralph Cornell and horticulturalist Theodore Payne were hired by the City in 1922 to create a plan for the park and “sunken gardens.” Among Payne and Cornellis other Pasadena projects are Memorial Park and La Pintoresca Park. Torrey Pines Preserve and the grounds at Occidental College were further collaborations. Individually, Cornell's many projects include Elysian Park and Griffith Park; Payne's include Rancho Santa Ana and Descanso Gardens. The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants operates a nursery and carries on his work today. A wash that ran through the park may have been part of a stream called Woodbury Creek. The Eastside Storm Drain captures run-off for a large area north of the park and cuts through the park on the west side. In 1940, the Works Projects Administration constructed a sidewalk to cover it and built a natural stone retaining wall. The new Community House was completed in...

It's okay for a neighborhood park, though for me there's not nearly enough grass areas especially in the lower section where the tennis courts are. However there are lots of trees. There's a playground for kids, picnic tables including one under a shelter canopy, and a community room, I think, where kids are in day camp. As for the bathrooms there mostly clean, but the sink in the bathroom is nothing more than a trickle due to the design which makes washing your hands challenging. The parking is enough I guess for it's size, unless you're having an event, then you might have to utilize street parking. Overall, you'll have to judge...

Beautiful park, lots of places to picnic, walk, exercise, play basketball, handball or tennis, has a couple playground areas for kids, and there's a community building, where I assume classes are given. I wonder if they rent the building out, as well. It would be cool, if they did. I'm just disappointed that I had to avoid broken glass as I walked from my car in the parking lot to the first covered picnic table area. There was also some trash under the picnic table, but, honestly, not much. It's a gorgeous, peaceful park for me to take a lunch break at this afternoon. I would definitely...