Old Pasadena + Colorado Street Bridge

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This 22-block historic district retains its late-19th and early-20th-century storefronts, now filled with a mix of national retailers and independent shops, plus restaurants running from Italian to South Asian along Colorado Boulevard's alleys and open-air plazas. At its western edge, Colorado Boulevard crosses the Arroyo Seco on the Colorado Street Bridge, a Beaux Arts span that opened in 1913, stretches nearly 1,500 feet and climbs 150 feet above the creek bed. Galleries and an escape room fill the district's side streets alongside the shops.