This pair of giant heads depicts the Robinson brothers, groundbreaking athletes who spent their formative years here in Pasadena. Jackie (1919–72) gained fame for breaking the color barrier as the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. He became a perennial all-star, World Series champion, and hall-of-famer for the Brooklyn (later LA) Dodgers. Mack (1914–2000) won a silver medal in the 200-meter sprint at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, puncturing the white supremacist notions of the Nazi regime.


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1. Pasadena City Hall

0.07 MILES

Pasadena's 1927 city hall is on the National Register of Historic Places and a prime example of California Mediterranean-style architecture.

2. Norton Simon Museum

0.82 MILES

Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais standing guard by the entrance is only a mind-teasing overture to the full symphony of art in store at this exquisite…

3. Pasadena Museum of History

0.85 MILES

On the grounds of a palatial beaux-arts mansion that once housed the Finnish consulate, this interesting museum now presents changing exhibits on some…

4. Gamble House

0.96 MILES

This mansion in northwest central Pasadena has been called one of the 10 most architecturally significant homes in America. The 1908 masterpiece of…

6. Tournament House & Wrigley Gardens

1.04 MILES

Chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley spent his winters in the elegant Italian Renaissance–style mansion where the Tournament of Roses Association now…

7. Richard H Chambers Courthouse

1.05 MILES

On the National Register of Historic Places, this Spanish Colonial Revival–style tower was built during the 1920s and '30s as a resort hotel, sat…

8. Colorado St Bridge

1.23 MILES

Spanning some 150ft above and nearly 1500ft across the Arroyo Seco, this stunning bridge was the world's tallest concrete bridge when it was completed in…