The Outrigger Apts, Pasadena, CA (apartments)

Name:The Outrigger Apts
Type:apartments
Street:890 S. Rosemead Blvd
City:Pasadena
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:operational

Description:
As featured in Sven's BOT p.15
The outrigger apartments still keep the polynesian decor up from what I could see from over the gates. Don't know if there are anymore tikis inside the gates. This is the only picture that I took at the Outrigger.

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy - to fix address - 2010-11-01 16:45 ]

Still there as of June 2005....

[ Edited by: eliaszuniga 2006-03-12 22:44 ]

Excellent urban archeology -- that area on Rosemead is an incredible tiki spot, anchored by Bahooka's.

On 2003-10-16 15:37, Luckydesigns wrote:
Name:The Outrigger Apts
Type:apartments
Street:Rosemead
City:Alhambra
State:CA
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:operational

Here's the correct information for the Outrigger Apartments.

Name:The Outrigger Apartments
Type:apartments
Street:890 S Rosemead Blvd.
City:Pasadena
State:CA
Zip:91107
country:USA
Phone:(626) 792-2577
Status:operational

Sadly, several of the outriggers are gone.

But some still remain.

A few of interior shots. I loved seeing these jade tiles.

Some historical background for the apartments:

:down: Breaking ground, April 1961

:down: glorious half-page newspaper ad from Oct 1961 when they opened:

Too bad the picture is so dark, but I can see a hanging globe lamp and some extravagant outrigger beams that got sawn off later: