When I found this photo Oneonta Park Station, I had trouble locating where Oneonta Park was. Turns out that it was a development in South Pasadena centered where Fair Oaks Ave meets Huntington Drive. It must have been a fairly important stop on the streetcar line because you could get magazines, snack, and even sandwiches—not to mention shade from the unrelenting Pasadena summer sun.
Oneonta Park and Pasadena from the hill to the south Huntington Drive Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena ca, 1910:
Map of Oneonta Park being Huntington Land and Improvement Co’s. subdivision:
Car is inbound toward Los Angeles after operating via the Oak Knoll line past the Huntington Hotel (and up Lake to turn westward at Colorado in eastern Pasadena for the outbound runs). The view from here looked up to the left side of the Raymond Hotel but the car lines continued beyond it.
When I found this photo Oneonta Park Station, I had trouble locating where Oneonta Park was. Turns out that it was a development in South Pasadena centered where Fair Oaks Ave meets Huntington Drive. It must have been a fairly important stop on the streetcar line because you could get magazines, snack, and even sandwiches—not to mention shade from the unrelenting Pasadena summer sun.
Car is inbound toward Los Angeles after operating via the Oak Knoll line past the Huntington Hotel (and up Lake to turn westward at Colorado in eastern Pasadena for the outbound runs). The view from here looked up to the left side of the Raymond Hotel but the car lines continued beyond it.