South Pasadena lists batch of former Caltrans “Stub” homes for sale

Another batch of homes caught in one of Southern California’s longest-running infrastructure battles is heading to market. On Tuesday, the City of South Pasadena will list eight former Caltrans-owned properties for sale, marking the latest step in unwinding the state’s decades-old land acquisition campaign for the never-built 710 Freeway extension, the Pasadena Star-News reported. The homes were among hundreds seized along the proposed corridor in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in a process that displaced thousands of residents across South Pasadena, Pasadena and El Sereno. The homes include the historic Columbia House at 1131 Columbia Street, a 1910-built Craftsman listed […]

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