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Posted: 11 August 2009 01:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 76 ]
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High Gravity - 11 August 2009 08:17 PM
bkshopr - 11 August 2009 08:02 PM

This location is south of Huntington Drive. It is not the prime San Marino district. Homes are beautiful there too but not as pedigree as the homes north of Huntington. The same house north of Huntington would be in the high 2m-low3m.

Is pedigree is a polite way of saying white people in San Marino like to live north of Huntington and Chinese in San Marino like to live south of Huntington?

nothing to do with race but the homes and neighboring areas.  all of the larger estates are north of huntington.  lacy park, huntington library, the former ritz carlton are all on this side of town.  this side of san marino blends into just-as-ritzy south pasadena, which leads to old towne pas, the lake ave shopping corridor, and playhouse district.

smaller lots south of huntington… the further south you go, the smaller and more stucco-y the homes get.  south of lorrain turns into san gabriel real quick.  a minute or so further south and you’ll need to speak either spanish or cantonese.

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Posted: 11 August 2009 01:59 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 77 ]
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High Gravity - 11 August 2009 08:17 PM
bkshopr - 11 August 2009 08:02 PM

This location is south of Huntington Drive. It is not the prime San Marino district. Homes are beautiful there too but not as pedigree as the homes north of Huntington. The same house north of Huntington would be in the high 2m-low3m.

Is pedigree is a polite way of saying white people in San Marino like to live north of Huntington and Chinese in San Marino like to live south of Huntington?

The well known 1920’s architects designed the bigger custom houses the north side on very large varying size lots while the less known architects designed the homes on the south side on very good size but repetitive lots. Most streets on the north side have wide sweeping curvature while the south side is gridded for efficiency. Chinese live on both sides.

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Posted: 12 August 2009 09:53 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 78 ]
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Since we are sharing lottery win houses, here’s mine.

I heart Coronado

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Posted: 12 August 2009 11:13 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 79 ]
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Mcdonna1980 - 12 August 2009 04:53 PM

Since we are sharing lottery win houses, here’s mine.

I heart Coronado

This house was designed by Richard Requa. I have 10 his books from his library. Good choice.

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