Sierra Madre Boulevard

Central Ave, Sierra Madre CA in 1904, now called Sierra Madre Blvd. A mule team is grading the Ave for the installation of the 1905 Pacific Electric street car, in the background is the Old North Church with the its original barn roof bell tower.

Sierra Madre Blvd. at Bladwin in 1908 with PE line Depot and the Hotel Shirley in background

Original 1890 Sierra Madre City Library, built in 1887 on Sierra Madre Blvd.

Sierra Madre Boulevard is a 6.6-mile (10.6 km) long road connecting five suburbs of Pasadena, California; Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Hastings Ranch, East Pasadena, and San Marino.

For the most part, it is a winding road divided by a grassy median, but the part between Pasadena and Arcadia is a two-lane road.

It was built around the Pacific Electric Railway—Sierra Madre interurban line. The smaller and older portion of the road was originally Central Avenue in Sierra Madre, built some time in the 1860s or 1870s. The road forms a "┌" shape, it continues in the south as San Marino Ave, and ends at Elevado Ave in the east.

The section of Sierra Madre Boulevard between Washington Boulevard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue is the end of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

References

• Pacific Electric org Central - Sierra Madre Boulevard
• Pasadena Heritage Org Running with History - Mile 23: Sierra Madre Line
• USC Digital Library, View of Pacific Electric car 401 at the intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre, 1908
• Pacific Electric Sierra Madre Line, by the Electric Railway Historic Association of Southern California.