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June 2, 2017 · 5:09 PM

Poetic Interlude: Fractured Futures, née YWCA

Light aqua arch surrounding an inset wooden door of the same color

refracted reflections

bourgeois boutique

peeling possibilities

embattled emblem

Context:

Atlas Obscura

City of Pasadena, Planning & Community Development

Pasadena Heritage

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Filed under Art of all Kinds, Contemporary, Historical, Nostalgia, Power, Wordplay

Tagged as city government, civic center, development, Julia Morgan, Pasadena, poetry, politics, YWCA

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