Mission Street is South Pasadena’s primary walkable commercial corridor—local boutiques, independent restaurants, and community businesses running through the heart of the Mission-West District, where the city’s farmers market and seasonal community events anchor neighborhood life throughout the year. South Pasadena’s residential streets are the defining visual character of the community: intact Victorian, Craftsman, and Art Deco homes on tree-lined blocks that give this small city an architectural identity unlike anything else in the San Gabriel Valley. Fair Oaks Avenue is the city’s other primary commercial corridor, connecting the downtown core with Pasadena to the north.
