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Morning
sunlight shines through the trees lining a street in the Chapman
Woods neighborhood of Pasadena. The trees and shrubs
surrounding many houses are so dense that the homes can barely
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Chapman Woods lives up to its name: it is one of the most
wooded neighborhoods in Pasadena. Generously sprawling
ranch style homes were built on large lots in this area starting in the
1960s and the homeowners planted trees with a vengeance! Since then some
of the ranch homes have been enlarged; other have
been converted to other architectural styles. Other homes were
built originally with a definite sophisticated rustic air. And yet
other homes are simply mansions. Chapman Woods is the
easternmost neighborhood in Pasadena, adjacent to exclusive San Marino
on one side and Arcadia on the other.
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The
steep pitch of the roof on this home in Chapman Woods plus other
details were apparently borrowed from Japanese traditional
homes. Inside: all the modern conveniences. |
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Was
this ever a ranch style home? Unlikely. This mansion
in Chapman Woods is new and on a very large lot. |
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This
ranch style home is typical of many homes built in the outer
areas of Chapman
Woods. Large homes and mansions were constructed toward
the center of this Pasadena neighborhood. |
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