The Vista Docents hold free tours of...
The Vista Docents hold free tours of the historic Vista Del Arroyo Hotel, now headquarters for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, at 10 a.m. on the third Friday of the month. Tours of the hotel, 125 S. Grand Ave., Pasadena, last an hour.
The hotel was taken over by the Army during World War II and was later used for government offices. By 1978, it was in such disrepair that it was closed.
When it was reopened as headquarters for the court in February, 1986, a group of lawyers’ and judges’ wives organized as the Vista Docents to conduct the tours. Renovation, which has cost $10 million, is continuing.
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