The Verbal Building at the corner of Yale Avenue and 2nd Street in Claremont, a community boasting a rich cultural life. Be it spirited conversation, art show, concert or poetry reading, there’s always something going on. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
The Packing House Wine Merchants in Claremont serves customers in a building once owned by Sunkist. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
Guests enjoy food and drinks at the bar of Three Forks Chophouse restaurant on Friday night in Claremont. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)
Instruments of all shapes and sizes line the walls of the Folk Music Center in Claremont Village. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Barbara Jefferson, advancement director of the Claremont University Consortium, holds a Japanese four-string lute. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Mahonia Golden Abundance and a California bay laurel are the stars of a walkway through Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont. (James Erin de Jauregui / For The Times)
New development stands where there were fruit groves just below Padua Hills in Claremont. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Domingo Paglia walks through his home designed by famed architect Richard Neutra. The house built in 1960 in Claremont. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Claremont McKenna College (Brian VanderBrug / Los Angeles Times)
