• Hidden Pasadena: Simons Brickyard

  • Sep 3 2024
  • Length: 33 mins
  • Podcast

Hidden Pasadena: Simons Brickyard

  • Summary

  • Now an upscale, residential neighborhood in the heart of Pasadena, Madison Heights used to be home to Simons Brickyard, once the largest brickyard in the world. The Simons Brick Company imprint can still be found on bricks throughout Southern California. This episode looks at the stories hidden within them: about the laborers who made the bricks, the neighborhood then and now, and legal battles that involved allegations of animal cruelty and more.


    To see images related to this episode, please visit dornsife.usc.edu/icw.


    Western Edition is hosted by William Deverell and produced by Avishay Artsy, Katie Dunham, Eryn Hoffman, Jessica Kim, and Elizabeth Logan. Western Edition is a production of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.

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