The Arroyo Seco is a canyon that begins in the town of Altadena, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, passes through the cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena and through the historical Sycamore Grove and Garvanza neighborhoods of the Highland Park section of northeast Los Angeles. The Arroyo ends at its confluence with the Los Angeles River just northeast of the historical Los Angeles pueblo's original plaza. Though the Arroyo today is lined with concrete for much of its length, originally it carried a creek, or small river depending on the time of year, along whose banks were found stands of trees, including sycamores, willows, and oaks, and dense undergrowth.
Part of large rancho holdings from the time of Mexican rule of California, the Arroyo Seco began to attract new settlements along its banks during the 1870s. The city of Pasadena, founded in 1874 as the Indiana Colony and later incorporated in 1886, was originally laid out on the east side of the Arroyo. Pasadena's name means "of the valley," referring to the Arroyo. In the 1870s and 1880s, sparse settlement also took place along the Arroyo in what is now Highland Park between the young Pasadena and the northeast corner of the original Los Angeles pueblo. The Arroyo's unique beauty became publicized among promotions of the area's real estate developments for farming and residences, and by the 1880s recognized artists and others with literary and cultural aspirations began settling along the Arroyo as well.
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