Wow, they offer NO grace period whatsoever. My ticket said 12:09, so I was supposed to reach 90 minutes at 12:39. Unfortunately I was parked on the top level and their stupid elevator wouldn't take me up to the roof. So I had to take a few extra minutes to hike it up three levels and then drive down four levels to the kiosk. Just as I gave him my ticket, I noticed that their time meter turned from 12:39 to 12:40. FML I had to pay $2, gah. The attendant called mgmt for me since I was late by one minute, but they wouldn't budge. Usually most parking garages will give you 5-10 grace period, since understandably there might be a line or just take forever to come down. Not here. FAIL!!! read more

Read the rules before parking here or anywhere else. Only 90mins free which is an hour and 30mins. Too many people complaining that they have to pay when they are over the 90mins. Rules are the rules so read up at the entrances. read more

Schoolhouse Block Parking Structure - Too many reviews complaining that they have to pay when they are over the 90mins. Rules are the rules so read up at the entrances. - Parking Near Me - Pasadena, California

If I compare this lot to the 2 hour free parking lots located around the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, there are several advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantages first... 1. You get 90 minutes free vs. the 120 minutes in Santa Monica. 2. You have to battle with smaller structure sizes and confusing double sided lots. 3. There is no cool technology here like you'd find in the SM Promenade Mall that can locate your license plate if you've lost your car among the floors. Advantages... 1. The longest it has taken me to leave this or any Pasadena lot is 5 minutes. Compare this to the regular 10-20 minutes it takes at any of the SM lots and I'm ecstatic! 2. The attendants are friendly... Yes! there are attendants. You don't have to call out and wait for someone as your card is repeatedly spit out by the automated machines they have in SM. 3. Well kept, and don't smell of urine in the stairwells (ok, so this is more of a societal disregard and marginalization of the homeless in Santa Monica). 4. It's rather nice to have names like Schoolhouse and simple level and color markers for finding your car. 5. The largest number of circlings I've made to find parking here is 2, compared to 5 or 6 in Santa Monica lots, even when all of them were open. I'd say all this adds up to advantages outweighing the disadvantages. read more

This lot is staffed by the WORST employees ever. The sour-faced lady (Mercedes) that runs the parking office is so inept & unhelpful it's a wonder how anyone has put her there as a customer service rep. Hopefully there are other duties she fulfills. I think her favorite words are "no" & "I can't" lol. ugh! So annoying. The short, controlling, grumpy old man who works as a parking attendant is equally awful. He NEVER smiles and gets pissed if you don't hand him your ticket. Um, that's why the automated system is there dude...don't get mad. One time he yelled at us, saying we had to give him our ticket because we wouldn't be able to reach - even though we could. He literally grabbed the ticket as I was inserting it to the automated system - chill, Napoleon! read more

SMH. Free parking first 90 minutes. Don't be over, how simple is that? Flat rate $5 after 10pm. read more

We almost always park here when we visit Old Town, as the rates are reasonable and there are generally always parking spaces available. It's a flat rate $5 after 10PM, but it's usually 90-mins free, then $2 per additional hour afterwards. They take both cash and credit, and usually you use a machine or if there's an attendant, you pay through them. It's also quite clean, but be forewarned, the parking can be a little tight and some drivers are crazy. For the first time, I had some trouble today with this lot today as the parking charge was not showing up on my card. I ended up calling them and they were super helpful. They were able to look up my charge for me to verify that it went through, as I was concerned that I hadn't paid by mistake or something. I'm the anxious sort, so I was really glad that they were quite nice about it! read more

The good they had a parking spot and they did stand by the 90 minutes of free parking. Everything else went South. PARKING LOT MANAGER LISTEN UP The entrance off Raymond was broken but the sign had been moved. I couldn't get a ticket and the gate wouldn't open I had three or four cars behind me blocking me in. The help button only got occasional unintelligible voices. I was left with nothing better to do than to yell for help. Someone eventually showed up to untangle the line of cars behind me But frankly it took too long for help to arrive. A simple expedient might have been to have a sign saying OUT OF ORDER taped up so that I could have backed out quickly before the line filled up behind me. The signage might be pretty but there's damn little of it. A simple stencil could be used to help people find the elevators. I took my mom to old Pasadena for a walk but she was all walked out before we got out of the parking structure. This is where I get snarky. If you need paper tape and a pencil for an out of order sign or you want to make up a stencil so that people can find the elevators there is a store right across the street called Blicks that would be happy to solve your problems. You also might be surprised to find that even when you are within 20 feet of an elevator there are no signs helping you find it. The graphics on the elevator doors are very nice but do nothing to help the uninitiated find them. read more

We always park at this spot. Well maintained, safe and easy to get in/out of except during rush hour time (normally peak weekend times) when it takes a long time to get out. First 60 minutes are free after that it cost a couple dollars per/hour, $6 max. We always pay max after watching our football games at Jake's every Sunday. read more

Pasadena blows for parking. I've been/lived in Boston/NYC/LA etc. etc even London. Metering every spot and a whole "90min" free (woop de do), that's B.S.. When I shop I don't watch the clock. George: "You don't understand. A garage. I can't even pull in there. It's like going to a prostitute. Why should I pay, when if I apply myself, maybe I could get it for free?" Go somewhere else, don't reward the greed... or every city would think it could get like that. Wrong! [BTW- I would put "no stars" if there was the option]. Duh! Winning! read more

If zero was an option, I would've rated this just that. Sat in line for 15 and got charged for the extra min. Then the person in charge just shrugged off the fact we left with appropriate amount of time to exit. Do not park here. Classic Pasadena read more

Convenient and not too shabby price wise. This place was perfect and we were able to find parking quickly.

We managed to get out to have some Italian food this past weekend. This is the parking lot we use when we go to Old Pasadena. If you have been sold by the 90 minute free parking, you are wrong! Dinner is usually more than 90 minutes... at least for us. Anyhow, after 10pm, parking is $5 flat. I think it's acceptable but I wish it was $Zero. We took some corner stairway down to Raymond Street. I can smell some urine but hey, my nose is sensitive. Maybe it was from guy who was drunk. Colorado Blvd is only 1 block away. read more

I like the location since it is close to the Colorado and Fair Oaks intersection. The downside is that you might have to drive in circles for quite awhile to find a space here. You might also have to wait quite a while to exit the parking structure since the attendants seem to get jammed. Not great when it's a timed system. Some of the other parking structures in the area offer pay stations where you can pay at a kiosk before you exit. Those structures seem to be more efficient. This place also doesn't have any validation options. It would be nice since many people do go to old town to eat or catch a show (not just roam the streets as many people do). read more

No problems whatsoever with this parking structure. We called after we parked to make sure we could pull our car out after midnight and they told us yes that we could take it At any time. The price is reasonable for being open 24 hours read more

This structure is the second largest parking lot in Old Town Pasadena, after the underground lot beneath the Macy's and movie theater. The parking spots here are tiny and the single lane paths make it very prone to congestion. However, given its size, relatively low cost, and proximity to restaurants, it's still one of the better non-metered parking options available. I must impart, I was recently stuck for 45 minutes trying to exit this parking structure. Many others like myself had given up and turned off our engines as we were stuck motionless for 15 minutes at a time. I actually managed to catch an attendant who was walking by to inquire about what was causing the delay. She said there were no accidents, stalled vehicles, or malfunctioning gates. They were just slow. I can't imagine any acceptable situation where paying at the gate should take any longer than a couple of minutes. I contacted the facility manager to complain and, in fairness, they tried to set things right by communicating to their staff not to let this happen. I'm glad they were responsive to the problem, but it was still quite a mishap. read more

90 minutes free parking! Doesn't get better than that. There's two other structures off of Green St that are also 90 minutes free. read more

Schoolhouse Block Parking Structure - Beautiful views from the top floor. Highly recommend parking here - Parking Near Me - Pasadena, California

Beware! Come back at least 30 minutes early back to your car if you parked on the upper floors, at least daytime on the weekends. We arrived 10 minutes at our car before our 90 minutes of free parking were up and it took 20 minutes to get all the way down (from the roof) to the pay station exits (the only way to pay) because of all the other cars on all the floors also trying to exit the parking structure. The unfriendly employee didn't care and still made us pay $2. This parking lot is always cramped, pretty full, and the elevators were not working today. read more

BE CAREFUL!!! Plan on it taking at least 20-30 minutes toexit onthe weekends. This lot is run by people who will charge you extra money, even if you were waiting for 20 minutes in a long line in order to exit. Thus, not only is your time being wasted, you are paying them for the the experience. Unfortunately, they do not offer a automated kiosk where you can pay prior to entering your car. The Grove and Americana have this, and exiting is not an issue. If you try to explain the situation, they are disengaged, rude, and do not care that their system is unfair. From now on I am avoiding his particular lot at all costs. read more

This is a great parking structure after a rough night of bad luck everywhere I went this parking structure made my night better. $6 to park here on a Saturday night for like 8 hours. Obviously super affordable and highly recommend. Yay! Lol. P. S. They take credit cards :D read more

Had to run a few errands so headed to Old Pasadena. It's a few days after Christmas so figured it would be busy so just headed to the roof which takes a long time because of the design of the structure. Returned with over 20 minutes remaining and it took forever to exit and I was 5 minutes past my 90 free minutes and had to pay. Totally sucks! If not for a long line behind me I would have made a stink and refuse to pay but didn't want to piss off cars behind me. I have no idea why this place doesn't spend a few bucks for kiosks. Park at your own risk. read more

Wouldn't be so bad if it was well organized but the exits are so few and lines are so long you better come back at least 20 minutes before the time expires. Sometimes the car in front of you is having a hard time figuring out the kiosk while NO ONE went for help and you will be stuck in the line for a good solid 10 minutes or so read more

It is a parking lot...90 minutes free so that is pretty awesome. I am not going to give out any secrets since it is a S show to park at this place (and all other lots) on the weekend. During the week, feel free to go down instead of up, much easier. Also, if you have a motorcycle, parking is free. read more

Takes up to 30 mins to exit on a Friday and Saturday night. Poorly managed, even though its cheap, not worth the savings.

Central to Colorado st and easy access to restaurants, bars shops etc. Relatively clean and well lit. Park here to avoid feeding the meters and expensive parking tickets! read more

This one of the reasons that I go to Old Town. Plenty of inexpensive parking. I live closer to downtown Long Beach but there is no parking.

Great parking on the 3rd and on the roof. Normally there is parking on those levels. I would never go to the lower levels or mid levels since it takes some time to find parking. Parking is free for 90 minutes and 2 dollars additional 30 minutes and 5 dollars is the max for the day. After 10pm is when it is flat 5 dollars. Pretty easy to get out of if there isnt anyone trying to figure out how to pay at the toll or even trying to argue to not pay a couple of dollars. It can be a bit of drag. read more

it is a big parking structure in old pasadena. It is 90 minutes free and $ 6.00 maximum.

This is my favorite parking garage. Free for first 90 min on weekdays, therefore gets full and I sometimes have to park on the roof. The traffic flow is different from any other garage I've been in, when it's two way you end up driving on the left, but the way they've done it, it somehow feels safer and more efficient than the usual layout. I wish other garages would adopt this innovative design. You really can't beat 90 free minutes. I have this garage stored in my Waze favorite locations. read more

The garage ticket machine didn't work and staff knew about it. When I reported to them right away, they pretended they didn't know the problems, and asked me to pay for lost ticket. Really stupid! read more

You can't really complain about 90 minutes free during certain times of the day, but you do need be aware that the time stamp on the parking ticket stub will be about 5 minutes fast (compared to my the clock on my iPhone set to auto). Keep that in mind as your estimate on how much you owe may not be accurate. Also, if you park here when it's busy allow yourself 10-15 extra minutes to get out of the lot as the exit can be backed up. read more