$3,295/month

Thursday evening in South Pasadena belongs to the farmers market, blocks of vendors under old trees beside the Metro A Line platform at Mission and Meridian. This home sits a short walk from it, in a timeless 1910 duplex set behind a front porch. Unit A, the main-floor unit, is a two-bed and one-bath apartment. The kitchen is the room people remember: cream and butter-yellow cabinets with black iron hardware, glass-front uppers, tile counters edged in black, and a checkerboard floor. A casement window opens over the sink. It runs through to a dining room with parquet floors, a chandelier, and a built-in china cabinet behind glass. The living room has a wide window to the street and a step up into a bright corner sun room windowed on two sides. Both bedrooms have hardwood floors. The larger has a bay window with a seat built into it and a walk-in closet; the second has a ceiling fan and looks into the treetops. A bonus office room makes a versatile space in the home. The bathroom is finished in white subway tile to the ceiling, with a penny-tile floor, pedestal sink, and walk-in shower. Out back, a patio screened in lattice, where the laundry hookups go. Fremont Avenue runs under a canopy of street trees here, a few blocks from Mission Street, where the Fair Oaks Pharmacy has kept its soda fountain since 1915, and the Meridian Iron Works building has stood since the town was a stop on the Santa Fe line. Garfield Park lies east on Mission with gazebos, tennis courts, and summer Sunday concerts. The Arroyo Seco opens to the west, where the trail runs under the Colorado Street