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Baldwin Avenue extension south from Huntington Drive to Ramona Boulevard has been approved.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 6 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: January 11, 1950

Pages: p. 6 Section 2 (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Baldwin Avenue; Streets

Item ID: 33214AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 10, 1985

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Arcadia Historical Society

Item ID: 1709AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A study by the Department of Public Works suggested that the city yards (currently located south of Huntington Drive between 3rd and 5th Avenues) should be split up and moved to the south side of La Porte Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 26, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: City Planning

Item ID: 1200AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council discussed the proposed extension of Linda Way in the horse-owning southeast section of Arcadia near South 10th Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 21, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1320AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The proposed new office building for the corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue has run into a delay caused by a lack of tenants, according to Warren Lortie, president of the development firm WLA Arcon of Huntington Beach. Arcon requested and got a 90-day extension on its deadline.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1316AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Holly Avenue

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1936 p. 1 (expansion); February 29, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); October 7, 1936 p. 1 (Federal funds); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (kindergarten); May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 28, 1938 p. 1 (improvement projects); October 24, 1938 p. 1; May 10, 1951 p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 21, 1936 p. 1 (expansion); February 29, 1936 p. 1 ( " ); October 7, 1936 p. 1 (Federal funds); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (kindergarten); May 7, 1938 p. 1 ( " ); September 28, 1938 p. 1 (improvement projects); October 24, 1938 p. 1; May 10, 1951 p. 1

Subjects: Schools - Holly Avenue

Item ID: 4208AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding First Avenue

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (photo of corner at Huntington Drive); January 5, 1947 p. 1 (extension); January 30, 1947 p. 1 (picture); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); December 4, 1961 p. 1 (railroad crossing gate)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 3, 1934 p. A-6 (photo of corner at Huntington Drive); January 5, 1947 p. 1 (extension); January 30, 1947 p. 1 (picture); March 4, 1954 p. 1 (widening); December 4, 1961 p. 1 (railroad crossing gate)

Subjects: Streets - First Avenue

Item ID: 4266AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding Fourth Avenue

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1958 p. 1 (improvement)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1958 p. 1 (improvement)

Subjects: Streets - Fourth Avenue

Item ID: 4278AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Nearly two years after fire caused extensive damage at First Avenue Junior High, students and staff are eager for the re-opening of the main building. Article describes new features.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3040AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission intends to recommend that Holly Avenue School be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The city's oldest school building, Holly Avenue, built in 1927, is an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 30 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Holly Avenue

Item ID: 2703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 10, 1986

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 13, 1933 p. 1 (buildings declared unsafe); January 26, 1934 p. 1 (building vacated); August 8, 1938 p. 1 (Federal funds); June 21, 1951 p. 1 (first graduating class); February 18, 1957 p. 1 (renovation); May 8, 1958 p. 3 (band award)

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 4224AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 13, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3044AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1275AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 15, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3284AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3285AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 18, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3042AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

ARA has title to the Round-Up Motel in redevelopment area on Huntington Drive east of Second Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1288AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 31, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3041AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - First Avenue Junior High School

Item ID: 3039AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Baldwin Avenue extension south from Huntington Drive to Ramona Boulevard has been approved.

The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.

A study by the Department of Public Works suggested that the city yards (currently located south of Huntington Drive between 3rd and 5th Avenues) should be split up and moved to the south side of La Porte Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

The Arcadia City Council discussed the proposed extension of Linda Way in the horse-owning southeast section of Arcadia near South 10th Avenue.

The proposed new office building for the corner of Huntington Drive and First Avenue has run into a delay caused by a lack of tenants, according to Warren Lortie, president of the development firm WLA Arcon of Huntington Beach. Arcon requested and got a 90-day extension on its deadline.

Items regarding Holly Avenue

Items regarding First Avenue

Items regarding Fourth Avenue

Nearly two years after fire caused extensive damage at First Avenue Junior High, students and staff are eager for the re-opening of the main building. Article describes new features.

The Arcadia Beautiful Commission intends to recommend that Holly Avenue School be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The city's oldest school building, Holly Avenue, built in 1927, is an example of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style.

Between August 11 and September 30, the city will install brick sidewalks on Huntington Drive between 2nd Avenue and Santa Clara Street as the first major phase of Arcadia's downtown revitalization project.

Items regarding First Avenue Junior High School

First Avenue Junior High has been nominated as a 1990 California Distinguished School by the State Department of Education. First Avenue will be one of six schools in Los Angeles County to be so nominated.

Article reports on progress with two parcels involving a proposed Hometel 300-room hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive and a proposed office building at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue.

At a Sierra Madre City Council meeting, Arcadia and Sierra Madre residents spoke against a joint plan by the two cities to widen Orange Grove Avenue to 40 feet.

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

Jack Sonnhalter, principal of First Avenue Junior High School, will take an early retirement at the end of the current school year.

ARA has title to the Round-Up Motel in redevelopment area on Huntington Drive east of Second Avenue.

Bill Manley teaches the computer and electronics class at First Avenue Junior High. The popular class is designed to teach students computer literacy at an early age.

First Avenue Junior High, severely damaged by a fire in 1979, will reopen this fall to students in grades 7-9 although reconstruction of the building is incomplete. Portable classrooms will be used.