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The Arcadia City Council introduced an ordinance on February 4 that targets over-sized houses and would reduce the scale, mass and bulk of single-family homes. The city wants to avoid the mansionization trend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25094
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Council 2000 - 2009
Housing
Mansionization
Item ID
25289AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County's median home price is rising. In July, 2009, it was $339,430, up from $319,860 in June 2009, but well below $395,240 a year ago. Broker Chris Vigil thinks the market has hit rock bottom. Arcadia's median home price in July 2009 was $663,000, up from $626,500 a year ago (July, 2008). A chart shows figures from surrounding cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31621
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Mome prices
Housing market
Real Estate
Item ID
31818AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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County home prices were up slightly in April after more than 1.5 years of declines, according to the California Association of Realtors. Arcadia's median home price was $689,090 in April, down 8% from a year ago. A chart shows figures from other local cities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31492
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. 14 (Business Section)
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. 14 (Business Section)
Subjects
Housing
Median home prices
Real Estate
Item ID
31687AN
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Newspaper Index
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Home sales rise sharply in February with a 69.3% increase in sales in Los Angeles County over the same period a year ago. People are buying up foreclosed homes as prices drop in the San Gabriel Valley. Arcadia home prices came down 6.6%, whereas Azusa's home prices fell 45.3%. The median price of a single family home in the county was $298,000 in February, compared with $465,000 last year. Arcadia's median home price was the highest in the San Gabriel Valley, at $635,000. A chart of February median home prices is shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Foreclosures
Homes
Housing
Real estate market
Item ID
31610AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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California home prices continue to increase. Chart shows the change in median home prices from March 2004 to March 2005. The median home price in Arcadia went up 7.5% in the last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29478
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Real estate--residential--home prices
California Association of Realtors (CAR)
Housing market
Item ID
29663AN
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Newspaper Index
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A chart shows local median home prices for February, 2006. From February 2005 to February 2006, Arcadia's median prices jumped 20.7%.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29967
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Real Estate
Housing
Home prices
Item ID
30153AN
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Newspaper Index
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Increased home values means the City of Arcadia will receive more money from property tax.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28913
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Property Tax Valuations
Real Estate
Item ID
29104AN
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Newspaper Index
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California home sales are growing as values fall. A chart of October's median home prices gives a picture of the local real estate landscape. Arcadia's median home price in October, 2008 was $697,500, down 12.1% from the median price of $793,500 in October, 2007.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31303
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 26, 2008
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Home prices
Housing
Real Estate
Item ID
31498AN
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Newspaper Index
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Home prices in California have dropped almost 42% from a year ago, November, as a glut of foreclosed homes drove first-home buyers to buy on the bottom end. Statewide, a single-family home cost a median price of $285,680. In Los Angeles County, the San Gabriel Valley housing market is in bad shape. According to the California Association of Realtors, prices around the San Gabriel Valley ranged from lows of $256,000 in La Puente to highs of $692,500 in Arcadia, which saw a slight drop of only 4.8%, compared to last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31331
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Economy
Housing
Real Estate
Recession
Item ID
31526AN
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Newspaper Index
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The number of million dollar homes in the San Gabriel Valley is growing, surprising even real estate agents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28014
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia homes
San Gabriel real estate market
Item ID
28208AN
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Newspaper Index
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Kam Sang Company of Arcadia is the development firm in charge of the Atlantic Times Square project in Monterey Park. Alhambra neighbors are concerned about traffic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29170
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29. 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 29. 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Kam Sang Company
Atlantic Times Square
Developers
Commercial real estate
Item ID
29355AN
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Newspaper Index
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A Los Angeles-based developer has plans to build a $400 million shopping and residential complex at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2004
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Real Estate Developers - Caruso Affiliated Holdings
Santa Anita Park Development - Shopping and Residential complex.
Arcadia High School students
Item ID
28554AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
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Newspaper Index
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Anokia Estates, a development of 31 luxury homes on the former site of the Anita Baldwin mansion, is now selling its final phase.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25545
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Anokia Estates
Item ID
25744AN
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Newspaper Index
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A home built by the Barker family of Barker Brothers fame will be the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Designed by architect Roland Coate in the early 1940's, the house sits on a large corner lot in the Upper Rancho area of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Item ID
18989AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Edna Curtis held an estate sale at her late sisters's condo but thieves took items when she was not looking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28015
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Curtis, Edna
Estate sales
Crime-theft
Item ID
28209AN
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Newspaper Index
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Developers hoping to build 31 houses on land where the Anoakia mansion sits have won a court victory that clears the way for the house to be torn down.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19259
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
19501AN
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Newspaper Index
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A new Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has opened in Arcadia. It is owned by Tesco, a British food giant. Tesco's labor practices have come under fire for relying on part-time workers, which may limit the ability of workers to earn a living wage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30787
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets
Grocery Stores
Tesco
Item ID
30975AN
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Newspaper Index
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Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) is not considering the Gold Line Foothill Extension from Sierra Madre to Claremont a priority now. County transportation officials recommended the so-called "Subway to the Sea," a proposed extension of the Purple Line out to Santa Monica and a "regional connector" project that would link several rail lines through downtown Los Angeles, as the priorities.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31723
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
31920AN
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Newspaper Index
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The walls came tumbling down Wednesay at the Anoakia Mansion, marking the final demise of the 87-year-old Anita Baldwin estate to make way for a gated tract of houses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19473
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
19713AN
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Newspaper Index
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