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The 49th Annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design "Empty House Party" draws a crowd of nearly 500 design enthusiasts and architecture aficionados in Arcadia, at the showcase home designed by architect Roland E. Coate, Sr. The house was built in 1941 for furniture executive C. Lawrence Barker, of the former furniture company Barker Brothers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33370
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 7, 2013
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Barker, C. Lawrence
Charities
Coate, Roland E., Sr.
Gotch, Donna
Marksbury, Beverly
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA)
Item ID
33566AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia welcomes the 49th Pasadena Showcase House of Design. The house will be a 1941 Monterey Colonial house designed by renowned architect Roland E. Coate. It will be renovated by Southern California's prominent interior and exterior designers and will open for public tours April 21-May 19, 2013. The showcase house is a fundraiser that supports bringing music and art programs to children.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33240
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2012
Pages
p. 3, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2012
Pages
p. 3, 19
Subjects
Coate, Roland E.
Historic houses
Hofgaarden, Kathryn
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA)
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Item ID
33437AN
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Newspaper Index
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Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee has selected an Arcadia estate as the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. It was designed by Roland E. Coates, Sr., for Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox Barker of Barker Brothers Furniture fame.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
Subjects
Historic houses
Barker, Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox
Coates, Roland E., Sr.
Item ID
18853AN
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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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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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The Arcadia City Council debates home design controls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30568
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Home design reviews
Houses
Mansionization
Item ID
30756AN
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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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Arcadia City Councill will look at possible changes in the city code on floor area ratio (FAR), lot coverage, and design review for single-family homes. FAR refers to the combined floor area of buildings on a lot, compared to the size of the lot. Arcadia has a lot coverage rule that single-story homes can cover 45% of the lot and 2-story dwellings 35%. Arcadia currently has a citizen-run design review effort within homeowner associations in northern parts of Arcadia, but no citywide system.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31846
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Design review
Houses
Mansions
Item ID
32043AN
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Residents object to proposed home to be built at 920 South Fifth Street. At issue are the size of the house and how its design may not fit in with the neighborhood.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34663
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Houses
Mansions
Item ID
34855AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia officially unveiled the design for its city centennial float last week. Designed by Phoenix Builders, it features the Queen Anne Cottage, the wishing well fountain from Santa Anita, and a giant peacock. It cost $100,000. A list of float riders is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30516
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia centennial
Parade floats
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade (2003)
Item ID
30703AN
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University of Southern California (USC) teacher Sam Watters' two-volume book "Houses of Los Angeles 1885-1935" features 700 or so photographs of splendid Los Angeles homes. Twenty-two of the seventy-five houses listed come from Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, and La Canada Flintridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30747
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Architecture books
Houses
Watters, Sam
Item ID
30935AN
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In a unanimous vote, Arcadia City Council deals a blow to builder KVH Design Group, rejecting the developer's appeal and their plans to build a nearly 7,000 square foot two-story single-family house at 211 Monte Place. The Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA) Architectural Review Board (ARB) had turned down the plans on grounds that the proposed home was "incompatible in mass and scale to the surrounding buildings in the neighborhood." Arcadia City Council agreed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34042
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 18, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 20
Subjects
Arcadia City Council
Highlands Homeowners Association (HOA)--Architectural Review Board (ARB)
Houses
KVH Design Group
Mansions
Verlato, April
Von Hatten, Kurt
Item ID
34236AN
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A new magazine called "Atomic Ranch" will be dedicated to the boxy tract homes built after World War II and found in Arcadia, Duarte and Hastings Ranch and east Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
27584AN
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Elsie Hetherington of Arcadia, known as the "Orchid Lady", furnishes orchids each year for the Pasadena Showcase House.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25433
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2003
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2003
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Hetherington, Elsie
Item ID
25632AN
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A conceptual design for a skateboard park to be built at Bonita Park was approved by Arcadia City Council. It was designed by Purkiss Rose-RSI.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30111
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bonita Park - Skate Park
Parks
Youth Master Plan
Item ID
30298AN
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Saving Arcadia, the anti-mansionization group, sues City over controversial two-story home proposed at 1101 S. Fifth Avenue. Lawsuit alleges the project violates California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arvizu, David
Houses
Mansions
Saving Arcadia (activist group)
Item ID
34874AN
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Matt Denny's, an Arcadia restaurant, raises over $30,000 for childhood cancer research at its St. Baldrick's Day fundraiser.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34512
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 17, 2016
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 17, 2016
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Cancer
Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant
Item ID
34704AN
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Pasadena Symphony Association and its Pasadena Pops Orchestra, will take over the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden's 2012 summer concerts, which had featured the California Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Victor Vener for 14 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 29, 2011
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
California Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden--summer concerts
Music
Pasadena Symphony Association--Pasadena Pops Orchestra
Item ID
32583AN
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The Beltran family struggles after losing their home in a fire in February. It was a house they were renting in the 1500 block of 10th Avenue in Arcadia. The fire caused an estimated $100,000 in property loss and roughly $50,000 in content damage.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 29, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Beltran, Roberta
House fires
Jimenez, Monique
Item ID
32557AN
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Plans for a new City Hall building have moved into a second design phase, after officials approved a preliminary design package and dedicated a five-month process to fleshing out further details.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31139
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall building
Design
Steinberg Architects
Item ID
31333AN
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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