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The Los Angeles Conservancy gave an F grade to Arcadia, Bradbury, Diamond Bar, El Monte, Industry, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Monterey Park, Rosemead, Santa Fe Springs, Temple City and Walnut, in a report card of local cities. The cities were judged on whether or not they had an ordinance allowing designation of historic landmarks, how many landmarks are designated, if cities provide for implementation of the Mills Act and other criteria.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Historic Buildings
Historic landmarks
Historic preservation
Los Angeles Conservancy
Item ID
31573AN
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Representatives of the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Santa Anita Park race track has been named to their list of the country's most endangered historic places. Efforts mount to preserve Santa Anita's architectural integrity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Preservation
Item ID
27873AN
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The Hugo Reid Adobe still stands in disrepair at the Los Angeles County Arboretum five years after preservation and restoration efforts should have started. At issue is whether it should be preserved as the Hugo Reid Adobe or reinterpreted as the Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin Adobe.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30237
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2006
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2006
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Getty Foundation
Historic Buildings
Hugo Reid Adobe
Landmarks
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Preservation
Item ID
30424AN
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The Los Angeles Conservancy opposes The Shops at Santa Anita mall, saying the proposed project may threaten the historic integrity of the 1934 race track. Conservancy officials are most concerned about the 1938 saddling barns and the historic grandstand.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29940
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2006
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 2, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Caruso project
Shops at Santa Anita
Malls
Los Angeles Conservancy
Conservation
Historic preservation
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
30126AN
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Arcadia will use federal grant money on a survey of historic buildings, housing rehabilitation and Meals on Wheels program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29039
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Federal block grant funds
Historic Buildings
Surveys
Housing rehabilitation - home improvements
Meals on Wheels
Item ID
29226AN
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
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p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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The architectural firm of Sevar and Associates and Dave Szany and Associates have relocated their offices in the restored and remodeled Southern Counties Gas Building. The building, constructed in 1926, is one of the original buildings on First Avenue. It was the home of the Gas Company for 33 years.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 14, 1982
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p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 14, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Southern Counties Gas Building
Item ID
1704AN
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Westfield Group has nominated Santa Anita Park to the National Register of Historic Places, claiming development plans by Caruso Affiliated constitute a threat to the racetrack. Magna Entertainment, owner of the race track, would have to agree to the track being placed on the register. However, placement on the list would not restrict development on the site.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 24, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Caruso Affiliated
Magna Entertainment
Mall war
National landmarks
National Register of Historic Places
Preservation
Santa Anita Park race track
Westfield Group
Item ID
29974AN
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Three-story office building nears reality after reported approval. Will be constructed on a two-acre site at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue in the Arcadia redevelopment area.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1983
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 18, 1983
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
702AN
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Carol Libby and Scott Hettrick of the Arcadia Historical Society are both on the Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee, which wants to restore the Hugo Reid Adobe on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. They want to re-create the adobe as it was in its heyday, when Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin lived there from 1875 until he died in 1909.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31725
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Baldwin Adobe Restoration Committee
Hettrick, Scott
Historic preservation
Hugo Reid Adobe
Libby, Carol
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Item ID
31922AN
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The city welcomes construction of two office buildings at 225 and 255 Santa Clara Street. The buildings will be occupied by the law firm of Hart, Mieras, Morris and Peale, LLP, and Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Religion
Item ID
27872AN
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Wildfires ravaging areas from Ventura to San Diego are produced air polllution levels deemed unhealthy.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Fires
Item ID
26866AN
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Arcadia schools fared very will on the Performance Report for California schools, grade 8, according to a report received by the Arcadia Board of Education. All 3 Arcadia junior high schools meet or exceed all statewide targets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3207
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Test Scores
Item ID
3115AN
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A report on the Advanced Placement Examinations Program, particularly local student test scores, received a pleased response from the Arcadia School Board at a recent meeting.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
august 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
august 7, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board
Item ID
2466AN
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The local police department and humane societies in the San Gabriel Valley do not support efforts to establish a new private humane society in Arcadia.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Animals
Item ID
393AN
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Monrovia's Aztec Hotel is showcasing fine art in its non-profit Aztec Art Center Route 66 Gallery. Visitors are not just from Monrovia, but from Pasadena, Duarte and Arcadia. A painting by Manuel Barillas is pictured. The hotel is owned by Kathie Reece-McNeill. The hotel was designed in 1925 by English architect Robert Stacy-Judd and was inspired by Mayan and Aztect structures. The building has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Art
Aztec Hotel - Monrovia, California
Barillas, Manuel
Historic Buildings
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
Pettie, Ron
Route 66 Gallery
Reece-McNeill, Kathie
Scully, Richard
Stacy-Judd, Robert
Item ID
31572AN
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10-year-old Arcadia resident Natalia Sanchez-Nigolian started a "Save the Trees" fund to maintain trees on Paloma Drive, where she lives. She plans to start an environmental club at Hugo Reid Elementary.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Environmentalists
Preservation
Sanchez-Nigolian, Natalia
Trees
Item ID
30786AN
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Construction of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is experiencing delays. The city can charge penalties to BEGL Construction Company for delays of up to $500 per day. The project is 3 months past the completion date.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
BEGL Construction Company
Buildings
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30271AN
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Engineering-Science Companies' new $5 million headquarters building, located in Arcadia, houses a national computer center and one of the firm's regional laboratories. The firm designs air and water pollution control, water supply and solid waste management projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper697
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-4 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 28, 1980
Pages
p. A-4 photo
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
697AN
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Ground has been broken for an $800,000, 36,000 square foot building at 225 N. Second Ave. to house the E-Z Hook Division of Tek Test, manufacturer of electronic test accessories for computers.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 8, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
698AN
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Newspaper Index
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