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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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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.

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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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Newspaper Index
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As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ed Huang, an architect who works as a senior planner for the city of Los Angeles, gives a tour of his "green" home in Arcadia. His house is a model of energy efficiency, using solar panels and other environmentally and ecologically friendly design elements. Huang had been Arcadia's planning commissioner from 1992-2002.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
Subjects
Environment
Homes
Houses
Huang, Ed
Item ID
31177AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Pasadena Showcase House of Design features an Arcadia home designed for Lawrence and Josepine Garat Wilcox Barker and built over two years in 1941-1943.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Houses
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Item ID
27656AN
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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.

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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.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
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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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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.

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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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Firefighters rescued a 7-year old boy from an upstairs bedroom as fire engulfed the home at 70 W. Las Flores Ave. They were unable to save a man and woman inside the house, who were found dead.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18432AN
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Newspaper Index
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Happy birthday to Arcadia. The communty has kept its routes and future intact. Opinion on the city's 100 years includes information on Arcadia homes.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2003
Pages
p. A16
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2003
Pages
p. A16
Subjects
Centennial Celebration, 2003
Housing
Item ID
26362AN
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The first set of quadruplets delivered at Arcadia Methodist Hospital were born to mother Feda Shalabi and father Samer Shalabi of El Monte. The babies were delivered by Cesarean section by Dr. Richard Williams.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Multiple births
Quadruplets
Shalabi, Feda
Shalabi, Samer
Item ID
30809AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Police are looking for three men who broke into a home and robbed a family at gunpoint.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30. 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30. 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Armed robbery
Home-invasions
Item ID
29360AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's median home price dropped to $719,000, down 3.2% in June 2009 from June 2008. A chart shows June median home prices in San Gabriel Valley areas.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2009
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2009
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Housing market
Median home prices
Item ID
31782AN
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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.

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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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Two Asian men died Wednesday night after being gunned down as they left a restaurant in the 1000 block of South Baldwin Ave. One victim was identified as Kenneth Tsui of West Covina.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 6, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime
Tsui, Kenneth
Item ID
24602AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2009
Pages
p. 14 (Business Section)
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Newspaper
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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A chart shows local median home prices for February, 2006. From February 2005 to February 2006, Arcadia's median prices jumped 20.7%.

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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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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 26, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Mome prices
Housing market
Real Estate
Item ID
31818AN
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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.

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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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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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