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Arcadia is dealing with a number of housing issues including condominiums, "mansionization" and affordable senior housing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30023
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 5, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Housing
Condominiums
Mansions
Mansionization
Senior housing
Item ID
30210AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residents of Santa Anita Village will get a chance to register their opinions on limiting the size of new houses in their area. Homeowners are asking for a 35 percent floor area ratio rule to be in place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30027
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Houses
Mansions
Mansionization
Design review process
Architecture
Item ID
30214AN
Collection
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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Design review
Houses
Mansions
Item ID
32043AN
Collection
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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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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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Residents fed up with the so-called "mansionization" of their neighborhood are proposing limits that would curb the proliferation of large houses on small lots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21155
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Real Estate
Mansionization
Item ID
21384AN
Collection
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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Home design reviews
Houses
Mansionization
Item ID
30756AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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This article presents a history of the Anoakia mansion, home of Anita Baldwin. The article is written by Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31428
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia Breeding Farm
Anoakia Estates - housing development
Anoakia mansion
Baldwin, Anita - biography
Benton, Arthur (architect)
Cooper, Charles
Item ID
31621AN
Collection
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The City Council considers adopting a floor area ratio (FAR) guideline for single family homes. The FAR sets the total buildable size of a home at a percntage figure of the lot size.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30504
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Design review
Floor area ratio (FAR) guidelines
Homes
Mansionization
Item ID
30691AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Communtiy members had a forum to discuss issues like volunteerism, economic development and cultural differences.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28937
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Community Forum
Community Issues
Volunteers - volunteerism
Future Economic Development
Traffic
Mansionization
Retail signs and signage
Foreign Languages
Item ID
29126AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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