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Arcadia Denny's at northeast corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue to restore collapsed windmill. The building's original occupant was Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery. The windmill had been previously restored and reactivated on June 29, 2016. About $100,000 was spent refurbishing it at that time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35043
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2018
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2018
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.-Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35233AN
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Iconic Arcadia windmill atop Denny's to be dedicated June 29, thanks to restoration efforts of former Arcadia mayor George Fasching and Joe Sargis. The windmill's new variable speed motor will run about 6 rotations per minute and it will be illuminated at night. Denny's is at northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The location used to be Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery and this windmill was its trademark. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 13, June 23, 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34599
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Item ID
34791AN
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Newspaper Index
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Iconic Arcadia windmill will turn, turn, turn. Former Arcadia Mayor George Fasching spearheaded the effort to get Denny's windmill running again. Restoration work will begin soon, with June as the target for the windmill to run again. The windmill was the trademark for Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery, which was at this site, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue, in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Historic Buildings
Sargis, Joe
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Zook, Harold
Item ID
34712AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park stirs memories for Andrea Van de Kamp of Pasadena, shown in photo, with Gino Roncelli, Trinity Roncelli, Bingo Roncelli. History of the Santa Anita Park race track and memories by columnist Patt Diroll.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 7, 2019
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Diroll, Pat
Santa Anita Park
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
35555AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Miss Junior Taiwan Verena Wong, 5, of Arcadia (photo) and Miss Taiwan Paula Wu of Palo Alto together give away toys to preschoolers at La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center. They also presented the center with a $3000 check from Chinatrust Bank.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32249
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 4, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
La Casa de San Gabriel Community Center
Wong, Verena
Wu, Paula
Item ID
32448AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Denny’s colorful windmill lights up Arcadia’s holiday spirits. The blades have been carefully fabricated and the official “turn-on” took place Friday, November 30. It now runs counterclockwise, 24-hours a day with LED lights. The restaurant used to be Van De Kamp’s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35347
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Fasching, George
Route 66
Item ID
35537AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia to celebrate first anniversary of revitalization of iconic windmill atop Denny's Restaurant on June 29.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34911
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2017
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
35101AN
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George Fasching leads campaign to get Denny's to fire up historic Van de Kamp's Dutch windmill. According to Los Angeles Conservancy, the coffee shop was completed in 1967 and designed by Pasadena architects Harold Bissner and Harold Zook.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34393
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 22
Subjects
Architecture
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery
Windmills
Zook, Harold
Item ID
34586AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Iconic Denny's windmill in Arcadia makes a grand slam through the roof. George Fasching says plans to rebuild are already underway. On Friday, December 29, 2017, the iconic landmark fell off and one blade sliced through the restaurant around 7:30 AM. The restaurant and windmill were originally built in 1967 as a Van de Kamp's Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35040
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Restaurants, bars, etc.-Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35231AN
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Denny's windmill spins again. The windmill atop Denny's at northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive was designed by Harold Bissner as the template for Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery's coffee shop franchise. It opened in 1967 in Arcadia, the first of 15 built from his designs. Denny's bought the location in 1989. Denny's spent $100,000 refurbishing the windmill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Item ID
34784AN
Collection
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Arcadia’s iconic windmill restoration almost complete. Mid-November slated as tentative schedule for installation. The former Van De Kamp windmill atop what is now Denny’s, was restored once, but broke in a freak accident. The current restoration is being done by Joe Sargis and his company Creative Fabrication and Design on St. Joseph Street in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35315
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Meda, Ed
Miller, John (Denny's CEO)
Sargis, Joe
Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35504AN
Collection
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Alt School founder Max Ventilla to be keynote speaker at Arcadia Innovation Summit on June 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35118
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2018
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Arcadia Innovation Summit
Educational conference
Ventilla, Max
Item ID
35306AN
Collection
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Denny's CEO considers firing up the old windmill in 2016. It is atop the Denny's Restaurant at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. It used to be the Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery, founded in 1915, a Los Angeles institution for much of the 20th century. According to Los Angeles Conservancy, the building was completed in 1967 and designed by Pasadena architects Harold Bissner and Harold Zook. Denny's Corporation CEO Stephen Dunn is happy to explore the possibility of activating the windmill.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34418
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Dunn, Stephen
Fasching, George
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Zook, Harold
Item ID
34610AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia City Manager George Watts returns to rock city, celebrating his 70th birthday at Arcadia Blues Club on June 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33850
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 22
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 5, 2014
Pages
p. 22
Subjects
Watts, George (former Arcadia City Manager)
Item ID
34044AN
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Chinese firms donate $20,000 to City of Arcadia. Several city officials and employees might use it for business travel to China and Taiwan in hopes of fostering sister-city relationships. City employees plan to meet with government officials in China and Taiwan to learn more about government services, residential design and the culture in an effort to better serve Arcadia. The two companies that donated this money are Companhia de Comercial Dingyuan Limitada and Sichuan Arrow Recovery Technology Company Ltd. See VF Sister City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34069
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A12
Subjects
Arcadia City Council--2010-2019
Companhia de Comercial Dingyuan Limitada
Sichuan Arrow Recovery Technology Company Ltd.
Sister City
Item ID
34263AN
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Historic windmill turns again after long hiatus. George Fasching's original idea spawns huge community pride. The Denny's windmill was dedicated on June 29 after a refurbishment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34602
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 30, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery
Windmills
Item ID
34794AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pat Diroll recaps opening day of Santa Anita Park's 74th season as a social event. In attendance (and photographed) were actress Bo Derek, jockey Rafael Bejarano, Gary and Barbara Kovacic, Robert and Patsy Harbicht, trainer Bob Baffert, Joe Harper, Adrienne Haines, Roger Chandler, Don and Debbie Penman, Andrea Van de Kamp, and Sandra Chillingworth.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32269
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Bejarano, Rafael
Chandler, Roger
Chillingworth, Sandra
Derek, Bo
Haines, Adrienne
Harbicht, Robert
Harbicht, Patsy
Harper, Joe
Kovacic, Barbara
Kovacic, Gary
Penman, Debbie
Penman, Don
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
32468AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33870
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Alerich, Gloria C.
Beckman, Marcia H.
Simpson, Barbara L.
Item ID
34064AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Ex-Arcadia student Ted Hooper trying to reach Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer as a long jumper. He is trying to qualify for the Taiwanese national team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34590
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2016
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2016
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Hooper, Ted
Summer Olympic Games
Item ID
34782AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park's spirit of the racing season. 46,000 fans came to opening day of the winter season.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34776
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Blanc, Brice
Damato, Jesse
Gutierrez, Hector
Morris, Joe
Priest, Daryl
Ruis, Mick
Sands, Bruce
Stevens, Angie
Stevens, Gary
Item ID
34967AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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