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Anita Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Le Méridien Hotel in Arcadia The Anita May Baldwin statue at the Le Méridien Hotel will be unveiled on Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Anita is the daughter of city founder, Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue will be featured on the opposite end of the Huntington Drive islands’ hotel property. “We are very excited to be bringing Anita back to Arcadia,” said Mayor Sho Tay in a statement released by the city. “I would like to thank the Shen, Liu and Chen Families, Jeff Lee, the Dextra Baldwin McGonagle Foundation, Heather D. Gibson and Margaux L. Gibson, and the Arcadia Historical Society, for their generous donations.” “On behalf of the Baldwin family, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Arcadia City Council, the Arcadia Historical Society, the Le Méridien Hotel and all those who have supported this effort to pay homage to my great-great grandmother, Anita May Baldwin,” said Margaux Gibson. “This magnificent statue of Anita will showcase a strong woman who was ahead of her time. I am proud to call Anita May Baldwin my great-great grandmother, and I am truly proud to be a part of this historic project.” The Anita statue was sculpted by local artist and southern California native Alfred Paredes — who created the Lucky Baldwin statue on the corner of Huntington Drive and Holly Avenue — and is aptly named, “A Legacy of Charity” in honor of Anita’s contributions to life in early Arcadia and throughout California.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36071
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 7, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita
Gibson, Heather D.
Gibson, Margaux L.
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Public Art
Statuary
Statues
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Woman ahead of her time honored. Anita May Baldwin statue to debut at Le Meridien Hotel. She was philanthropist, key figure in racetrack. The statue is named "A Legacy of Charity," by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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Unveiling of Anita May Baldwin statue brings peace and beauty. Anita May Baldwin was dedicated down the road from the statue of her father, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The statue was unveiled yesterday at the official grand opening of the Le Meridien Hotel on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. The statue is called "A Legacy of Charity," made by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita M.
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Le Meridien Hotel
Marriott Hotels
Marriott International
Public Art
Statuary
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Great news from the Great Race Place. Eclipse Awards for Horse Racing, held at Santa Anita Park, honored Jessica Pyfer as Apprentice of the Year, Joel Rosario as Jockey of the Year, and race horses CeCe and Corniche.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36206
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
March 26, 2022
Pages
p. 8
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Mountain Views News
Date
March 26, 2022
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Awards-honors-recognitions
Pyfer, Jessica
Rosario, Joel
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves a temporary permit for an inflatable Fun Box play area in the parking lot of The Shops at Santa Anita mall (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, name was changed in 2022). It will run from March 1 through May 23. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36425
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 9, 2023
Pages
p. 28
Subjects
Events
The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030
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Merrill Shindler reviews restaurants for Mother's Day meals. One in Arcadia that is recommended is Din Tai Fung at the mall (now named The Shops at Santa Anita, formerly Westfield Santa Anita) at 400 South Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36479
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 8, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Chinese food
Din Tai Fung
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
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Great racing returns to Santa Anita Park. Joan Schmidt recaps opening day. Photos of jockeys Victor Espinoza, Mike Smith, and Juan Hernandez shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36427
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 14, 2023
Pages
p. 15
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 14, 2023
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Espinoza, Victor (jockey)
Euthanasia
Hernandez, Juan (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Schmidt, Joan
Smith, Mike (jockey)
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The Shops at Santa Anita (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, changed name in 2022) hosts a holiday winter wonderland with synthetic ice rink, hot cocoa, and face painting, 6-8 PM today. Event is on the Promenade area. Skating rink is free but donations accepted. Proceeds benefit the Arcadia High School Marching Band. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36398
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2022
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 16, 2022
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Events
Holidays
Ice skating
Shopping malls
The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Indictment implicates Baldwin Park's ex-city attorney Robert Tafoya in $70,000 bribery scheme to help secure cannabis permit from a vote by Councilman Ricardo Pacheco. Special agents with the FBI and IRS arrested former Compton Councilmember Isaac Galvan, 36, and another person, a 50-year-old Arcadia resident, who is the owner and operator of a cannabis grower that obtained a permit in Baldwin Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36548
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2023
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Bribery
Baldwin Park, California
Cannabis
Crime and Criminals
Tafoya, Robert
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Another homeless village set to open in Baldwin Park. 16-unit tiny home complex will house families in need. It's called Serenity Homes, 13167 Garvey Avenue in Baldwin Park. Senator Susan Rubio, D-West Covina, celebrated the opening with elected officials from all over the San Gabriel Valley, including from Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, La Puente, Monrovia, San Marino, South Pasadena, Temple City and Mount San Antonio College. It is the second tiny homes village opening in Baldwin Park within a year and serves as a model for how cities can expand homeless services.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36322
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A14
Subjects
Baldwin Park, California
Homeless
Homelessness
Housing
Rubio, Susan
Social issues
Tiny homes
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Westfield Santa Anita mall sells for $537.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. The property at 400 South Baldwin Avenue and now known as The Shops at Santa Anita, is 1.48 million s.f. and nearly 100% leased. French-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), which has owned and operated the mall since 2007, has been selling off big-name mall properties in Southern California. IKEA Arcadia will open at the mall bringing a smaller version of IKEA with its design studio concept.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36319
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 31, 2022
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Interior decorating
Interior design
Furniture stores
IKEA
Santa Anita mall
The Shops at Santa Anita
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)
Westfield Santa Anita
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A 38-year-old Los Angeles man, accused of setting four arson fires in Arcadia and of carjacking a woman trying to move her car away from one of the fires, is arrested. The first fire was in a rear corridor on the second floor of The Shops at Santa Anita mall, at 400 South Baldwin Avenue at 11:40 A.M. on Friday. The other three fires were in the vicinity of the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36496
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 20, 2023
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arson
Crime and Criminals
Fires
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First phase of Le Meridien Hotel taking shape across from Santa Anita Park. Ground broke more than two years ago. The five-story building, on the site formerly occupied by the Santa Anita Inn (its address was 130 West Huntington Drive), was set to open first quarter of 2020, but it has been delayed. It will have a combination of Art Deco elements, inspired by nearby Santa Anita Park, with Modernist features. Architecture firm Architects Orange, interior design firm Linda Snyder Associates, and Snyder Langston is the construction team building the Le Meridien development that spans 6.5 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35850
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 1, 2020
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 1, 2020
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Le Meridien by Marriott
Santa Anita Inn
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Horse named Stronghold and jockey Antonio Fresu top horse named Imagination, with jockey Frankie Dettori, to win the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on Saturday, April 6, at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36668
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2024
Pages
p. B9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2024
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Fresu, Antonio
Dettori, Frankie
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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What's next for cabins in Santa Anita Canyon affected by Bobcat Fire? Historic cabins dating from the early 1900s were threatened by the fire in September. The number of cabins decreased to 63 from 80. Most were built during the Great Hiking Era. The cabin owners still use the original hand-crank telephone system invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Includes more history and description.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35864
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Fires
Santa Anita Canyon
San Gabriel Mountains
Stone, Cameron
U.S. Forest Service
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Track, music world revered Jerry Moss. Jerry Moss, co-founder of A & M Records in 1962, was known as a big horse racing fan and owner of the great mare Zenyatta, the only female to win Breeders' Cup Classic in 2009 at Santa Anita Park. He was also a member of the California Horse Racing Board. He was 88 when he died on August 16 in his Bel Air home.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36526
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2023
Pages
p. B8
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Moss, Jerry
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Robert Maxie, a successful offensive coordinator who helped Arcadia High School's football team play for a CIF Southern Section Division 8 championship in 2018, was named head coach for Baldwin Park's football team.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2023
Pages
p. B2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 1, 2023
Pages
p. B2
Subjects
Coaches
Maxie, Robert
Sports
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A cabin is lost, but memories endure. Greg Vanni of Arcadia, had a cabin among the 80 historic Chantry Flat cabins in Big Santa Anita Canyon. It burned to its foundation in the Bobcat Fire. It was a 350-foot cabin built in 1910 during "The Great Hiking Era," a time between the 1880s to the late 1930s in Southern California, when settlers from the city were drawn to the San Gabriel Mountains looking for adventure. The historic Adams Pack Station survived the fire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35859
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A5
Subjects
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Bobcat Fire
Cabins
Chantry Flat
Fires
Schoth, Lauren
Vanni, Greg
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26 local schools earn high honors, the 2023 California Distinguished Schools award, including Hugo Reid Elementary, Camino Grove Elementary, Highland Oaks Elementary, Rancho Learning Center, Baldwin Stocker Elementary, Holly Avenue Elementary and Longley Way Elementary School from the Arcadia Unified School District.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36409
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2023
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Arcadia Schools
Awards, honors, recognitions
Baldwin Stocker Elementary School
California Distinguished Schools
Camino Grove Elementary School
Highland Oaks Elementary School
Holly Avenue Elementary School
Hugo Reid Elementary School
Longley Way Elementary School
Rancho Learning Center
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