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Arcadia Public Library opens "Teen Center," with a new collection dedicated especially to teenagers. It is located in the northeast corner of the adult reading room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33376
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 11, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library--2001-2010
Item ID
33572AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library will have a new conference room constructed and will remodel the existing room into offices and a work area. An office will be created for the Friends of the Library. This is the first phase and the contract was awarded to K & S Design for $106,500. Phase 2 of the project, to be completed at a later date, will include a teen center and an enlarged international language area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31563
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 26, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001-2010 - remodeling
City Council Meetings
Item ID
31759AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The fountain at Peacock Corner (southwest corner Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive) is taking on a new look. Student volunteers are placing small mosaic tiles on the facade of the fountain. Local interior designer Shirley Farris volunteered to coordinate the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33438
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Farris, Shirley
Fisher, Ardelle
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jaime
Lin, Lisa
Item ID
33634AN
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Newspaper Index
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Work will begin soon on an outdoor expansion of the library which will include a covered shelter for pickup and dropoffs, outdoor seating, and landscaping.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25431
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Item ID
25630AN
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Newspaper Index
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A 51-year-old Monrovia man died on Santa Anita Avenue when his pickup truck hit a tree, just south of Colorado Boulevard. His name has not been released yet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29861
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2006
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Traffic Accidents
Collisions
Item ID
30046AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council will remodel the council chambers and conference room for $479,269. A contract was awarded to D.L. Kaufman Inc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30571
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council chambers
Item ID
30759AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Boa (Tony) Tsing was killed when a tractor-trailer truck slammed into him and two friends as they pushed a stalled car off the road.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25437
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2003
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Tsing, Boa (Tony)
Automobile accidents
Item ID
25636AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two people who want to open a nude adult club in an industrial area of Arcadia have a lawsuit pending against the city if their application is denied.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26179
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lawsuits
Adult Business Ordinance
Taboo Gentlemen's Club.
Item ID
26379AN
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Newspaper Index
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On March 5, 2005, the city will hold a community art project to decorate 6 by 6 inch tiles that will be affixed to the northwest exterior wall of the Arcadia Public Library. The theme is "Arcadia is..." The project is limited to 200 tiles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29424
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Public art projects
Arcadia Public Library - 2001 - 2010
Tile painting
Item ID
29608AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city has taken a second pumper truck out of service following a July 4 incident in which a water pump failed to engage on a fire truck. The two engines that malfunctioned were bought from Kovatch Mobile Equipment Fire Apparatus. David Contreras died in the July 4 incident. See related story, Arcadia Weekly, July 11, 2002, p. 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30483
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 18, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Contreras, David
Fire engines
Traffic Accidents
Item ID
30670AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Public Library garden dedicated to the memory of Jesse Vanlandingham, known to many as Van. He was instrumental in founding the Arcadia Public Library Foundation and served as its president since its inception in 1995, until his death in 2000. The Vandlandingham Memorial Garden was designed by landscape architect Bob Ericksson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33404
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 22, 2001
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library Foundation
Vandlandingham Memorial Garden
Item ID
33600AN
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Newspaper Index
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With the help of over 200 volunteers, the library is able to offer many programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27518
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2000
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 8, 2000
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Volunteers
Item ID
27716AN
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Newspaper Index
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Due to high temperatures and gusty winds the gate to Chantry Flat Road and the Angeles National Forest will be closed over the weekend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26612
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 23, 2003
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Angeles National Forest
Winds
Item ID
26812AN
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Workers use earth-moving equipment to shore up Chantry Flat Road, which has been closed for over a year due to mudslides. The road may re-open at the end of September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29578
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Santa Anita Canyon Road
Road repairs
Angeles National Forest
Item ID
29762AN
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Plans are underway for "Peacock Corner" at the fountain and entrance at Arcadia County Park at Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The bronze peacock will be 8 feet tall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29054
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Peacock Corner
Public Art
Item ID
29240AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Rotary Corner by Joe Miller. Over the years, with 501 (c)(3) status, the Arcadia Rotary Foundation has funded the Paul Johenk Fund, Ted McBane Fund, Dr. Bruce Walter Fund, Ira Traweek Fund and Nick Pokrajac Fund. The Paul Johenk Fund contributed $15,000 for one of the rooms at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, $10,000 to Arcadia Public Library for refurnishing a room, $10,000 toward construction of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. Board of Directors are Bill Gleason, Brian Hall, Mike Real, John Murphy and Ira Traweek.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32720
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club Foundation
Charities
Organizations
Gleason, Bill
Hall, Brian
Murphy, John
Real, Mike
Traweek, Ira
Item ID
32917AN
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Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia goes to court against Los Angeles County over redevelopment of the South Arcadia area.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30532
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 8, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Redevelopment
South Arcadia
Item ID
30720AN
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Newspaper Index
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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."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31206
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Newspaper
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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Chantry Flat is still closed as a public area gets reconstructed and Arcadia's Public Works Department handles other road improvements.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29337
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Chantry Flat
Closures
Angeles National Forest
Roadwork
Item ID
29521AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council debated the issue of more parking on the west side of Baldwin Avenue, next to the Hub Center, between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The Council approved the revision to the adult business ordinance, adopted an anti-loitering measure for gang members, and more.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31451
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 8, 2003
Pages
"p. 1, 18"
Subjects
Arcadia City Council meetings - 2001-2010
Parking
Item ID
31644AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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