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The new Senior Citizen Center, now in the architectural drawing stage of development will replace the Rose Garden at the corner of Huntington and Campus Drives. The center will house the administration offices of the Arcadia Parks and Recreation Department and the Historical Museum.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3168AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A building contract for a senior citizens center has been awarded to Nationwide Construction of Downey. Groundbreaking is anticipated in three months. The center will be built on the triangular piece of land at the intersection of Holly Avenue and Campus and Huntington Drives across from the Chamber of Commerce.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 10, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 10, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3170AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Board of Directors for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce approved a plan proposed by the Senior Citizens Commission to establish a fund for the eventual construction of a senior citizens center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1979

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3158AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

About 400 people joined City officials in the spacious main room of the new Arcadia Community Center on Friday to dedicate the $4.5 million structure that will house the City's Senior Citizens Services and Recreation Department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 25, 1991

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Arcadia Community Center

Item ID: 471AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Senior citizens center still faces many, many obstacles. Since the formation of the Arcadia Senior Citizens' Commission in 1978 one of its goals has been to acquire or construct a senior citizens/community center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 24, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3160AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Plans to build a new Arcadia Senior Center are moving forward, with studies of the center's possible role, funding for the center and scouting for a site under way.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3165AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new American Red Cross Arcadia Center is now under construction by Aiken Construction Co., Inc. on the grounds at Methodist Hospital.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: American Red Cross

Item ID: 360AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 7, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3164AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction of the Arcadia Gateway Center on the south side of Huntington Drive in east Arcadia should begin November 9. The new center will have a Cigna Health Plan Building, 2 office buildings, 2 restaurants, and a retail building with shops.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Gateway Center

Item ID: 1656AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The new Senior Citizens' Center, scheduled for completion by December, will now cost more than $4 million. The original budget was for $2.58 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3169AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Within the next few months several new developments will be cropping up along Huntington Drive: construction of a 7-story office building at 1st Avenue, erection of the Southland National Bank at 5th Avenue, and construction of a Target Department Store at 3rd Avenue. There are also plans to construct a new police station, city hall, senior citizens center and auditorium at a total estimated cost of $19 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1299AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information relative to community recreation center.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1971 p. 1 (Center and Auditorium considered); December 12,1971 p. 1 (Center and Police Annex building considered); December 22, 1971 p. 1; January 5, 1972 p. 1; January 26, 1972 p. 1 (to go to polls); January 30, 1972 p. 1; February 2, 1972 p. 1 (bond election); February 23, 1972 p. 1 (Chamber backs); March 1, 1972 p. 1; March 8, 1972 p. 1 (bond defeated)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 5, 1971 p. 1 (Center and Auditorium considered); December 12,1971 p. 1 (Center and Police Annex building considered); December 22, 1971 p. 1; January 5, 1972 p. 1; January 26, 1972 p. 1 (to go to polls); January 30, 1972 p. 1; February 2, 1972 p. 1 (bond election); February 23, 1972 p. 1 (Chamber backs); March 1, 1972 p. 1; March 8, 1972 p. 1 (bond defeated)

Subjects: Community Recreation Center Proposal, 1971

Item ID: 3878AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The developer of Monrovia's Huntington Oaks shopping center now has an exclusive right to negotiate with the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency to construct a $17.3 million office and restaurant complex on the south side of Huntington Drive between the railroad tracks and the east boundary of the city.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Redevelopment

Item ID: 1314AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's new senior center will be built at the Rose Garden at the corners of Huntington and Campus Drives. The city will start taking bids for the proposed $2.5 million, 18,000-square foot building in April. (At least 21% of the city population is over age 60.)

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 20, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3166AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

If everything goes as planned, Engineering-Science, now with offices in Arcadia's Towne Center, will build a two or three story building on the site of the old Cinemaland theater.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 691AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Recreation Commission members recently decided they were in favor of a project at Bonita Park at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue but felt the $78,000 estimated cost was too high.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 29, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 29, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Recreation Commission

Item ID: 506AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Grand opening ceremonies were held at the new 3,200 sq. ft. Senior Citizens Center in the County Park.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 13, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 13, 1988

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3167AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Gateway Center, considered the first major element in the city's redevelopment project, has opened. The $22 million facility is located on Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 23, 1988

Pages: p. B-5 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: October 23, 1988

Pages: p. B-5 photo

Subjects: Gateway Center

Item ID: 1657AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia planning commission has given preliminary approval to a request to operate a residential recovery center for women battling alcoholism. The Spencer Recovery Center would be located at 180 West Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 28, 1988

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Spencer Recovery Center

Item ID: 3257AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 10, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Civic Center

Item ID: 2272AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The new Senior Citizen Center, now in the architectural drawing stage of development will replace the Rose Garden at the corner of Huntington and Campus Drives. The center will house the administration offices of the Arcadia Parks and Recreation Department and the Historical Museum.

The Board of Directors for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce approved a plan proposed by the Senior Citizens Commission to establish a fund for the eventual construction of a senior citizens center.

About 400 people joined City officials in the spacious main room of the new Arcadia Community Center on Friday to dedicate the $4.5 million structure that will house the City's Senior Citizens Services and Recreation Department.

Senior citizens center still faces many, many obstacles. Since the formation of the Arcadia Senior Citizens' Commission in 1978 one of its goals has been to acquire or construct a senior citizens/community center.

Plans to build a new Arcadia Senior Center are moving forward, with studies of the center's possible role, funding for the center and scouting for a site under way.

The new American Red Cross Arcadia Center is now under construction by Aiken Construction Co., Inc. on the grounds at Methodist Hospital.

Construction of a new senior center in Arcadia will be funded in part through more than $200.000 allocated from federal Community Development Block Grant funds for the 1988-89 fiscal year, not through an exchange of money with another city that would have cost Arcadia about $75,000.

Construction of the Arcadia Gateway Center on the south side of Huntington Drive in east Arcadia should begin November 9. The new center will have a Cigna Health Plan Building, 2 office buildings, 2 restaurants, and a retail building with shops.

The new Senior Citizens' Center, scheduled for completion by December, will now cost more than $4 million. The original budget was for $2.58 million.

General information relative to community recreation center.

The developer of Monrovia's Huntington Oaks shopping center now has an exclusive right to negotiate with the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency to construct a $17.3 million office and restaurant complex on the south side of Huntington Drive between the railroad tracks and the east boundary of the city.

Arcadia's new senior center will be built at the Rose Garden at the corners of Huntington and Campus Drives. The city will start taking bids for the proposed $2.5 million, 18,000-square foot building in April. (At least 21% of the city population is over age 60.)

If everything goes as planned, Engineering-Science, now with offices in Arcadia's Towne Center, will build a two or three story building on the site of the old Cinemaland theater.

Arcadia Recreation Commission members recently decided they were in favor of a project at Bonita Park at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue but felt the $78,000 estimated cost was too high.

Grand opening ceremonies were held at the new 3,200 sq. ft. Senior Citizens Center in the County Park.

The Arcadia Gateway Center, considered the first major element in the city's redevelopment project, has opened. The $22 million facility is located on Huntington Drive.

Arcadia planning commission has given preliminary approval to a request to operate a residential recovery center for women battling alcoholism. The Spencer Recovery Center would be located at 180 West Huntington Drive.

Arcadia City Council is toying with the idea of major civic center construction that could eventually, if dreams come true, cost close to $19 million.