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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 newly released study by H. Wendell Mounce & Associates reports that Arcadia could use a new police station, a new city hall, a recreation center and a theater. Total cost of the project if the city hall is replaced would be $20 million.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 11, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Civic Center

Item ID: 2273AN

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

City Council accepted developer Sam Falzone's proposal for a $14 million, eight-story financial center at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 22, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 704AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Three-story office building nears reality after reported approval. Will be constructed on a two-acre site at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue in the Arcadia redevelopment area.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 18, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 702AN

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

A new 3-story office building at First Avenue and Huntington Drive should have its ground breaking ceremony before November 10, according to Warren Lortie of the development firm W.L.A. Arcon.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Ocatober 26, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: Ocatober 26, 1986

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 711AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Engineering-Science Companies' new $5 million headquarters building, located in Arcadia, houses a national computer center and one of the firm's regional laboratories. The firm designs air and water pollution control, water supply and solid waste management projects.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-4 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 28, 1980

Pages: p. A-4 photo

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 697AN

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

Theme of John Jorden, president of the Arcadia Business Association is revitalization, an upgrading of Huntington Drive with an eye to the 1984 Olympics which will bring hundreds of visitors to the city. Shows artist drawing of revitalized building at 133 E. Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 30, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 699AN

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

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

The city has decided against trying to lease a vacated elementary school for a senior citizen center. Seniors are interested in having a drop-in center but the additional cost of leasing a school would not be justified.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 2, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens Center

Item ID: 3159AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Community Challenge, a new group representing a variety of Arcadia organizations, has come up with a 3-point plan to attack the city's drug problem.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Community Challenge

Item ID: 1248AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council/Redevelopment Agency in special meeting is expected to consider a proposal by Falzone Development, Inc. to build a $14 million, eight-story retail/office complex at northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 11, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 703AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Santa Anita Companies are slowly making their way around Arcadia City Hall preparatory to construction of a $12 million, 70,000 square foot medical office building on race track property across Huntington Drive from Methodist Hospital.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 5, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Chinese Cultural Promotion Center has recently been established by a group that plans to promote Chinese culture in the area. Dr. Sheng Chang, director of the new group, said the organization will hold a Chinese Cultural Festival once a year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 26, 1987

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Chinese Cultural Promotion Center

Item ID: 937AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

On a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Jeff Dring dissenting, the Arcadia City Council Tuesday night approved General Plan and zone changes to allow construction of and $11 million medical office building on Santa Anita Park race track property directly across Huntington Drive from Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 9, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 9, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 709AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Santa Anita Companies have chosen the Pasadena architectural firm of Neptune & Thomas Associates to design the new $12 million, 70,000 square-foot medical office building to be constructed on race track property in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 17, 1983

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Buildings

Item ID: 701AN

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

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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.

A newly released study by H. Wendell Mounce & Associates reports that Arcadia could use a new police station, a new city hall, a recreation center and a theater. Total cost of the project if the city hall is replaced would be $20 million.

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.)

City Council accepted developer Sam Falzone's proposal for a $14 million, eight-story financial center at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive in Arcadia.

Three-story office building nears reality after reported approval. Will be constructed on a two-acre site at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Fifth Avenue in the Arcadia redevelopment area.

A new 3-story office building at First Avenue and Huntington Drive should have its ground breaking ceremony before November 10, according to Warren Lortie of the development firm W.L.A. Arcon.

Engineering-Science Companies' new $5 million headquarters building, located in Arcadia, houses a national computer center and one of the firm's regional laboratories. The firm designs air and water pollution control, water supply and solid waste management projects.

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.

Theme of John Jorden, president of the Arcadia Business Association is revitalization, an upgrading of Huntington Drive with an eye to the 1984 Olympics which will bring hundreds of visitors to the city. Shows artist drawing of revitalized building at 133 E. Huntington Drive.

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.

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.

The city has decided against trying to lease a vacated elementary school for a senior citizen center. Seniors are interested in having a drop-in center but the additional cost of leasing a school would not be justified.

Community Challenge, a new group representing a variety of Arcadia organizations, has come up with a 3-point plan to attack the city's drug problem.

Arcadia City Council/Redevelopment Agency in special meeting is expected to consider a proposal by Falzone Development, Inc. to build a $14 million, eight-story retail/office complex at northwest corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

The Santa Anita Companies are slowly making their way around Arcadia City Hall preparatory to construction of a $12 million, 70,000 square foot medical office building on race track property across Huntington Drive from Methodist Hospital.

The Chinese Cultural Promotion Center has recently been established by a group that plans to promote Chinese culture in the area. Dr. Sheng Chang, director of the new group, said the organization will hold a Chinese Cultural Festival once a year.

The Santa Anita Companies have chosen the Pasadena architectural firm of Neptune & Thomas Associates to design the new $12 million, 70,000 square-foot medical office building to be constructed on race track property in Arcadia.

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.