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A home built by the Barker family of Barker Brothers fame will be the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Designed by architect Roland Coate in the early 1940's, the house sits on a large corner lot in the Upper Rancho area of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Item ID
18989AN
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Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee has selected an Arcadia estate as the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. It was designed by Roland E. Coates, Sr., for Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox Barker of Barker Brothers Furniture fame.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
Subjects
Historic houses
Barker, Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox
Coates, Roland E., Sr.
Item ID
18853AN
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A September grand opening is tentatively planned for Heritage Park Arcadia, a 54-unit development at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive. It provides housing for low income seniors and meets the special needs of elderly.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29071
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Heritage Park Arcadia
Affordable Housing
Low income senior housing
Item ID
29257AN
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The Pasadena Showcase House of Design features an Arcadia home designed for Lawrence and Josepine Garat Wilcox Barker and built over two years in 1941-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27459
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Houses
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Item ID
27656AN
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As median home prices dip throughout Southern California, many local homes are being foreclosed. In 2007, there were 215 foreclosure filings in Arcadia. See chart for figures on surrounding areas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30943
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 24, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Foreclosures
Houses
Housing market
Item ID
31138AN
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Arcadia will use federal grant money on a survey of historic buildings, housing rehabilitation and Meals on Wheels program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29039
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2001
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Federal block grant funds
Historic Buildings
Surveys
Housing rehabilitation - home improvements
Meals on Wheels
Item ID
29226AN
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Ed Huang, an architect who works as a senior planner for the city of Los Angeles, gives a tour of his "green" home in Arcadia. His house is a model of energy efficiency, using solar panels and other environmentally and ecologically friendly design elements. Huang had been Arcadia's planning commissioner from 1992-2002.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30982
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
Subjects
Environment
Homes
Houses
Huang, Ed
Item ID
31177AN
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A blaze that gutted a house at 78 W. Las Flores early Saturday morning appears to have started accidentally. The blaze left a man and a woman dead, and a 7 year old boy in critical condition.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18183
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
18430AN
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With construction nearly complete on the Arcadia Historical Museum, city officials are mulling possible litigation against the contractor because the $1 million project is three months behind schedule.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21606
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2001
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2001
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
21827AN
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Gracie Gao, 57, and Steve Wang, 58, were arrested on suspicion of operating a house of prostitution on the 200 block of West Palm Avenue in Arcadia. Gao and Wang were booked on a misdemeanor charge and later released on $500 bail. The arrests at the well-kept ranch-style house surprised neighbors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31311
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 5, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Brothels
Crime and Criminals
Gao, Gracie
Prostitution
Wang, Steve
Item ID
31506AN
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University of Southern California (USC) teacher Sam Watters' two-volume book "Houses of Los Angeles 1885-1935" features 700 or so photographs of splendid Los Angeles homes. Twenty-two of the seventy-five houses listed come from Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, and La Canada Flintridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30747
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Architecture books
Houses
Watters, Sam
Item ID
30935AN
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The Los Angeles Conservancy gave an F grade to Arcadia, Bradbury, Diamond Bar, El Monte, Industry, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, Monterey Park, Rosemead, Santa Fe Springs, Temple City and Walnut, in a report card of local cities. The cities were judged on whether or not they had an ordinance allowing designation of historic landmarks, how many landmarks are designated, if cities provide for implementation of the Mills Act and other criteria.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31379
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Historic Buildings
Historic landmarks
Historic preservation
Los Angeles Conservancy
Item ID
31573AN
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Three sites are being considered for senior and/or low-income housing. They are: Marketowne at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive, the old Westerner Hotel at 161 W. Colorado Place, and the old Mounted Police site at 600 E. Live Oak Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30648
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 17, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Low-income housing
Senior housing
Item ID
30836AN
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Candace Probst is shown in a photo at St. Baldricks event after having head shaved at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant in Arcadia to show support for childhood cancer victims. Carlos Mendez of Arcadia is also shown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25299
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
St. Baldricks
Matt Denny's Ale House
Cancer
Mendez, Carlos
Probst, Candace
Item ID
25497AN
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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."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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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
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Happy birthday to Arcadia. The communty has kept its routes and future intact. Opinion on the city's 100 years includes information on Arcadia homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26162
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2003
Pages
p. A16
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 15, 2003
Pages
p. A16
Subjects
Centennial Celebration, 2003
Housing
Item ID
26362AN
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Residents of Santa Anita Village will get a chance to register their opinions on limiting the size of new houses in their area. Homeowners are asking for a 35 percent floor area ratio rule to be in place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30027
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Houses
Mansions
Mansionization
Design review process
Architecture
Item ID
30214AN
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
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The Arcadia City Council approved an owner participation agreement with American Senior Living for a 54-unit affordable senior housing project at 150 W. Las Tunas Drive. The City will put in $1.8 million for the $8.5 million project. Residents will be selected by lottery.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30837
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 23, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Senior housing
Item ID
31025AN
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The Los Angeles Conservancy graded local cities on their efforts to preserve historic buildings. Arcadia was deemed a preservation truant and received a report card grade of F.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26891
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Historic Buildings
Preservation
Item ID
27091AN
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Newspaper Index
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