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City Council has renewed an examination of the admission tax Santa Anita pays compared to other race tracks. The track provided 34.1% of the city's total annual revenues in the fiscal year 1980-81. Traffic control costs in Arcadia are higher than in other cities with race tracks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3442
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 16, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3330AN
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The newly installed railroad crossing at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street was dedicated. To celebrate the occasion, the Goodyear blimp (Goodyear supplied the rubber crossing pads) hovered overhead. Arcadia is the first city in the Los Angeles area to install rubber crossings. The city is paying $93,000 of the nearly $200,000 cost of the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2321
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Railroads - Crossings
Item ID
2281AN
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Photo essay on new railroad crossing at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1981
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p. A-1 photos
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 8, 1981
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p. A-1 photos
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Railroads - Crossings
Item ID
2282AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency granted Stanley Gribble and Associates a 6-month exclusive right to negotiate with the city to develop a commercial project at the east end of the city between the railroad tracks on the south and west, Huntington on the north and 5th Avenue on the east.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1315AN
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City Council has approved a zone change for the area bounded by the 210 Freeway, Fifth Avenue, the Santa Fe Tracks and Second Avenue. The area is now CPD (Commercial Planned Development).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1196
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 16, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
1195AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society, which has half a garage full of artifacts, soon will have a building of its own, thanks to American Savings and Loan Association. When American moves to its new location on First Avenue, it will donate its temporary building at 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to the society.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 9, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1708AN
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Article by Sandy Snider details the history of the Santa Anita Depot.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 9, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Railroads - Santa Anita Station
Item ID
2283AN
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Two years of delays may soon be over and construction can begin on a 100-unit senior citizen housing project for Arcadia. The only problem currently standing between the developer and construction of the project at 645 West Naomi Avenue is written assurance that modification to the building plan does not require changes in the foundation.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1984
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 30, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens - Housing
Item ID
3200AN
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Ground was broken Friday for Arcadia's newest office building, the Arcadia Executive Plaza, on the triangular site bounded by Colorado Boulevard and Colorado Place, immediately east of Santa Anita Park race track.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1984
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1984
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p. 1
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Buildings
Item ID
705AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1983
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 17, 1983
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p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
701AN
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Plans for a series of office buildings and a high-rise hotel in the Arcadia redevelopment area require general plan and zone changes. The first move is an environmental impact report for the area bounded by the 210 Freeway on the north, the railroad tracks on the south, Fifth Avenue on the east and Second Avenue on the west.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1274
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1980
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1273AN
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The Police Department's request for funds to provide traffic control for the Santa Anita racing season drew vigorous debate at city council meeting. The possibility of indexing (tieing the cost of traffic control to the amount the track pays the city) was considered.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Traffic Engineering
Item ID
3406AN
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1984
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 5, 1984
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p. 1
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Buildings
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708AN
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At a brief ceremony in front of the Arcadia Police Station city officials unveiled a brass plaque dedicating the police building to the late Police Chief, Charles Mitchell.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 19, 1986
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Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
2277AN
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With negotiations ended between Arcadia and a developer who wanted to build an office building at the corner of First Avenue and Huntington Drive, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency is looking for another firm to develop the site.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1985
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 3, 1985
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p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1309AN
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Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2476
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
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Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2421AN
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City Council met with representatives of Santa Anita Park race track to discuss the possibility of raising the admissions tax. Council is concerned with the cost of traffic control. Benefits to the city from the track have increased 22.6% in the past two years and 43% the previous season.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3443
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 30 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3331AN
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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Monday for Santa Anita Medical Plaza, an 86,000 square foot medical office building located on a portion of the Santa Anita Park race track property, across from the Methodist Hospital of Southern California.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1984
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1984
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p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Medical Plaza
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2381AN
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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
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1984
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p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Item ID
709AN
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The Arcadia Historical Society building was recently moved to its permanent location across from the Chamber of Commerce in Arcadia Park. The building was moved from 30 North Santa Anita Avenue to First Avenue just south of Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 10, 1985
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Arcadia Historical Society
Item ID
1709AN
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