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Motel 6, which was damaged during the June 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake, is reopening. The 87 room hotel at 225 Colorado Place was gutted and completely rebuilt with new furnishings.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper193
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1993
Pages
p. A-4
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
193AN
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Restoration began recently on Motel 6, damaged in the June 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake.

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Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
November 17, 1992
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Star Tribune
Date
November 17, 1992
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
289AN
Collection
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Motel 6, which was closed due to damages suffered in the June 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake, is expected to begin renovation soon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper111
Newspaper
Star Tribune
Date
August 4, 1992
Pages
p. 1
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Star Tribune
Date
August 4, 1992
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
111AN
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A Texas man was fatally shot outside a Motel 6 room at 225 Colorado Place. He is Latino and in his 40's. Police did not find any suspects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29192
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2004
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 11, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shootings
Motel 6
Deaths
Item ID
29377AN
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Newspaper Index
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General information regarding proposed 122 room motel on Colorado Place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4085
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1962 p. 1 (application by men from Santa Barbara)
July 22, 1962 p. 1
August 12, 1962 p. 1 (C. of C. directors oppose)
August 16, 1962 p. 1 (Planning Commission approves by 3-2 vote)
August 19 1962 p. 1 (council to set hearings)
September 20, 1962 p. 1
October 4, 1962 p. 1
October 14, 1962 p. 1 (denied)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1962 p. 1 (application by men from Santa Barbara)
July 22, 1962 p. 1
August 12, 1962 p. 1 (C. of C. directors oppose)
August 16, 1962 p. 1 (Planning Commission approves by 3-2 vote)
August 19 1962 p. 1 (council to set hearings)
September 20, 1962 p. 1
October 4, 1962 p. 1
October 14, 1962 p. 1 (denied)
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
3961AN
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Granada Royale Hometel is being sold along with the other hotels in the chain to the Holiday Inns.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 15, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 15, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation
Item ID
1829AN
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Four people are arrested and two are charged in the slaying of Alberto Castillo at Arcadia Motel 6.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 18, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Robbery
Santisteven, Peter
Martinez, Carlos
Castillo, Alberto
Arcadia Motel 6
Shootings
Item ID
29449AN
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City Council approved the zone change necessary to allow a seven-story, 150 room hotel to be built at 130 West Huntington Drive, the current site of the Ramada Inn.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1819AN
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Westerner Motel

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1946
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 19, 1946
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
3962AN
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View of pool and motel area of Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant. The motel rooms were added in 1941. In this view, there are lounge chairs with no cushions beside a roped-off pool. No one is visible.

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Date
unknown
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Date
unknown
Subjects
Restaurants-Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel and Restaurant
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1373
Collection
Photographs
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Poisonous chlorine gas sent 8 employees of Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel to the hospital Sunday following what was apparently an accidental mixing of chemicals in the laundry room. This was the second incident of its kind in a little over 2 months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1824
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1823AN
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Photo of Westerner Hotel/Motel built c. 1947, at 161 Colorado Place. View is toward NE and the mountains near Sawpit Canyon.

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Date
c.1949
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Date
c.1949
Subjects
Westerner Motel
Physical Description
6 1/2 x 8 b&w
ID
286
Collection
Photographs
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Hotels and Motels

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Contents
1. "Arcadia's guide to dining and lodging." Chamber of Commerce brochure, undated. 2. "Time and vandalism." Daily News Post, August 28, 1974. 3. "Fun's gone." Arcadia Tribune, October 6, 1975. 4. An advertisement for beer traded at Bonita Hotel. Sierra Madre Vista, June 21, 1889. 5. Photocopy…
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1. "Arcadia's guide to dining and lodging." Chamber of Commerce brochure, undated.
2. "Time and vandalism." Daily News Post, August 28, 1974.
3. "Fun's gone." Arcadia Tribune, October 6, 1975.
4. An advertisement for beer traded at Bonita Hotel. Sierra Madre Vista, June 21, 1889.
5. Photocopy of Baldwin Hotel token for grill and bar. Used from 1900 to late 1920's.
6 to 11. These items moved to subject file Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel & Restaurant on June 21, 2021.
12. Postcard of Round Up Motel, 412 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.
13. Postcard of Ramada Inn, 130 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.
14. Brochure of Ramada Inn, undated.
15. National chain Grier Motor Inns, Inc. to start here with motor inn scheduled to rise near Arcadia. (February 27) Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
16. Autoist-housing project will contain sixteen units. Auto courts will be at 101 West Huntington Drive opposite Santa Anita Recreation Park and will be known as Santa Anita Motor Inn. Sunday Times, May 22. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
17. Santa Anita Motor Inn is highly lauded. Arcadia Daily Tribune, August 25. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.
18. Text only ad for Westerner Hotel-Southern California's finest new motor hotel, rooms and suites, swimming pool, horseback riding, golf within walking distance. On Highway 66 across from Santa Anita Race Track. 15 miiles from L.A. 4 miles from Pasadena. Arcadia, California. Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1947.
19. Round Up Motel, 412 E. Huntington Dr. Room key fob #18.
20. Sale of Westerner Inn reported (161 Colorado Place). Source unknown, January 8, 1984.
21. Massive Arcadia project, 'Le Meridien-One Gallop Way,' to break ground next week. Marriott brand Le Meridien on the site of the former Santa Anita Inn will be a hotel and mixed use development. By Terry Miller. Arcadia Weekly, June 21, 2018.
Subjects
Hotels and Motels
Item ID
128AF
Collection
Subject Files
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The addition of a new hotel on the corner of Second Avenue and Santa Clara Street in Arcadia would bring an additional 159 rooms to an area which already boasts eight hotels along a one mile stretch of the Huntington Drive corridor.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 1997
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 1997
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc - Hilton Garden Inn
Item ID
9885AN
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to build a 122-room hotel in East Arcadia. The deal with ESA Management, the parent company of Extended Stay America, calls for an expected completion date by mid-1998.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 1997
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 1997
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Extended Stay America
Item ID
9129AN
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Two hotels are being proposed for redevelopment property along Huntington Drive in Arcadia, potentially creating a "hotel row" between East Arcadia and West Monrovia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1821AN
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By February 14, 1985, the Granada Royale Hometel will be known as the Embassy Suite Hotel. The hotel was purchased in April 1984 by Embassy Suites, a subsidiary of Holiday Inn.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1822AN
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Construction will begin in November on the $20 million hotel-office complex on the site of the Ramada Inn, according to John Kirkpatrick, the developer. He expects that the hotel and one office building will be completed before the 1984 Olympics. The new hotel will be first class with a well-known name.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Ramada Inn
Item ID
1833AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Singer-songwriter Paul Anka to kick off Arcadia High School's new Performing Arts Center fundraising. Tickets range from $100 to $2500.

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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 20, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 20, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Anka, Paul
Auditoriums
Performing Arts Center
Item ID
33381AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city staff is preparing an Exclusive Right to Negotiate with Emkay Development Co. to build a 7-story hotel, restaurant, and 3 office buildings north of Huntington Dr. in East Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1820AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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