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An 8-foot tall bronze tribute to Arcadia's official bird, the peacock, will be unveiled August 5, as part of the city's centennial celebration. The statue will be located in the fountain at Peacock Corner, in the front of Arcadia County Park, at the southwest corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculptor of the peacock is Dave Chapple and the sculpture cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31748
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 24, 2003
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Arcadia Centennial - 2003
Artists
Chapple, Dave
Statuary -- Peacock Corner
Item ID
31945AN
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The City will pay $25,000 of city money toward putting a 10-foot tall bronze peacock at Peacock Corner, in front of Arcadia County Park, on the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue. The sculpture will emerge from the center of the fountain at the corner. The actual cost of the sculpture and base is $36,500. The fountain was originally donated by Rotary Club 35 years ago.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30678
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Fountains
Peacock Corner
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
30866AN
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Santa Anita Park race track is remodeling its main entrance on Huntington Drive at Colorado.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30512
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Remodeling
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30699AN
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The fountain at Peacock Corner (southwest corner Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive) is taking on a new look. Student volunteers are placing small mosaic tiles on the facade of the fountain. Local interior designer Shirley Farris volunteered to coordinate the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33438
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Farris, Shirley
Fisher, Ardelle
Kovacic, Gary
Lee, Jaime
Lin, Lisa
Item ID
33634AN
Collection
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Arcadia High School graduate and former professional football player turned sculptor David Chapple will design a bronze peacock to be placed in the fountain at Peacock Corner in Arcadia Park. The sculpture will cost $30,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30800
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School - Alumni
Artists
Chapple, David
Statuary
Item ID
30988AN
Collection
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City clarifies concerns about the Santa Anita Park expansion plans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27768
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 21, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27965AN
Collection
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Conceptual plans for Santa Anita Park were unveiled by Frank Stronach, owner of Santa Anita race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26974
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 22, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27173AN
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Construction on new Rusnak Mercedes Benz showroom is fully underway in Arcadia. Its current location at 55 W. Huntington Drive will be expanded. Additions will include a 22,500 square feet, 2-story structure in the 100 block of Santa Anita Avenue, to include 78,000 square feet for vehicle service and repairs, storage and parking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34066
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes Benz--expansion
Item ID
34260AN
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The city reviewed the Santa Anita Park race track plans for renovations and has sent the plans back with questions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27715
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 26, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Renovations
Item ID
27912AN
Collection
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Drive-through Christmas light show at Santa Anita Park, 285 West Huntington Drive, called Reindeer Road, produced by World of Illumination. Tickets available. The event started November 11, 2021 and runs through January 2, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36138
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 23, 2021
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 23, 2021
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Christmas
Holidays
Lights
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Collection
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City is still unclear as to what Frank Stonach, new owner of the Santa Anita Park race track, plans to develop on the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26492
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 21, 1999
January 28, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
26693AN
Collection
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With plans for a major expansion at the mall, additional parking spaces need to be added at Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27682
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 27, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Parking
Item ID
27879AN
Collection
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Breeders' Cup announces plans celebrating 30th running of the World Championships at Santa Anita Park, November 1-2, 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33590
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33785AN
Collection
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Preservationists are protesting the remodeling at the Santa Anita Park race track. The Los Angeles Conservancy opposes the twin elevator towers and other plans under development.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26978
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 19, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Preservation
Renovations
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27177AN
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Frank Stronach, new owner of Santa Anita Park race track, explained his plans for renovations at the track which include a restaurant and skyboxes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26942
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 22, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 22, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Renovations
Item ID
27141AN
Collection
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Santa Anita Park's Santa Anita Derby to have its 65th running.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33222
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Item ID
33419AN
Collection
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HRTV and Santa Anita Park have announced plans for a first ever non-fiction documentary film competition entitled "A Day at the Races" for film students and filmmakers wishing to make a five-minute or less Santa Anita-based film. First prize is $10,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32790
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2012
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 19, 2012
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Contests
Documentary films
Item ID
32987AN
Collection
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Santa Anita Companies have submitted a down-scaled entertainment complex with the new proposal for developing the South parking lot of the Santa Anita Park race track property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26287
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 19, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1991-2000
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
26488AN
Collection
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Santa Anita Enterprises presented plans for its proposed commercial entertainment complex to the City Council and Planning Commission.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26403
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 1998
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 3, 1998
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Enterprises
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
26603AN
Collection
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The current phase of plans for the Santa Anita Park race track include a 1,200-seat restaurant, retrofitting to today's seismic standards, bringing the facility into compliance with ADA, and a terraced concrete apron in front of the grandstands.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26958
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Stronach, Frank
Renovations
Item ID
27157AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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