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The abandoned rail bridge over Colorado Boulevard in Arcadia will be removed because it could not accommodate the two-track light rail system and the Gold Line Construction Authority determined it was more efficient and cost effective to remove the structure than to widen it or add a second structure directly adjacent to the ole one. Bridge demolition was the first significant construction effort for Foothill Transit Constructors (FTC) and the alignment project. The Construction Authority will have three open houses in the next two weeks to update the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33080
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2012
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Bridges
Foothill Transit Constructors
Gold Line Construction Authority
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33277AN
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Newspaper Index
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New bridge over 210 Freeway taking shape at Santa Anita Avenue offramp. Skanska USA is the lead bridge contractor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32835
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 16, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 16, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 4
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Skanska USA
Item ID
33032AN
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Newspaper Index
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Closure of Santa Anita Avenue today begins seven months of bridge construction in Arcadia. Crews will begin constructing a new bridge over Santa Anita Avenue at the railroad crossing in Arcadia, as part of the 11.5 mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Santa Anita Avenue bridge
Transportation
Item ID
33704AN
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Newspaper Index
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First Transit, Inc. takes over the city's dial-a-ride system, which has been operated by Southland Transit for the last 30 years. The city is transitioning from a dial-a-ride to a full service transit system. The contract with First Transit is $8,248,078 for 5 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34948
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 24, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Buses
First Transit, Inc.
Transportation
Item ID
35138AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council chose an appropriate depiction of racehorses in full gallop with their jockeys hunched low, designed by artist Paul Tzanetopoulos, for the artwork to span the Huntington Drive/Second Avenue railway bridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27519
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 15, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Artists - Tzanetopoulos, Paul
Item ID
27717AN
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Construction of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension bridge, that will span the 210 Freeway, has begun. Preparation of the giant column supports included drilling over 100 feet into the ground. The 584-foot Gold Line bridge will take shape by December. It replaces an old railroad bridge across the freeway, which was built about 1969 and torn down in 1997, said Gary Baker, director of construction for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The bridge's design has been controversial, as some say it is not representative of the origins of the area. The entire bridge is slated to be finished summer 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32566
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
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p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
32765AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia city council endorsed the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line as a light rail transit system. Grade level of the major street crossings was discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30347
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Gold Line extension
Light Rail
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Transit
Item ID
30533AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia, the Community of Homes, starkly divided on helping the homeless. Residents are unhappy with homeless encampment at Second Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. The City proposes helping unhoused people with the Tiny Shelter project. The plan involves building a village of tiny homes on county land at Peck Park access road site. Residents expressed opposition to that, too.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35968
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
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p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 20, 2021
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Homelessness
Social issues
Somogyi, Sara
Tiny homes
Verlato, April
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Newspaper Index
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Completion of the Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway in Arcadia is celebrated. The $18.6 million bridge, completed on time and on budget, is only one element of the $1.2 billion eastward extension of the Gold Line through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer of the bridge baskets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33270
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
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p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33467AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority announced that structural work is complete for Gold Line Bridge over Interstate 210 Freeway. "The bridge can now stand on its own," said Construction Authority CEO Habib F. Balian. The bridge is a 584-linear foot, $18.6 million rail bridge that helps extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa, in this first segment.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33151
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2012
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
33348AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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If a 1948 plan by the Rapid Transit Action Group to salvage a portion of the Pacific Electric Red Car system had become a reality, Arcadia and Monrovia would have been enjoying the benefits of light rail transit for the last 54 years. Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper provides historical information and rider statistics of the old rail lines.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30506
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 1, 2002
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Light Rail
Rapid Transit Action Group
Trains
Transportation - history
Item ID
30693AN
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Gold Line Bridge wins prestigious architectural design recognition from ArchDaily in its Top 100 Projects of the last decade. The "bridge baskets" were designed by artist Andrew Leicester.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Gold Line Bridge
Architecture
Awards
Leicester, Andrew
Light Rail
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Train bridge
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34787AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ben Bridge Jeweler in Santa Anita Fashion Park was robbed at gunpoint of watches and jewelry valued at over $165, 000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25842
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 1997
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 1997
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ben Bridge Jeweler
Robbery
Item ID
26042AN
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The National Guard Armory building has been demolished and a portion of Arcadia Police Department, that recently housed the men's and women's locker rooms, has been demolished to make way for construction of a new $16 million police facility. A ceremonial groundbreaking will take place in the area behind the current police facility at 250 W. Huntington Drive, on September 28.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33331
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 20, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department Building
Arcadia Police station
National Guard Armory
Sandona, Rick (Capt.)
Item ID
33527AN
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The Downey Savings branch in Ralph's supermarket on Huntington Drive was robbed for the second time in ten days.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26883
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 18, 1999
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Robbery
Downey Savings
Ralph's Supermarket
Item ID
27083AN
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Newspaper Index
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Freeway sound walls promised for Arcadia and Monrovia appear to be still on schedule, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The sound walls scheduled for construction as early as 2005 run from Michillinda Avenue to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, and from Huntington Drive to California Avenue in Monrovia. Lower priority sound wall project locations are also given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31375
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Freeways
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
31569AN
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Newspaper Index
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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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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
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Train testing underway throughout summer along the Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa. Testing is currently taking place in Duarte and portions of Irwindale, and will expand to the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and Azusa over the next several months.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34093
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
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p. 1, 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 12, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Light trail
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34287AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council has approved increasing the funding and total service hours for the Arcadia Transit System. The transit program is funded through federal, state and local money distributed by the Metropolitan Transit Authority.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29812
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Transit
R & D Transportation Services
Buses
Transportation
Item ID
29997AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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