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Arcadia Transit Plaza dedication ceremony held November 6, 2014. It is located at 99 Santa Clara Street, at First Avenue, where the Gold Line Station in Arcadia is being built. It will serve as a transportation hub and a gathering space for the community. Many VIPs attended (photos).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34015
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Amundson, Peter
Arcadia Transit Plaza
Beck, Tom
Chandler, Roger
Glasco, Gene
Harbicht, Bob
Kovacic, Gary
Lauber, Floretta
Light rail trains
Marshall, Gail
McSweeny, Matt
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Segal, Mickey
Transportation
Young, Mary
Item ID
34209AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Avenue at Santa Clara Street in Arcadia closed September 9, 2013 through February, 2014 for construction of grade crossing improvements, as part of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project in Arcadia. Also, to construct the parking structure and transit plaza adjacent to the crossing, Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street, will be permanently closing in September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33803AN
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Newspaper Index
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Take the Gold Line to see the ponies at Santa Anita Park. Santa Anita Park offering the Santa Anita Shuttle to run on all race days and will operate in addition to Arcadia Transit's Shuttle service. The Santa Anita Shuttle runs non-stop from Arcadia Station (First Avenue and Santa Clara Street) of the Gold Line, through July 10, closing day of the spring meet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34509
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 35
Subjects
Metro Foothill Gold Line-Arcadia Station
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
34701AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line construction will cause closure of intersection of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street for six months starting tomorrow. Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street will be permanently closing in September for the building of a parking structure and transit plaza on that site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33804AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alan Weeks, a retiree who rode the last Pacific Electric Red Car that went through this area in 1951, visits the Arcadia Gold Line Station at North First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34453
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Pacific Electric Red Car (electric trolley)
Railroads--History
Transportation
Weeks, Alan
Item ID
34645AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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All 14 at-grade rail crossings now complete for Foothill Gold Line, from Pasadena to Azusa. The at-grade crossing in Arcadia is at First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34011
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 30, 2014
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line-Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34205AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Testing of Gold Line light rail cars began on Monday. It passed over the newly built bridge on Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 17, December 11, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34039
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 9, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34233AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gold Line stations planning parking charges. Metro official says parking fee pricing structure at Duarte and Arcadia stations will reduce crowds in lots. Starting June 3, Metro will charge $3 a day or $59 a month to park at Duarte and Arcadia station lots.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35516
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Ching, Frank
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line-Arcadia Station
Trains
Transportation
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Avenue's Gold Line Bridge was dedicated Tuesday, December 1. Bridge was built by taxpayers of Arcadia, funded by Measure A. The Gold Line Grade Separation Bond Citizen Oversight Committee was on hand for the event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34394
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 3, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Metro Gold Line-Foothill Extension
Light rail trains
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Trainspotting in Arcadia. First tests of Gold Line light rail between Pasadena and Azusa start. Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension conducted the first of many clearance tests involving actual Metro Gold Line train from Sierra Madre Villa Station (in Pasadena) to Azusa. The train was a $4 million Ansaldo Breda P2250 with specialized gear to test clearances, wheel/rail interface, rail switches, and Overhead Catenary System.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34040
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 11, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension--Arcadia Station
Transportation
Item ID
34234AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction of 210 Freeway Gold Line bridge near Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, is nearing completion. Work should be complete in 3 months. Nighttime closures of the freeway will cause delays. The bridge will allow connection between Pasadena's Sierra Madre Villa Station and the future Arcadia Station. It is the first piece of the $735 million, 11.5 mile Pasadena-to-Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33157
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33354AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Metro responds to concerns over paid parking at Arcadia Gold Line Station. It costs $3 to park there but it had been free. Now that there is a cost to parking at Arcadia Station, there are more open spaces and this was Metro's anticipated and desired effect.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35537
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 3
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 27, 2019
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Arcadia Gold Line Station
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
Collection
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City of Arcadia has been revising its General Plan and the first public draft was released last week. The General Plan, a 25-year blueprint for how the city could develop was last updated in 1996. The plan addresses the Gold Line station and allows for mixed-use residential and commercial development north of Huntington Drive in the downtown area, and on Live Oak Avenue. The plan must go before the Planning Commission, then the City Council for approval.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2010
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Development
General Plan
Gold Line Santa Anita Station
Item ID
32229AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gold Line construction moving forward on schedule. First Avenue in Arcadia to open by the end of March. See hard copy VF "Railroads-Light Rail-Metro Gold Line."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33776
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 6
Subjects
Gold Line
Light Rail
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33971AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gold Line bridge across the 210 Freeway just west of Santa Anita Avenue is underway. There is a temporary support structure across the lanes which allows trucks under 15 feet tall to pass freely. When the structure is complete, the Gold Line Construction Authority says the height allowance will be 19 feet. The $18.6 million, 584-foot Gold Line Bridge, the first component of the 11.5 mile Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension, started last summer and expected to be completed later this year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32841
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33038AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Foothill Gold Line Station dedication schedule is established. Arcadia Station August 22, 10 AM. Monrovia Station September 12, 10 AM. Duarte/City of Hope August 15. Irwindale August 28, 5 PM. Azusa Station September 19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34195
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 4
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 11, 2015
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Foothill Gold Line Stations
Dedications
Item ID
34389AN
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Newspaper Index
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Intersection of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street in Arcadia re-opens to through traffic after crews completed at-grade crossing improvements last Friday. Work began at the crossing in early September 2013. Upgrades were made to the utilities, streets, curbs and more to encourage walking, biking, and bus connections.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33778
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 20, 2014
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Metro Gold Line--Arcadia Station
Item ID
33973AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia commuters fed up with gridlock at First Avenue at the Gold Line Station, since trains started running through Arcadia in March 2016. City engineers are aware of the problems and public's frustration and looking at ways to improve the signals and wait times.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35257
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 23, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Traffic
Transit
Transportation
Item ID
35446AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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City of Arcadia kicks off holiday season with second annual tree lighting celebration on December 2, 5-8 PM at Arcadia Transit Plaza, at the corner of Santa Clara Street and North First Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34726
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 1, 2016
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Transit Plaza
Christmas holidays
Item ID
34918AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia wrestles with homeless issue. Metro Gold Line is seen as factor by some in the growing numbers camping nearby. In 2016, the Arcadia Station of Metro Gold Line opened and police began seeing a marked increase in calls for service regarding homelessness, said Sergeant Dan Crowther.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35544
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Arcadia Station
Homeless
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Social problems
Collection
Newspaper Index
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