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The Pasadena Showcase House of Design features an Arcadia home designed for Lawrence and Josepine Garat Wilcox Barker and built over two years in 1941-1943.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27459
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 6, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Houses
Pasadena Showcase House of Design
Item ID
27656AN
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A home built by the Barker family of Barker Brothers fame will be the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Designed by architect Roland Coate in the early 1940's, the house sits on a large corner lot in the Upper Rancho area of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2000
Pages
p. D1 w/photo
Subjects
Historic houses
Item ID
18989AN
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Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee has selected an Arcadia estate as the Pasadena Showcase House of Design. It was designed by Roland E. Coates, Sr., for Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox Barker of Barker Brothers Furniture fame.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18609
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2000
Pages
p. Homebuyer 8
Subjects
Historic houses
Barker, Lawrence and Josephine Garat Wilcox
Coates, Roland E., Sr.
Item ID
18853AN
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Elsie Hetherington of Arcadia, known as the "Orchid Lady", furnishes orchids each year for the Pasadena Showcase House.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25433
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2003
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 25, 2003
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Hetherington, Elsie
Item ID
25632AN
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The City Council voted unanimously to expand design review for single-family homes citywide. It is the latest effort in the fight against boxy mansions being built in Arcadia. The review board thinks Asian families like the big houses and the Asian families say they do want to fit in with the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29774
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Mansions
Developers
Architecture Design Review
Houses
Item ID
29959AN
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The Arcadia City Council debates home design controls.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30568
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Home design reviews
Houses
Mansionization
Item ID
30756AN
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Ed Huang, an architect who works as a senior planner for the city of Los Angeles, gives a tour of his "green" home in Arcadia. His house is a model of energy efficiency, using solar panels and other environmentally and ecologically friendly design elements. Huang had been Arcadia's planning commissioner from 1992-2002.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30982
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2008
Pages
p. News 1, 10
Subjects
Environment
Homes
Houses
Huang, Ed
Item ID
31177AN
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Arcadia City Councill will look at possible changes in the city code on floor area ratio (FAR), lot coverage, and design review for single-family homes. FAR refers to the combined floor area of buildings on a lot, compared to the size of the lot. Arcadia has a lot coverage rule that single-story homes can cover 45% of the lot and 2-story dwellings 35%. Arcadia currently has a citizen-run design review effort within homeowner associations in northern parts of Arcadia, but no citywide system.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31846
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Design review
Houses
Mansions
Item ID
32043AN
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The Arcadia City Council has approved a design review process for the upcoming addition to the Santa Anita Park race track. The procedure adopted requires review by the Planning Commission and the City Council of all preliminary site plans, floor plans, exterior architectural improvements, and new construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29813
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 14, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track
Expansion
Development
Design review process
Zoning
Planning Commission
Item ID
29998AN
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Montecito Fine Arts College of Design, which had campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea, has shut down, leaving 1200 students stranded and employees owed thousands in unpaid wages.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31589
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Art schools
Lether, Rochelle
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design
Item ID
31785AN
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Residents of Santa Anita Village will get a chance to register their opinions on limiting the size of new houses in their area. Homeowners are asking for a 35 percent floor area ratio rule to be in place.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30027
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Houses
Mansions
Mansionization
Design review process
Architecture
Item ID
30214AN
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Montecito Fine Arts College of Design has declared bankruptcy but intends to reopen. The college has campuses in Monrovia, Arcadia, and Brea. The school's founder is Ed Kuckelhorn and the Vice President is his wife, Trisha Zhang.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31593
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 14, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Art schools
Bankruptcy
Kuckelhorn, Ed
Montecito Fine Arts College of Design
Zhang, Trisha
Item ID
31789AN
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Monrovia's Aztec Hotel is showcasing fine art in its non-profit Aztec Art Center Route 66 Gallery. Visitors are not just from Monrovia, but from Pasadena, Duarte and Arcadia. A painting by Manuel Barillas is pictured. The hotel is owned by Kathie Reece-McNeill. The hotel was designed in 1925 by English architect Robert Stacy-Judd and was inspired by Mayan and Aztect structures. The building has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31378
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 5, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Art
Aztec Hotel - Monrovia, California
Barillas, Manuel
Historic Buildings
Monrovia Association of Fine Arts
Pettie, Ron
Route 66 Gallery
Reece-McNeill, Kathie
Scully, Richard
Stacy-Judd, Robert
Item ID
31572AN
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Candace Probst is shown in a photo at St. Baldricks event after having head shaved at Matt Denny's Ale House Restaurant in Arcadia to show support for childhood cancer victims. Carlos Mendez of Arcadia is also shown.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
St. Baldricks
Matt Denny's Ale House
Cancer
Mendez, Carlos
Probst, Candace
Item ID
25497AN
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Plans for a new City Hall building have moved into a second design phase, after officials approved a preliminary design package and dedicated a five-month process to fleshing out further details.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31139
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall building
Design
Steinberg Architects
Item ID
31333AN
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Photographs show the interior and exterior of the Queen Anne Cottage on a tour on Mother's Day. Carmel Padgett is the docent.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30046
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Queen Anne Cottage
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Mother's Day
Tours
Padgett, Carmel
Item ID
30233AN
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48th Annual Arcadia Festival of Bands will be held Saturday, November 17. The event, which showcases the finest high school instrumental music talent in Southern California, has been a proud tradition in Arcadia since 1953. Dennis Davies, who recently retired after serving 39 years as a music director in Arcadia Unified School District, has been named Grand Marshal.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33401
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Arcadia Festival of Bands
Davies, Dennis
Item ID
33597AN
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Obituary/death notice.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 16, 2009
Pages
p. 16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 16, 2009
Pages
p. 16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
House, Alfred Lee
Item ID
31799AN
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University of Southern California (USC) teacher Sam Watters' two-volume book "Houses of Los Angeles 1885-1935" features 700 or so photographs of splendid Los Angeles homes. Twenty-two of the seventy-five houses listed come from Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, and La Canada Flintridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30747
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 8, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Architecture books
Houses
Watters, Sam
Item ID
30935AN
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Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33318
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 16, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Anoakia housing development
Anoakia Mansion--history
Anoakia School
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
33514AN
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