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Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 9

Subjects: Anoakia Estates; Baldwin, Anita; Housing developments; Hover, Tom

Item ID: 33614AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted to allow the developer, Anoakia Oaks, to proceed with the tearing down of Anoakia, the 1913 Anita Baldwin mansion, and to build 31 houses on the property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27158

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 9, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 9, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Anoakia Oaks; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27356AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27510

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

This article presents a history of the Anoakia mansion, home of Anita Baldwin. The article is written by Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31428

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 1, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 1, 2003

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia Breeding Farm; Anoakia Estates - housing development; Anoakia mansion; Baldwin, Anita - biography; Benton, Arthur (architect); Cooper, Charles

Item ID: 31621AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia Estates construction will begin by the end of the year by Hover Development Company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27698

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 14, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: September 14, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Housing

Item ID: 27895AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27155

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 11, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 11, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Anoakia Oaks, LLC; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27353AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27157

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 2, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 2, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27355AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 2 of a 6 part series: Anoakia's lifespan. History of Anita Baldwin's residence, a mansion named Anoakia. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35458

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 17, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 11

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 17, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 11

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita; Patterson, Galen

Item ID: 35650AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay on the demolition of Anoakia. Until significant unresolved issues are settled the developers were ordered to stop everything.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 8, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: June 8, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 27715AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The preservation of Anoakia was discussed at a public hearing on a draft environmental impact report covering the development of the Anoakia property.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27130

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 26, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 26, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 27328AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A profile of Anita Baldwin, the lady behind Anoakia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27515

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 25, 2000

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27713AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 1 of a 6 part series about Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's younger daughter Anita Baldwin. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35457

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 10, 2019

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 10, 2019

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita; Patterson, Galen

Item ID: 35649AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Anoakia development.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27148

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 4, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 4, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Planning Commission

Item ID: 27346AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A group calling itself the "Friends of Anoakia" filed a suit in LA Superior Court to stop the destruction of the Anoakia mansion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27176

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 27, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 27, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Lawsuits

Item ID: 27374AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia is dealing with a number of housing issues including condominiums, "mansionization" and affordable senior housing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30023

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 5, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 9

Subjects: Housing; Condominiums; Mansions; Mansionization; Senior housing

Item ID: 30210AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Demolition permits have been approved and the project of building new homes where the Anoakia mansion stands is now underway. Artifacts from the mansion have been given to the Arcadia Historical Society and the Arboretum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27679

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 13, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 13, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Housing

Item ID: 27876AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Congressional Gold Medal of Honor presented to Sierra Madre Nisei soldier Shoso Nomura, age 93. It has been 68 years since Nomura served as a Japanese-American intelligence officer for the U.S. Army in World War II. He was born on Lucky Baldwin's daughter Anita Baldwin's ranch (corner of Foothill Boulevard and Double Drive--known today as Santa Anita Avenue).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32855

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 1, 2012

Pages: p. 1, 6

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 1, 2012

Pages: p. 1, 6

Subjects: Kunihiro, Mitsuo; Nomura, Shoso; World War II

Item ID: 33052AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 3 of a 6 part series: What happened to the Jinks Room murals by Maynard Dixon? The Jinks Room had nine Dixon murals. The Lowry B. McCaslin family, which owned Anoakia at the time, held onto three murals, the rest were donated to the University of Southern California (USC). The McCaslin family bought the Anoakia estate after Anita Baldwin passed. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35459

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 24, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 24, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 4

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita; Dixon, Maynard; McCaslin, Lowry B.; Murals; Patterson, Galen

Item ID: 35651AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Projected Marriott hotel development breaks ground in 2018; Seqoia trees already down (on site of Santa Anita Inn). The developer did try to save some redwood trees on the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34955

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 31, 2017

Pages: p. 1, 10

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 31, 2017

Pages: p. 1, 10

Subjects: Environment; Marriott Hotels; Santa Anita Inn; Trees

Item ID: 35145AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council hears residents' concerns about large housing development and its associated loss of native sycamore trees. Council official abandons China and Taiwan (sister city) trip for now.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34115

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 5, 2015

Pages: p. 15

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 5, 2015

Pages: p. 15

Subjects: Arcadia City Council; Mansions; Sister City; Trees

Item ID: 34309AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The City Council voted to allow the developer, Anoakia Oaks, to proceed with the tearing down of Anoakia, the 1913 Anita Baldwin mansion, and to build 31 houses on the property.

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

This article presents a history of the Anoakia mansion, home of Anita Baldwin. The article is written by Arcadia Weekly writer Charles Cooper.

Anoakia Estates construction will begin by the end of the year by Hover Development Company.

Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

The 1913 mansion, Anoakia, former home of Anita Baldwin, is about to be demolished.

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 2 of a 6 part series: Anoakia's lifespan. History of Anita Baldwin's residence, a mansion named Anoakia. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

The Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay on the demolition of Anoakia. Until significant unresolved issues are settled the developers were ordered to stop everything.

The preservation of Anoakia was discussed at a public hearing on a draft environmental impact report covering the development of the Anoakia property.

A profile of Anita Baldwin, the lady behind Anoakia.

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 1 of a 6 part series about Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's younger daughter Anita Baldwin. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

The Arcadia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Anoakia development.

A group calling itself the "Friends of Anoakia" filed a suit in LA Superior Court to stop the destruction of the Anoakia mansion.

Arcadia is dealing with a number of housing issues including condominiums, "mansionization" and affordable senior housing.

Demolition permits have been approved and the project of building new homes where the Anoakia mansion stands is now underway. Artifacts from the mansion have been given to the Arcadia Historical Society and the Arboretum.

Projected Marriott hotel development breaks ground in 2018; Seqoia trees already down (on site of Santa Anita Inn). The developer did try to save some redwood trees on the site.

Arcadia City Council hears residents' concerns about large housing development and its associated loss of native sycamore trees. Council official abandons China and Taiwan (sister city) trip for now.