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A proposed sidewalk expansion program has drawn public ire at a City Council meeting.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 17, 1974
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p. A-1
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Streets
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3265AN
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Newspaper Index
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1. Reminiscence of old Duarte Road by George H. Jackson. Copy from a scrapbook presented to Arcadia Public Library by Alton Green in 1968. Most clippings seem to be circa 1926-27-28. 2. Arcadia, City that rose. Printers "plate" of Huntington Drive 1926 and 1955. 3. Baldwin purchased Rancho, p…
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1. Reminiscence of old Duarte Road by George H. Jackson. Copy from a scrapbook presented to Arcadia Public Library by Alton Green in 1968. Most clippings seem to be circa 1926-27-28.
2. Arcadia, City that rose. Printers "plate" of Huntington Drive 1926 and 1955.
3. Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive (Santa Anita Avenue). Daily News Post 2/15/62.
4. Huntington officially designated as secondary highway from ranch intersection to Foothill in Duarte. News clip n.d. (1930's?)
5. Arcadia Council seeking county aid for immediate improvement of Orange Ave. from viaduct to Monrovia city limits. Monrovia Journal 9/8/33.
6. Construction of swale across Santa Anita Wash on Orange Avenue to be started soon; paid by the County. News clip n.d. (1930's?)
7. City Council adopts report (list of trees for each street in Arcadia). Copied from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1927-28.
8. Baldwin deeds may be signed in three days. Copied from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1926-27.
9. Arcadia councilmen accept deeds to Baldwin highways after sensational session. Copies from scrapbook listed in item #1. Approx. 1927-28.
10. City Council scheduled to meet in L.A. Action sought on the widening of Huntington Drive. Arcadia Journal 7/14/36.
11. Arcadia streets. Typewritten sheet with old/new names of streets. n.d. Former street names.
12. Only two roads led out of city, 1890s (Duarte Road and Foothill Blvd.); Alone - Huntington Drive only paved street in city. Two small news clips n.d.
13. Sleepy Street (Intersection of Duarte Road and Baldwin Avenue). Arcadia Tribune news photo and caption August 1973.
14. Double Drive, 1890. (Shows Eucalyptus trees that once lined Santa Anita Avenue) Daily News Post news photo and caption 2/15/62.
15. Double Drive, 1962. Same location as photo in #14 but now showing a busy Santa Anita Avenue with no trees. Daily News Post news photo and caption 2/15/62.
16. Santa Anita Drive, Baldwin's Ranch. News photo and caption n.d.
17. Description of condition. Two automobiles crashed into the wash at Santa Anita due to Arcadia not repairing the bridge. Reference to Los Angeles Times article 12/16/1907.
18. Many view auto wrecks (at Santa Anita Wash). Los Angeles Daily Times. 12/16/1907.
19. Written reference sheet to view of First Street entrance to the Rancho.
20. Article from Sierra Madre Vista 2/2/1889 describing a drive from Pasadena through Arcadia to Alhambra.
21. Typed sheet of origin of street names. n.d.
22. Mr. E. J. Baldwin has consented to have White Oak Avenue (presently Foothill Boulevard.) opened. Copy of news clip, Sierra Madre Vista 4/19/1889.
23. There is a great need of a road from Sierra Madre to Savannah (near El Monte) necessitating cutting through the Baldwin property. News clip, Sierra Madre Vista 5/2/1888.
24. Battle of the barricades to begin. Arcadia City Council will hold a public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets. Arcadia Tribune 3/18/79
25. Baldwin purchased Rancho, planted trees along drive. Daily News Post 2/15/62.
26. Indians, rustlers haunt city street. Early history about Santa Anita Avenue. Arcadia Tribune 7/17/68.
27. The county has won in the matter of a road crossing the Santa Anita Ranch. Copied portion of news article in San Gabriel Valley News 5/9/1878.
28. Good photos of Huntington Drive and Baldwin Avenue business districts from 1974 City Directory.
29. Official Opening of New Highways program with banquet information on reverse. Extensions of Huntington Drive -- connecting with Huntington Drive west of Ross Field and connecting with Colorado Street in City of Pasadena. 2/26/31.
30. Huntington Drive formal opening -- (Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte) souvenir program 4/11/29.
31. Orange Avenue macadam will be laid shortly. Covina Argus 8/21/1915.
32. Chantry Flats night closure sought. Arcadia Highlander 3/11/87.
33. Mountain road closer to closure. Arcadia Highlander 3/18/87.
34. Chantry Flats gate still not in place yet. Arcadia Highlander 4/22/87.
35. View from the Foothills. News clip about the origination of the names of selected streets. n.d. (1930's?)
36. Invitation to groundbreaking ceremony held 8/25/95 at Orange Grove Park at the corner of Orange Grove Avenue and Baldwin Avenue in the City of Arcadia. Arcadia City Council, the Sierra Madre City Council and the County of Los Angeles announce the beginning of the Orange Grove Avenue Rehabilitation Project.
37. Orange Avenue now Colorado. Completes name change of long boulevard through Pasadena, Arcadia and Monrovia. Arcadia Tribune 8/17/34
38. Letter dated 10/27/93 from County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public Works to Arcadia Public Library enclosing Orange Grove Avenue - Negative Declaration.
39. Huntington route approved by City. Councilmen recommend designation of lower artery as Route 66, a.k.a. Highway 66. Arcadia Tribune, p. 1, August 5, 1932. 2 copies.
40. "Celebrate Downtown." Flyer for family festival to commemorate the completion of the new downtown streetscape on 3/30/96.
41. After 10 years cities agree to fix potholes in shared road. (Orange Grove Avenue) Los Angeles Times 6/2/94
42. City memo dated August 7, 2003 announcing that Resolution No. 6351 was approved changing the name of the street between the back of the police station and the Methodist Hospital parking lot, bounded on both sides by Huntington Drive, to Centennial Way in honor of Arcadia's 100th birthday. Street was formerly called Civic Center Drive.
43. Widening of Huntington Drive at Santa Clara Street to make additional right-hand turn lane going east on Huntington Drive, at Santa Clara Street. Two title searches by First American Title Insurance Company. The first title search is dated January 19, 2010 and the other dated July 19, 2010 and amended July 23, 2010 to determine ownership of a strip of land needed, and supporting explanation from Carolyn Garner-Reagan (e-mail, June 7, 2011) and Phil Wray (City Council minutes, May 25, 2011). The land was once owned by Southern Pacific Railroad but has since dismissed its interest in the land.
44. "Council overrules Huntington businesses" by Scott Hettrick. A new median in center of Huntington Drive at San Rafael will block left turns. Mountain Views News. May 26, 2012, p. 6. This work is part of a plan to revise three intersections along Huntington Drive between San Rafael and Santa Anita Avenue in hopes of improving traffic flow.
45. Historic Route 66-California, turn by turn directions from Upland through Arcadia to Pasadena. Retrieved December 4, 2014 from http://www.historic66.com.
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
243AF
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Subject Files
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General items regarding streets.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 6, 1931 p. 1 (ranch roads thru Baldwin estate open)
July 27, 1947 p. 1 (17 new streets proposed)
August 4,1952 p. 1 (improvement plans)
August 22, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
March 31, 1967 p. 1 (widening streets throughout city)
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Arcadia Tribune
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March 6, 1931 p. 1 (ranch roads thru Baldwin estate open)
July 27, 1947 p. 1 (17 new streets proposed)
August 4,1952 p. 1 (improvement plans)
August 22, 1955 p. 1 ( " )
March 31, 1967 p. 1 (widening streets throughout city)
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
4267AN
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Newspaper Index
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There are now no through streets in Arcadia incorrectly posted with "Not a Through Street" signs, according to Chester Howard, Arcadia's Public Works Director.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1987
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 2, 1987
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3278AN
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Article, with map, about public hearing on a request by the Santa Anita Oaks Homeowners Association to barricade several streets on a temporary basis.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3385
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 18, 1979
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3275AN
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Several streets in Arcadia have misleading signs saying "Not a Through Street" despite the fact that they are not dead ends or cul-de-sacs. Public Works Director, Chester Howard, explained that the signs were put up in response to residents who wanted to protect their neighborhoods from too much traffic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3387
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 17, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3277AN
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Newspaper Index
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Longden Avenue in Arcadia has had a lot of street construction over the last three years, including construction of wheelchair ramps, missing sidewalks, palm trees removed, and new 30 inch water main.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
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p. 20
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 14, 2002
Pages
p. 20
Subjects
Longden Avenue
Streets
Item ID
33661AN
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Items regarding sidewalks

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 2, 1963 p. 1
July 22, 1965 p. 1
August 29, 1965 p. 1
September 12, 1965 p. 1
October 3, 1965 p. 1
December 2, 1965 p. 1
December 5, 1965 p. 1
December 9, 1965 p. 1
May 1, 1966 p. 1
September 1, 1966 p. 1
December 29, 1966 p. 2
March 14, 1968 p. 1
March 21, 1968 p. 1
July 21, 1968 p. 1
October 20, 1968 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 2, 1963 p. 1
July 22, 1965 p. 1
August 29, 1965 p. 1
September 12, 1965 p. 1
October 3, 1965 p. 1
December 2, 1965 p. 1
December 5, 1965 p. 1
December 9, 1965 p. 1
May 1, 1966 p. 1
September 1, 1966 p. 1
December 29, 1966 p. 2
March 14, 1968 p. 1
March 21, 1968 p. 1
July 21, 1968 p. 1
October 20, 1968 p. 1
Subjects
Streets - Sidewalks
Item ID
4282AN
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Arcadia property owners voted to continue paying for a portion of their street lights under a new formula after lighting district funds expired in June. 66% of the vote was cast in favor of extending about $428,600 of annual funding to maintain and repair street lights. A similar proposal on the ballot failed less than 2 years ago.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
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p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 22, 2010
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p. A6
Subjects
Lighting districts
Street lights
Street lighting
Item ID
32310AN
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A many as 60 of the trees on Orange Grove Ave., the "county road" running from Michillinda Blvd. to Santa Anita Ave., could be endangered by a proposed road-widening project currently under consideration by Arcadia and Sierra Madre. The street would be widened from 30 to 36 ft. since the street is considered too narrow for the trash bins that residents often leave in the road, constituting a hazard.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 28, 1990
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p. A-1 photo
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Streets - Orange Grove Avenue
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3286AN
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Controversy over sidewalks on Colorado Boulevard

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 12, 1971 p. 1
September 19, 1971 p. 1
September 22, 1971 p. 1
September 29, 1971 p. 1
October 3, 1971 p. 1
October 6, 1971 p. 1
October 13, 1971 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 12, 1971 p. 1
September 19, 1971 p. 1
September 22, 1971 p. 1
September 29, 1971 p. 1
October 3, 1971 p. 1
October 6, 1971 p. 1
October 13, 1971 p. 1
Subjects
Streets - Sidewalks
Item ID
4288AN
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Wheel chair ramps are now required by state law for all sidewalks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3376
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 14, 1974
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p. A-1
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Streets
Item ID
3266AN
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Arcadia residents may vote again on street lighting fees. Under the new proposal, single family homes on arterial streets would pay about $17 a year, while those not on arterial streets would pay about $27 a year, making the assessments more fair. Voters in 2008 rejected a proposal to fund the lighting and now the city is considering another mail-in vote.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 12, 2010
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Mail-in ballots
Street lights
Street lighting assessment districts
Item ID
32095AN
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Arcadia Firefighters Association endorses The Shops at Santa Anita mall proposed by developer Caruso Affiliated. The proposal includes improvements to city streets and technology that should improve traffic flow.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2006
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p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 6, 2006
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia Firefighters Association
Caruso project
Malls
The Shops at Santa Anita
Twitchell, Jack
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Arcadia City Council has put out a design contract for landscaping and streetscape design on Baldwin Avenue between Duarte Road and Naomi Avenue. The contract went to Willdan, not to exceed $64,410. Another project proposes widening of the street to four lanes, 75 feet from curb to curb, with landscaped median, curb parking and additional landscaping, along with street resurfacing, to cost $380,000.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
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p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Baldwin Avenue
Streets
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33629AN
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The Arcadia City Council has authorized a project to build concrete sidewalks adjacent to Camino Grove, First Avenue, Hugo Reid Primary, Dana and Holly Avenue schools.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3390
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 12, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Streets
Item ID
3280AN
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Newspaper Index
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Items regarding Sandra Street

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1956 p. 1 (opening)
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 26, 1956 p. 1 (opening)
Subjects
Streets - Sandra
Item ID
4277AN
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A light standard with a NO U TURN sign is in the center of the photo. There is a car parked on the unidentified residential street.

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Date
c. early 1950s
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Date
c. early 1950s
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Streets
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8x10 b&w
ID
1641
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Photographs
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A traffic light is in the center of the photo. A street sign at the far left corner identifies the intersection as E. Villa St. and El Molino Avenue.

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c. early 1950s
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Date
c. early 1950s
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Streets - Villa Street
Streets - El Molino Avenue
Traffic Lights
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8x10 b&w
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1642
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Photographs
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The Neighbors for Arcadia, a group of citizens that are opposed to the proposed Santa Anita Entertainment Center, continue their opposition efforts.

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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. 9
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Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
September 7, 1995
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Entertainment Center
Neighbors for Arcadia
Item ID
4778AN
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