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Arcadia's new city government first formed in 1903 and its first meeting took place at Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel, located at First Avenue and Santa Clara Road. Baldwin's hotel featured gambling and fine dining along with city government. The Oakwood Hotel burned down in 1911, and the city government moved to the McCoy Building at First Avenue and St. Joseph Street. Two years later, City Hall moved across the street to the Hibbard Building. In 1917, the first building was constructed as a City Hall at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue (?). A two-story colonial building was built for $18,000. This City Hall opened on July 13, 1918. City Hall moved in 1949 to a 13-acre parcel between Huntington Drive and the Pacific Electric railroad tracks.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31749
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 17, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Arcadia civic buildings
Arcadia City Hall - history - 1903-2003
Item ID
31946AN
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By February 14, 1985, the Granada Royale Hometel will be known as the Embassy Suite Hotel. The hotel was purchased in April 1984 by Embassy Suites, a subsidiary of Holiday Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1823
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1822AN
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Construction will begin in November on the $20 million hotel-office complex on the site of the Ramada Inn, according to John Kirkpatrick, the developer. He expects that the hotel and one office building will be completed before the 1984 Olympics. The new hotel will be first class with a well-known name.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Ramada Inn
Item ID
1833AN
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The fate of several acres of hillside land, the last like it in the city, is pitting developers and property owners against neighbors who cringe at the prospect of earthmovers leveling the land.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
City Planning
Item ID
21055AN
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Two hotels are being proposed for redevelopment property along Huntington Drive in Arcadia, potentially creating a "hotel row" between East Arcadia and West Monrovia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1821AN
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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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Arcadia Police confiscated $30,000 worth of marijuana and arrested 4 men in a sting operation at Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1376
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
1375AN
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In spite of a feasibility study that "came up poorly," the Hometel Corporation is still interested in building an eight-story hotel in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation
Item ID
1824AN
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Construction of the Granada Royale Hometel hotel will probably begin shortly after January 1. Completion can be expected 12 months later.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Hometel Corporation
Item ID
1827AN
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Council has voted 3-2 in favor of the disposition and development agreement with Hometel Development Corporation to construct a 150 suite Granada Royale Hometel. The hotel is considered the key to redevelopment of the area. Office buildings proposed for the surrounding area want hotels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1280
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 18, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment.
Item ID
1279AN
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The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3444
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3332AN
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A developer of resort-style retirement communities hopes to build a 260 unit senior citizens complex on land currently occupied by the Santa Anita Inn.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 3, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Housing
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
21829AN
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A public hearing on the proposed hotel at Huntington Drive and Second Avenue is scheduled for December 16. Article outlines the financial details of the project and the thoughts of the various councilmen on the idea.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1278AN
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The history of the Pony Express Museum that used to be on the land where Santa Anita Inn is today is presented. See VF "Pony Express Museum" for copy of article.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Lyon, W. Parker
Museums
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum
Item ID
30722AN
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Developers hoping to build 31 houses on land where the Anoakia mansion sits have won a court victory that clears the way for the house to be torn down.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 6, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Anoakia
Item ID
19501AN
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A lawsuit by the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency seeking reimbursement of $855,000 it spent to remove toxic and other waste from 1.6 acres of land will go to trial in June.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 26, 1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Lawsuits see Actions and Defenses
Actions and Defenses
Item ID
335AN
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Gary Kovacic, an L.A. attorney specializing in land use was appointed to fill the office of Jack Wells, who recently resigned from the Arcadia Planning Commission.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1985
Pages
p. 1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 31, 1985
Pages
p. 1 photo
Subjects
Boards and Commissions
Item ID
625AN
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Arcadia and the Derby Restaurant have come to a tentative agreement on a land swap that would allow a Souplantation Restaurant to be built just east of the Derby in East Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2386
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Souplantation
Item ID
2340AN
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Arcadia's Parent Alert will play a major role in the first statewide conference of Californians for Drug-Free Use to be held at the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena on Oct. 7 and 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2126
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1983
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parent Alert
Item ID
2109AN
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Newspaper Index
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Granada Rouale Hometel is interested in building a $10 million hotel at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Huntington Drive, according to Mike Lloyd, a consultant to Republic Development Company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1273
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1272AN
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Newspaper Index
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