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City Manager Bill Kelly outlined a $16 million program to finish all public building projects for Arcadia in three years, as part of the city's five-year capital budget. The spending would include a new $6.5 million City Hall, a $1.3 million upgrade to Fire Station 106 on Baldwin Avenue. The city plans to build a new fire station to replace Fire Station 105 on Santa Anita Avenue. A city gym for the civic center property is in planning stages. The city plans to re-roof the community center for $150,000 and to put up 1/2 of the $800,000 cost to make the high school sports field an all-weather facility.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31501
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 20
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 12, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 20
Subjects
City Hall building
Civic buildings
Construction
Item ID
31697AN
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Newspaper Index
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Ground will be broken on September 28 for new police facility behind the current police facility at 250 W. Huntington Drive.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department Building
Buildings
Construction
Groundbreaking ceremonies
Item ID
30273AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall said this week that a study is being conducted on upgrading the City Hall complex.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Hall - Buildings
Construction
Item ID
30432AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia and Arcadia City Council are working on plans for a new civic center and multipurpose facility that would be located next to City Hall and the newly constructed police station. The project would use money from the capital construction fund and is not part of the city's general fund.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 8, 2004
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia civic center - buildings and construction
Item ID
31825AN
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Newspaper Index
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The police station is scheduled to be demolished and a new one will be built behind the current facility. The project is estimated to cost $16 million. The new building will be 52,000 square feet and slated to open in the first part of 2003.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Station
Buildings
Item ID
29779AN
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Newspaper Index
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The city welcomes construction of two office buildings at 225 and 255 Santa Clara Street. The buildings will be occupied by the law firm of Hart, Mieras, Morris and Peale, LLP, and Los Angeles District Church of the Nazarene.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Buildings
Business and Industry
Redevelopment
Religion
Item ID
27872AN
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Newspaper Index
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New Arcadia police station opens to the public on Friday, October 3, 2003 at 4:30 PM. It is a state-of-the-art facility that is now bigger and better equipped than the old station that has since been demolished. It waas built using an $8 million bond measure in addition to $8 million that had alerady been allocated from the city general fund and city redevelopment funds.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department--Station--2003
Civic buildings
Item ID
32933AN
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Newspaper Index
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Historic preservation coming to Arcadia. City is in process of drafting ordinances on historic preservation aimed at safeguarding historic districts, structures and buildings. Ordinances are expected to provide defined procedures and criteria for property owners and communities to judge their historic relevance. Correction: see Arcadia Weekly, p. 10, February 22, 2018 and another correction Arcadia Weekly, p. 13, March 1, 2018. Correction to the Historic preservation coming to Arcadia article. Arcadia Weekly recently ran an article about the Arcadia City Council drafting a historic preservation ordinance. It incorrectly read, "The draft would demand the consent of 60% of property owners along with Planning Commission review and City Council adoption." The corrected statement reads, "The Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance proposes that at least 60% of properties within the district must contribute to the historic significance of the district and 75% of the property owners within the district need to consent to the designation."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Draft ordinances
Historic Buildings
Historic districts
Historic preservation
Item ID
35281AN
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Building hits million mark. September permits push total to $1,101,525 for 1938. Largest single item on the official building report was $18,000 for Santa Anita Park entrance building which houses ticket booths. See hard copy in subject file Business and Industry.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 6, 1938
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
October 6, 1938
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Building permits
Watson, Glen B. (Arcadia Building Inspector)
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Newspaper Index
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Arcadia's new 911 Center on a 3.5 acre parcel where the National Guard Armory once stood adjacent to the Arcadia Police Department.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 4, 2001
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department
Buildings
Groundbreaking ceremonies
911 Center
Item ID
30280AN
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Newspaper Index
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Toyota Motors Credit Corporation will lease 9,350 square feet of space at the new office building at 488 Santa Clara Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30349
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Business and Industry
Office buildings
Toyota Motors Credit Corporation
Item ID
30535AN
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Newspaper Index
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Annual building permits

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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
January 4, 1940 p. 1 1939
December 29, 1941 p. 1 1941
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Arcadia Bulletin
Date
January 4, 1940 p. 1 1939
December 29, 1941 p. 1 1941
Subjects
Building permits
Item ID
3683AN
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A history of the Van de Kamp's windmill atop the Denny's Restaurant currently at the northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The Arcadia windmill was built nearly 40 years ago as part of an architectural movement called programmatic architecture, or roadside vernacular, wherein the buildings reflected their tenants. See hard copy in VF "Buildings."

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Architecture
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's
Windmills
Item ID
31401AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council approved a contract with Rokni Electric for a new 800 Kilowatt generator and a new telephone system (not to exceed $342,251) from SBC-Pacific Bell for City Hall. A contract with Systems Source Inc. for furnishings for the new police station was also approved. The City Librarian job title was changed to Director of Library and Museum Services.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 18, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. 18, 19
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Arcadia Police Department station
Buildings
Upgrades
Item ID
31411AN
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Newspaper Index
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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.

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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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Iconic Arcadia windmill atop Denny's to be dedicated June 29, thanks to restoration efforts of former Arcadia mayor George Fasching and Joe Sargis. The windmill's new variable speed motor will run about 6 rotations per minute and it will be illuminated at night. Denny's is at northeast corner of Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The location used to be Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery and this windmill was its trademark. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 13, June 23, 2016.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
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p. 1, 17
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 16, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Historic Buildings
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Item ID
34791AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction of the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is experiencing delays. The city can charge penalties to BEGL Construction Company for delays of up to $500 per day. The project is 3 months past the completion date.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 6, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
BEGL Construction Company
Buildings
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
30271AN
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Raising a failing preservation grade. The Los Angeles Conservancy has given Arcadia an "F" in historic preservation. The city is working to remedy this with a preservation effort started over a year ago. A city-wide intensive level survey will enable the city to gain a better understanding of where significant historic resources are located and to plan for their preservation. The next step would be to pass a historic preservation ordinance.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 2, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 2, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Arcadia Planning Department
Flores, Lisa
Historic Buildings
Historic preservation
Item ID
34776AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Police Department has moved to a new police station building at 250 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA, 91007, that is 42,000 square feet and cost $16 million. The official opening ceremony will be October 3, 2003. The old building that was built around 1956 will be demolished in a few weeks. Dispatchers Rosemarie Espejo and Carol Hunter are shown in a photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31809
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 14, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Police Department - police station - 2003
Civic buildings
Espejo, Rosemarie
Hunter, Carol
Item ID
32006AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council has gone on record as supporting the building of a new city hall that would be built on the other side of the Civic Center property. Out of three options presented by city manager Bill Kelly, the council consensus was for a new building at a cost of $6.6 million and adjacent to Huntington Drive West.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31146
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall building
Item ID
31341AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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