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About 1000 feet of sound walls will be built by the westbound lanes of the 210 Foothill Freeway between Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue. There is also discussion of future sound wall construction projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30026
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 12, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
210 Foothill Freeway
Sound Walls
Noise
California Department of Transportation
Item ID
30213AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The City Council has decided to spend about $100,000 for vines on the 4.5 miles of sound walls the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will build along the 210 Freeway in 2004-2005.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30539
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Noise
Sound Walls
210 Freeway
Item ID
30727AN
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Newspaper Index
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A temporary sound wall has been built to block the sound of drilling a new well along Baldwin Avenue, south of Colorado Boulevard, in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30399
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2007
Pages
p. Local 2
Subjects
Noise
Sound
Sound Walls
Water
Wells
Item ID
30586AN
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Construction will begin on a 14 foot high sound wall along the westbound lanes of the 210 freeway between Second and Fifth Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper21227
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 9, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Freeways
Item ID
21454AN
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Newspaper Index
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Sound walls will be built along the 210 Freeway by Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) at a cost of $549 million. Under state rules, walls can be built wherever freeway noise is above 67 decibels.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30388
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 13, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 13, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
30575AN
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Harris & Associates will design streetscape and landscape improvements for the Santa Anita Entry Corridor, meaning Santa Anita Avenue from Huntington Drive to the Foothill 210 Freeway and on areas adjacent to the Santa Anita Avenue and Baldwin Avenue freeway ramps. The project will include pavement work. The contract for the project is for $107,211.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31526
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 29, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Harris and Associates - Harris & Associates
Landscaping
Item ID
31722AN
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Freeway sound walls promised for Arcadia and Monrovia appear to be still on schedule, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The sound walls scheduled for construction as early as 2005 run from Michillinda Avenue to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, and from Huntington Drive to California Avenue in Monrovia. Lower priority sound wall project locations are also given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31375
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 1, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Freeways
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Noise
Sound Walls
Item ID
31569AN
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Part of the 210 Freeway was closed to clean up fuel leaked from a big rig. It happened on the eastbound lanes near Baldwin Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper28304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 16, 2004
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Foothill Freewar (210) - Baldwin Avenue
Traffic Accidents
California Highway Patrol (CHP)
Seumanutafa, John - Patrol officer
Item ID
28502AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council commissioned Joe Wertheimer to create a pair of relief murals to be installed on freeway sound walls within the city limits.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25247
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 3, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Sound Walls
Wertheimer, Joe
Murals
Item ID
25444AN
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The city council has decided to appropriate $35,000 toward the design of a light rail bridge over Santa Anita Avenue. This is to pay for early design work needed for an environmental impact report. The bridge project is expected to cost the city $10.7 million which may come from a bond. The Construction Authority would pay $18.4 million bringing total bridge cost to $29.1 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29512
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension - Construction Authority
Light rail bridge
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Santa Anita Avenue
Item ID
29696AN
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Kohl's has opened a new department store at Rosemead Boulevard and Huntington Drive, in unincorporated county area between Arcadia and San Marino. It will create 150-200 jobs for the area. Yvonne Barnes of Arcadia is pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30789
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2007
Pages
p. Local 3
Subjects
Barnes, Yvonne
Business and Industry
Department stores
Kohl's
Item ID
30977AN
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Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority officials unveiled a San Gabriel Valley-themed design for a rail bridge honoring local wildlife and native cultures. The span of the 739-foot bridge will stretch diagonally across the 210 Freeway to Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia. It will be adorned by four basket-shaped columns and the bridge itself will have individual grooves resembling the scales of a snake. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31849
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 19, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Public Art
Item ID
32046AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33433
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 14, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Baldwin Avenue
Streets
Item ID
33629AN
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A proposed 739-feet bridge to span the eastbound 210 freeway diagonally from Santa Anita Avenue may become a landmark gateway sign welcoming people to the San Gabriel Valley. If Measure R funding comes through for this project, construction could begin in Fall 2010. Artists are being asked to submit proposals for the bridge design by the end of next month. Total cost of the bridge is estimated at $20 million and selected artists will receive a $20,000 budget to design the bridge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31421
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 28, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Artists
Bridges (proposed)
Landmarks
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Item ID
31614AN
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The $16 million Arcadia Police Station building, built with bond money and city and CRA funds, is on target for completion in July. WWM Associates designed the building. Mallcraft of Altadena is the contractor and Construction Control Group is the manager of the project. The station is the first civic project constructed with bond funding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31147
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 21
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 6, 2003
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Arcadia Police Station - building (2003)
WWM Associates
Item ID
31342AN
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Five months after police officers moved into their new $16 million police station, the City Council will officially accept the construction contractor's work and sign off on the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27382
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
27581AN
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Waken Development L.L.C. breaks ground on a two building lowrise office complex in Arcadia at Santa Clara Street and Fifth Avenue.Completion scheduled for June, 2002. Hale Corporation is a partner in the project and will serve as design/build contractor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33394
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 18, 2001
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly,
Date
October 18, 2001
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Hale Corporation
Hale, Richard
National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company
Segal, Mickey
Waken Development L.L.C.
Item ID
33590AN
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The design work for the new police station is progressing.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27756
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2000
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p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 16, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Police Station
Item ID
27953AN
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Architectural drawings and the design for the new Arcadia City Hall have drawn criticism from the City Council. The new City Hall building is estimated to cost $11 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30920
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Arcadia City Hall
Architecture
Civic Center
Steinberg Architects
Item ID
31115AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based J. Foley Enterprises, owner of Clearman's Village shopping center at Huntington Drive and Rosemead Boulevard, has proposed building a Kohl's Department Store and refurbishing the Galley Restaurant (The Boat). Residents have complained to the County Planning Commission about the potential blocked view of the San Gabriel Mountains and increased traffic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29575
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
J. Foley Enterprises
Galley Restaurant
Kohl's Department Store
Business and Industry
Clearman's Village
Developers
Item ID
29759AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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