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The changing face of Arcadia: from Super Chief to Gold Line. Major construction for the Gold Line and demolition of one block of old shops on Santa Anita Avenue to make way for Rusnak Mercedes Benz's expansion and showroom are the projects changing the appearance of Arcadia. Businessman George Fasching says in the late 1930s to the 1950s, Hollywood industry people used the "Super Chief," a Santa Fe Railway train, as their main mode of travel between New York and Los Angeles, and it used to pass through Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33589
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Fasching's Car Wash
Light rail trains
Miller, Terry
Railroads
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Santa Fe Railway
Metro Gold Line
Transportation
Item ID
33784AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Chamber of Commerce recognizes Gene Glasco as Arcadia Citizen of the Year and George Fasching's Car Wash as Corporate Contributor of the Year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34842
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 1, 2017
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 1, 2017
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Fasching's Car Wash
Fasching, George
Glasco, Gene
Item ID
35033AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia City Council approves Rusnak Mercedes-Benz land sale. The automobile dealership plans $10 million in new construction on its six acres. It will include a new 25,000 s.f. showroom on Santa Anita Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33512
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 24, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
33707AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Last month's California Supreme Court decision that eliminates redevelopment agencies may jeopardize the Rusnak Mercedes-Benz dealership's expansion plans. Last year, Arcadia's redevelopment agency acquired the final piece of a two-acre site to sell to owner Paul Rusnak to expand his business to 6 acres. Rusnak is one of the city's top sales tax generators and wants to open a 40,000 square foot showroom on Santa Anita Avenue, just one block from the future Gold Line station downtown.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 18, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Rusnak, Paul
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
33005AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Construction on new Rusnak Mercedes Benz showroom is fully underway in Arcadia. Its current location at 55 W. Huntington Drive will be expanded. Additions will include a 22,500 square feet, 2-story structure in the 100 block of Santa Anita Avenue, to include 78,000 square feet for vehicle service and repairs, storage and parking.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34066
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 15, 2015
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes Benz--expansion
Item ID
34260AN
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Newspaper Index
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A proposed land deal will allow Rusnak Mercedes-Benz dealership to expand and Rod's Grill will not have to move. The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency has acquired the Dahlgren lot on Santa Clara Street, the last parcel of a 2-acre site it intends to sell to Rusnak. This sale would enable Rusnak to expand from 4 to 6 acres. A public hearing is scheduled for April 19. In addition to the recently acquired Dahlgren property, the current proposed site also includes the former Church of Arcadia on Morlan Place and a commercial strip along Santa Anita Avenue that contains 16 tenants. The proposed deal guarantees the city would receive at least $800,000 in sales tax a year for the next 10 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32372
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Automobile Dealerships
Rod's Grill
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz--expansion
Item ID
32570AN
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Newspaper Index
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Plans to expand Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia should move ahead with Rusnak buying four commercial properties from the former Arcadia Redevelopment Agency. Arcadia became the first city earlier this month to have its long-range property management plan approved by the state Department of Finance--something required of former redevelopment or "successor agencies" to dispose of their properties.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Rusnak, Paul
Rusnak, Victoria
Item ID
33686AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Rusnak Mercedes-Benz's expansion plans are back in Arcadia's spotlight.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Miller, Terry
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Item ID
33689AN
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Newspaper Index
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Victoria Rusnak to accept Business of the Year award on behalf of Rusnak Arcadia Mercedes-Benz at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce 2014 Annual Business Awards on July 17.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33895
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Arcadia Mercedes-Benz
Rusnak, Victoria
Item ID
34089AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia slowly steers Rusnak Mercedes Benz dealership expansion back on track. Because of a December 2011 California Supreme Court decision to eliminate redevelopment agencies, the expansion has been stalled. Arcadia is now working on a long-range property management plan for the expansion--a plan that is now required for state approval before former redevelopment agency property may be sold. The plan includes properties at 121-159 North Santa Anita Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33265
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 6, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Redevelopment
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Item ID
33462AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The changing architecture of Arcadia. Rusnak Mercedes Benz--in town since 2000 and currently at 55 West Huntington Drive--broke ground last December on construction of a 22,500 s.f. 2-story structure around the corner from its current base of operations. The new location will be on the 100 block of Santa Anita Avenue and will also include 78,000 s.f. for vehicle service, repairs, storage, and parking. The dealership's annual sales for 2014 was $170.5 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34415
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 31, 2015
Pages
p. 12
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 31, 2015
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Taglieri, Joe
Item ID
34607AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Alan Weeks, a retiree who rode the last Pacific Electric Red Car that went through this area in 1951, visits the Arcadia Gold Line Station at North First Avenue and Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34453
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Pacific Electric Red Car (electric trolley)
Railroads--History
Transportation
Weeks, Alan
Item ID
34645AN
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Newspaper Index
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Iconic Arcadia windmill will turn, turn, turn. Former Arcadia Mayor George Fasching spearheaded the effort to get Denny's windmill running again. Restoration work will begin soon, with June as the target for the windmill to run again. The windmill was the trademark for Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery, which was at this site, at the corner of Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue, in 1967.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34520
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 7, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Bissner, Harold
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Historic Buildings
Sargis, Joe
Van de Kamp's Bakery
Windmills
Zook, Harold
Item ID
34712AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mayor John Wuo calls Postmaster an idiot over relocation of drive-through blue mailboxes on Santa Clara Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34014
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 13, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Post Office
United States Postal Service
Wuo, John
Item ID
34208AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia’s iconic windmill restoration almost complete. Mid-November slated as tentative schedule for installation. The former Van De Kamp windmill atop what is now Denny’s, was restored once, but broke in a freak accident. The current restoration is being done by Joe Sargis and his company Creative Fabrication and Design on St. Joseph Street in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35315
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Meda, Ed
Miller, John (Denny's CEO)
Sargis, Joe
Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35504AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Denny's Restaurant at Huntington Drive and Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia hosts a monthly "Carcadia" car show. Any car enthusiast is welcome to show his/her car. The event was founded by Scott Hettrick and Glenn Oyoung.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33914
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2014
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 29, 2014
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Car shows
Denny's Restaurant
Hettrick, Scott
Oyoung, Glenn
Item ID
34108AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia man Chuck Misner, 77, reunites with his old muscle car, his 'Lil Chevy Wonder, a 1966 Chevy II Super Sport. He originally bought it in 1966 and won many drag races with it. The car's current owner is Joe Staffilino of Steubenville, OH. Misner went to see Staffilino and got to drive his old car again. Misner provided Staffilino with original sales documentation that authenticates the vehicle. Staffilino has been offered $100,000 for this rare car, but he won't sell.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32430
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 26, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia people
Automobiles
Classic cars -- collectible cars
Misner, Chuck
Item ID
32628AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gold Line construction will cause closure of intersection of First Avenue and Santa Clara Street for six months starting tomorrow. Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street will be permanently closing in September for the building of a parking structure and transit plaza on that site.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 8, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33804AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Mother/Daughter business owners celebrate new expansion. Jeanette Behara and Raquel McLaughlin (pictured) celebrated 5 years of their business Vintage Treasures & Antiques Arcadia and the launch of the new addition, Mid Century Furniture Showroom, adjacent to their vintage clothing and hats showroom.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35303
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 11, 2018
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Behara, Jeanette
McLaughlin, Raquel
Small business
Vintage Treasures and Antiques Arcadia
Item ID
35492AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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First Avenue at Santa Clara Street in Arcadia closed September 9, 2013 through February, 2014 for construction of grade crossing improvements, as part of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project in Arcadia. Also, to construct the parking structure and transit plaza adjacent to the crossing, Front Street between Santa Clara Street and Saint Joseph Street, will be permanently closing in September.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33608
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 5, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 23
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33803AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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