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The City Council voted on March 1, 1977 to uphold the 30,000 square foot minimum lot size set by the Planning Commission on any development Mr. McCaslin might build. Room for compromise seems possible.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 3, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 3, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 429AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Residents have petitioned the Planning Commission to change the area's zoning from R-1 (7500 square feet) to R-O&D (30,000 square feet) because of fears that Mr. McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, may build too densely.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 420AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Mr. McCaslin received a blow to his plan to subdivide the 20 acre parcel when the Planning Commission changed the zoning in the area from R-1 (7,500 square feet per unit) to R-O (30,000 square feet per unit).

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 2, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 2, 1977

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 426AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Public hearing on Anoakia-area zone change allows citizen input. Hearing is on a Planning Commission resolution recommending approval of a zone change from R-0 30,000 to R-0 30,000 and D for the Anoakia area. This means that residential lots must contain at least 30,000 square feet. The D stands for "design overlay," which gives the property owners' association an opportunity to review architectural plans for development.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Development; Zoning

Item ID: 34113AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia City Council approved a zone change for the 19 acre Anoakia property allowing development of 29 to 32 homes on 20,00 square feet lots.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 11, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 431AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council unanimously approved a zone change that would prohibit future lot splits in the Lower Rancho Area. The revision increased the minimum lot size from 15,000 to 20,000 square feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 9, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Lower Rancho

Item ID: 2291AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: May 18, 2000

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27708AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Construction begins on Anoakia luxury housing development, on the former site of Anoakia, Anita Baldwin's mansion, on the corner of Baldwin Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. The Anoakia Mansion was demolished last August to make way for 31 homes to be built by Hover Development Inc. of Newport Beach. Anita Baldwin, daughter of Lucky Baldwin, lived there until her death in 1939. It was used as a girls' school from 1941 to the late 1970s. The new housing development is 19 acres.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: August 16, 2001

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia housing development; Anoakia Mansion--history; Anoakia School; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 33514AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council voted to allow the developer, Anoakia Oaks, to proceed with the tearing down of Anoakia, the 1913 Anita Baldwin mansion, and to build 31 houses on the property.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 9, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 9, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Anoakia Oaks; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27356AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 16, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 432AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Westfield Santa Anita mall is paving the way for new eateries to join its open-air Promenade. The mall has requested the city to allow an increase in restaurant space permitted there from 10,000 to 30,000 square feet.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 25, 2011

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 25, 2011

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Malls; Restaurants, bars, etc.; Westfield Santa Anita Shoppingtown--2011-2020

Item ID: 32705AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia Estates model homes to open for viewing by this spring. The community is made up of 31 luxury homes. Developer is Tom Hover. The homes were constructed on the site of Anoakia, an estate owned by Anita Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia city founder, Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, at Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue. The homes will be 2-stories, and 5,000-6,000 square feet.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 9

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 7, 2002

Pages: p. 1, 9

Subjects: Anoakia Estates; Baldwin, Anita; Housing developments; Hover, Tom

Item ID: 33614AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Lowery McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, has asked that his application for a general plan change for the property be withdrawn. He has been working with a local builder who has a good feel for the area and would like to develop the property at a density of 2.4 homes per acre. Late in this same meeting, the council voted to change the zoning on the estate to match the existing general plan. What this might do to future McCaslin plans is not clear.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 14, 1976

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 425AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 11, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 11, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Anoakia; Anoakia Oaks, LLC; Baldwin, Anita

Item ID: 27353AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 12, 2002

Pages: p. 20

Subjects: Cellular phone towers; Dana Middle School

Item ID: 30942AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

As demolition progresses on the Anoakia mansion, the City Council approved the final tract map for a 31-home development.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 17, 2000

Pages: p. A1 w/photo

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: August 17, 2000

Pages: p. A1 w/photo

Subjects: Anoakia

Item ID: 19715AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia City Council approves a temporary permit for an inflatable Fun Box play area in the parking lot of The Shops at Santa Anita mall (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, name was changed in 2022). It will run from March 1 through May 23. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 9, 2023

Pages: p. 28

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: February 9, 2023

Pages: p. 28

Subjects: Events; The Shops at Santa Anita-2022-2030

Collection: Newspaper Index

Portion of terrace by west wing of Anoakia. Door is one of three that lead to loggia across entrance to mansion. Note: inscription on back of photo done by Eunice Easely, secretary to Lowry McCaslin.

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Date: 1977

1 image

Date: 1977

Subjects: Anoakia

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 78

Collection: Photographs

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Construction has started on the expansion of the Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita. There will be two parking structures to replace current surface parking, 104,400 square feet of retail space, 18,400 square feet of restaurants, a 7,800 square foot food court, 45,000 square feet of specialty stores, 54,300 square feet of movie theaters, and a 5,400 square foot auto center. The tenant list includes an AMC theater, Borders bookstore, and a Sports Chalet. The expansion is scheduled to be completed September 2004. City manager Bill Kelly said Arcadia will proceed to expand Fire Station 105 to serve as the new fire department headquarters and will rebuild Station 106. The city is considering building a new City Hall and youth center from city revenues from Santa Anita Park. The new police station, the first city facility partly financed through bonds, will be open this fall. A $1/2 million project to remodel City Council Chambers is finally complete, with the opening of the council conference room.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 24, 2003

Pages: p. 18

Subjects: Arcadia Police station; Civic buildings; Fire station 105 headquarters; Malls; Westfield Shoppingtown Santa Anita

Item ID: 31507AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 3 of a 6 part series: What happened to the Jinks Room murals by Maynard Dixon? The Jinks Room had nine Dixon murals. The Lowry B. McCaslin family, which owned Anoakia at the time, held onto three murals, the rest were donated to the University of Southern California (USC). The McCaslin family bought the Anoakia estate after Anita Baldwin passed. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 24, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 4

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: January 24, 2019

Pages: p. 1, 4

Subjects: Anoakia; Baldwin, Anita; Dixon, Maynard; McCaslin, Lowry B.; Murals; Patterson, Galen

Item ID: 35651AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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The City Council voted on March 1, 1977 to uphold the 30,000 square foot minimum lot size set by the Planning Commission on any development Mr. McCaslin might build. Room for compromise seems possible.

Residents have petitioned the Planning Commission to change the area's zoning from R-1 (7500 square feet) to R-O&D (30,000 square feet) because of fears that Mr. McCaslin, owner of Anoakia, may build too densely.

Mr. McCaslin received a blow to his plan to subdivide the 20 acre parcel when the Planning Commission changed the zoning in the area from R-1 (7,500 square feet per unit) to R-O (30,000 square feet per unit).

The Arcadia City Council approved a zone change for the 19 acre Anoakia property allowing development of 29 to 32 homes on 20,00 square feet lots.

The City Council unanimously approved a zone change that would prohibit future lot splits in the Lower Rancho Area. The revision increased the minimum lot size from 15,000 to 20,000 square feet.

The Anoakia developer cannot bulldoze the Anita Baldwin mansion without a demolition permit which will not be granted by the city until certain requirements are met.

The City Council voted to allow the developer, Anoakia Oaks, to proceed with the tearing down of Anoakia, the 1913 Anita Baldwin mansion, and to build 31 houses on the property.

Arcadia Planning Commission has approved a zone change for the Anoakia property from R-O 30,000 to R-O and D 22,000. The zone change will allow owner Lowrey McCaslin to develop the 19.13 acre site with 29 to 32 homes instead of 23.

Westfield Santa Anita mall is paving the way for new eateries to join its open-air Promenade. The mall has requested the city to allow an increase in restaurant space permitted there from 10,000 to 30,000 square feet.

Anoakia Oaks, LLC, developers of the Anoakia estate, are willing to give away the Anita Baldwin mansion or it will be demolished.

The Arcadia Board of Education will lease 200 square feet of property at Dana Middle School to AT&T to install a cellular phone tower. The lease will be for 5 years with a minimum bid of $18,000 per year.

As demolition progresses on the Anoakia mansion, the City Council approved the final tract map for a 31-home development.

Arcadia City Council approves a temporary permit for an inflatable Fun Box play area in the parking lot of The Shops at Santa Anita mall (formerly Westfield Santa Anita mall, name was changed in 2022). It will run from March 1 through May 23. The Shops at Santa Anita is at 400 S. Baldwin Avenue.

Portion of terrace by west wing of Anoakia. Door is one of three that lead to loggia across entrance to mansion. Note: inscription on back of photo done by Eunice Easely, secretary to Lowry McCaslin.

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