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Woman ahead of her time honored. Anita May Baldwin statue to debut at Le Meridien Hotel. She was philanthropist, key figure in racetrack. The statue is named "A Legacy of Charity," by artist Alfred Paredes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36087
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2021
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Baldwin, Anita M.
Gibson, Margaux
Le Meridien Hotel
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Tay, Sho
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A statue to honor Anita M. Baldwin, daughter of Arcadia's founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, will be built at the new Le Meridien Hotel, a luxury hotel in Arcadia. The artist/sculptor is Alfred Paredes, who also created the Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin statue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35909
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2021
Pages
p. A3, A4
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita M.
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Le Meridien Hotel
Marriott Hotels
Marriott International
Public Art
Statuary
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Lucky Baldwin statue to be unveiled at Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keefe Rose Garden at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Bronze sculpture commissioned, donated by city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's descendants Margaux Gibson-Viera and Heather Gibson (Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughters). Statue was designed and made by artist Alfred Paredes. See also VF Statuary #20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33469
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 16, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33664AN
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Lucky Baldwin statue dedicated. at Reverend Monsignor Gerald M. O'Keeffe Rose Garden at Holly Avenue and Huntington Drive. Bronze sculpture commissioned, donated by city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin's descendants Margaux Gibson-Viera and Heather Gibson (Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughters). Statue was designed and made by artist Alfred Paredes. See also VF Statuary #20.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33486
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2013
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 17, 2013
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. "Lucky"
Gibson, Heather
Gibson-Viera, Margaux
Paredes, Alfred
Statuary
Item ID
33681AN
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Arcadia city council agrees to accept gift statue of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. His great-great-great granddaughter, Margaux Viera, 34 of Pasadena, will commission a bronze statue for display next to Arcadia Community Center. The statue will be worth close to $60,000. The city will pay for pedestal, lighting and landscaping, up to $25,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32649
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2011
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32846AN
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A statue of Arcadia city founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, has been proposed by his great-great-great granddaughter, Margaux Viera, of Pasadena, for placement in the rose garden next to Arcadia Community Center. City council will consider the issue tonight. City council must agree to provide a location for the proposed statue, purchase a pedestal, and provide any electrical, lighting, and landscaping deemed appropriate. (Article erroneously states that Margaux Viera is the great-great-granddaughter of Elias J. Baldwin. In her proposal to the City of Arcadia, she states that she is, in fact, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Baldwin.)

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32650
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 15, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Baldwin descendants
Statuary
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
32847AN
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Revisiting Anita Baldwin. Margaux Viera (photo) of Riverside, the great-great-great granddaughter of Arcadia founder Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, has unexpectedly come into possession of some personal items that belonged to Anita M. Baldwin, the only daughter born to Lucky Baldwin and his third wife, Jane Virginia Dexter. The items were discovered by a farmer on a rural, central Nevada ranch once owned by the Baldwin estate. The items include Anita Baldwin's daily journal from 1935, a gold calligraphy pen and Art Deco glass bottle used as an inkwell, an address book with her name and signature, a leather passport holder with her name and a wallet containing several of her identification and membership cards. See hard copy in VF "Baldwin, Anita."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32944
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 22, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Baldwin, Anita M.
Baldwin descendants
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
33141AN
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Santa Anita Park to unveil Zenyatta statue and renames it autumn stakes' races, as part of its rebranding. The statue of legendary mare Zenyatta, 2010 Horse of the Year, will be in the Paddock Gardens.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33139
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Statuary
Item ID
33336AN
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Los Angeles County Arboretum and Baldwin family push to revive Baldwin Lake. The 4-acre lake in the middle of the Arboretum stands polluted, filled with tons of mud and filth from years of urban runoff. Tony Zampiello, executive officer of the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, along with the county's Department of Parks and Recreation, have formed a task force with goal of dredging the old lake built by Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin in the late 19th century. Margaux Viera, Baldwin's great-great-great granddaughter, a member of the "Save Baldwin Lake" task force, says the shoreline around the lake is collapsing and eroding. See hard copy in VF "Arboretum."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34048
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Baldwin Lake
Los Angeles County Arboretum
Viera, Margaux
Item ID
34242AN
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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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A 1927 bust of Anita Baldwin, hidden away in storage at the Arboretum, is on exhibit at the Arcadia Public Library along with photographs of Anita, examples of her musical scores, poetry and cookbook.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26329
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library-2000-2009
Exhibits
Baldwin, Anita
Item ID
26529AN
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A life-size bronze statue of race horse Zenyatta was unveiled at Santa Anita Park yesterday. Zenyatta owners Jerry and Ann Moss were present. Photos and captions only.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33174
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2012
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Moss, Ann
Moss, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Statuary
Item ID
33371AN
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The Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women was founded in 1963 by Clara Stocker, daughter of Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin. The Home is profiled. Photo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4592
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 29, 1995
Pages
p. H-12 Hometown
Subjects
Stocker, Clara Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker Home for Women
Item ID
4468AN
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Marriott seeks two hotels in Arcadia. Andrew Chang, of Continental Assets Management, and owner of Santa Anita Inn, is proposing to build two Marriott hotels on the property. His proposal seeks to add 110 rooms to the West Huntington Drive property and would include a six-story Residence Inn and a four-story Fairfield Inn and Suites (Marriott brands). The Santa Anita Inn was built in 1955. The project will require approval from the Planning Commission and City Council.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33701
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2013
Pages
p. A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 11, 2013
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Chang, Andrew
Hotels and motels
Marriott Hotels
Santa Anita Inn
Item ID
33897AN
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A six-story Hilton Garden Inn could be the ninth hotel to come to the Huntington Drive corridor if plans announced by an Orange County-based developer are successful.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 1997
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hotels, motels, etc - Hilton Garden Inn
Item ID
9765AN
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Heather Dawn Gibson, the great-great-great granddaughter of Lucky Baldwin has loaned several family heirlooms for an exhibit at the Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25295
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Gibson, Heather Dawn
Baldwin, Elias Jackson "Lucky"
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Item ID
25493AN
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Orange County artist Dave Chapple will create a bronze statue of two uniformed officers that will be installed at the entrance to the new $16 million police station. The cost of the sculpture will be about $50,000.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27255
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 3, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chapple, Dave
Police Department
Police Station
Sculptures
Statuary
Item ID
27454AN
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The addition of a new hotel on the corner of Second Avenue and Santa Clara Street in Arcadia would bring an additional 159 rooms to an area which already boasts eight hotels along a one mile stretch of the Huntington Drive corridor.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper9928
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 1997
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 21, 1997
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc - Hilton Garden Inn
Item ID
9885AN
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A bronze statue of Andres Avelino Duarte, located at 1600 Huntington Drive in the city of Duarte, will be dedicated on March 31, 2007. Duarte was the Spanish rancher and soldier that owned the land that would later become Duarte, Bradbury, Monrovia, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, and Irwindale.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30456
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Duarte, Andres Avelino (1805-1863)
San Gabriel Valley - history
Statuary
Statues
Item ID
30643AN
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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
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