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A class action lawsuit filed against the city of Arcadia and Extended Stay Hotels claims the city "improperly levied a daily room tax" on guests staying beyond 30 days and violated state and local law.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 17, 2012

Pages: p. A1, A4

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 17, 2012

Pages: p. A1, A4

Subjects: Extended Stay Hotels; Hotel occupancy tax; Lawsuits

Item ID: 33264AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

View of Oakwood Hotel, close enough to show its brick construction. There appears to be a bird cage on front terrace of Hotel.

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Date: 1890's

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Date: 1890's

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 281

Collection: Photographs

Images

View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

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Date: c.1895

1 image

Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 283

Collection: Photographs

Images

Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

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Date: c.1890's

1 image

Date: c.1890's

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 285

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

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Date: 1911

1 image

Date: 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 390

Collection: Photographs

Images

Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

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Date: c.1890

1 image

Date: c.1890

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 897

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

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Date: c.1898

1 image

Date: c.1898

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 939

Collection: Photographs

Images

Hotels and Motels

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Contents: 1. "Arcadia's guide to dining and lodging." Chamber of Commerce brochure, undated. 2. "Time and vandalism." Daily News Post, August 28, 1974. 3. "Fun's gone." Arcadia Tribune, October 6, 1975. 4. An advertisement for beer traded at Bonita Hotel. Sierra Madre Vista, June 21, 1889. 5. Photocopy…

Contents: 1. "Arcadia's guide to dining and lodging." Chamber of Commerce brochure, undated.; 2. "Time and vandalism." Daily News Post, August 28, 1974.; 3. "Fun's gone." Arcadia Tribune, October 6, 1975.; 4. An advertisement for beer traded at Bonita Hotel. Sierra Madre Vista, June 21, 1889.; 5. Photocopy of Baldwin Hotel token for grill and bar. Used from 1900 to late 1920's.; 6 to 11. These items moved to subject file Eaton's Santa Anita Hotel & Restaurant on June 21, 2021.; 12. Postcard of Round Up Motel, 412 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.; 13. Postcard of Ramada Inn, 130 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, undated.; 14. Brochure of Ramada Inn, undated.; 15. National chain Grier Motor Inns, Inc. to start here with motor inn scheduled to rise near Arcadia. (February 27) Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 16. Autoist-housing project will contain sixteen units. Auto courts will be at 101 West Huntington Drive opposite Santa Anita Recreation Park and will be known as Santa Anita Motor Inn. Sunday Times, May 22. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 17. Santa Anita Motor Inn is highly lauded. Arcadia Daily Tribune, August 25. Copied from Rancho Santa Anita Scrapbook #1, April 1936-Jan. 1, 1939. Arcadia Historical Society.; 18. Text only ad for Westerner Hotel-Southern California's finest new motor hotel, rooms and suites, swimming pool, horseback riding, golf within walking distance. On Highway 66 across from Santa Anita Race Track. 15 miiles from L.A. 4 miles from Pasadena. Arcadia, California. Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1947.; 19. Round Up Motel, 412 E. Huntington Dr. Room key fob #18.; 20. Sale of Westerner Inn reported (161 Colorado Place). Source unknown, January 8, 1984.; 21. Massive Arcadia project, 'Le Meridien-One Gallop Way,' to break ground next week. Marriott brand Le Meridien on the site of the former Santa Anita Inn will be a hotel and mixed use development. By Terry Miller. Arcadia Weekly, June 21, 2018.

Subjects: Hotels and Motels

Item ID: 128AF

Collection: Subject Files

Oakwood Hotel

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Contents: 1. The Oakwood resort hotel. ("The View from Arcadia," August 10, 1972) 2. Arcadia's Oakwood Hotel. news The from T.V.Facts October-November 1973? 3. Oakwood Hotel - site. Information sheet. 4. Popular name. Handwritten information sheet on popular name. 5. The Oakwood Hotel was built. new…

Contents: 1. The Oakwood resort hotel. ("The View from Arcadia," August 10, 1972); 2. Arcadia's Oakwood Hotel. news The from T.V.Facts October-November 1973?; 3. Oakwood Hotel - site. Information sheet.; 4. Popular name. Handwritten information sheet on popular name.; 5. The Oakwood Hotel was built. news The, n.d.; 6. Arcadia's birth place. Daily News Post March 20, 1962.; 7. Fifty years ago today - March 1912. news clip, March ? 1962 about subsequent owner of Oakwood.; 8. Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel. photocopy of letterhead December 17, 1890.; 9. Pacific Coast hotel and apartment record - 1916. copied form original at Huntington Library.; 10. Oakwood Hotel closes in spring...handwritten note taken from news clip March 2, 1908.; 11. Lucky's lavish hotel put Arcadia on the road to respectability. news clip February 16, 1978; 12. Hotel used as boxing training camp. news clip February 1, 1979 and February 9, 1979.; 13. Fairyland Park - Baldwin's Ranch. photocopy photo from L.A. Racing Association Souvenir Program, 1907.; 14. Advertisement in Sierra Madre Vista paper. January 26, 1889.; 15. The Hotel Oakwood at Arcadia opened for the season recently. Copied from original news clips of November 20 and December 25, 1890 at the Huntington Library.; 16. Bill of Fare Fair. news clip Arcadia Tribune c. 1950.; 17. Notes on Oakwood taken from Monrovia Messenger December 26, 1889. Information provided by Sandy Snider, Los Angeles County Arboretum, 1979.; 18. Copy of letter dated May 20, 1890 from H. Unruh to R. Garvey on Oakwood Hotel stationary. Copied from original owned by Jack Donnelly March 3, 1981.; 19. First wheels, then ponies go round near City Hall. Daily News Post January 30, 1972.; 20. A monster hotel (a $500,000 four story building for Arcadia). Monrovia Planet April 2, 1887 p.2.; 21. The Baldwin Tallac Oakwood - E.J. Baldwin Proprietor. Copy of promotional brochure of Baldwin's Hotel Oakwood, n.d.

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 157AF

Collection: Subject Files

City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: April 16, 1998

Pages: p. 16

Subjects: Hotels; Redevelopment

Item ID: 26505AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

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Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

1 image

Date: Nov. 11 or 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1078

Collection: Photographs

Images

Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

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Date: Nov. 12, 1911

1 image

Date: Nov. 12, 1911

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1079

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of painting of Bonita Hotel done by Edna Lenz (original is part of Historical Paintings Collection at APL). We have not been able to learn what she used to copy this from.

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Date: c.1900

1 image

Date: c.1900

Subjects: Bonita Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1148

Collection: Photographs

Images

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

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Date: 1907 season

1 image

Date: 1907 season

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1352

Collection: Photographs

Images

View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

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Date: c.1895

1 image

Date: c.1895

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 4x5 b&w

ID: 282

Collection: Photographs

Images

Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

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Date: unknown

1 image

Date: unknown

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1632

Collection: Photographs

Images

General information re Oakwood Hotel

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 4031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Le Meridien hotel by Marriott in Arcadia is taking shape. Photo. The site of the former Santa Anita Inn, now razed, is the site for an ambitious new $300 million hotel and mixed-use condominium project opposite the Santa Anita Park racetrack. Contruction has been swift, but delayed a bit this week due to the rain. Developer Chateau Group USA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the project on June 27, 2018.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 12, 2020

Pages: p. 5

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: March 12, 2020

Pages: p. 5

Subjects: Le Meridien Hotels; Marriott; Chateau Group; Hotels, Motels, etc.

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: December 11, 2013

Pages: p. A5

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: February 15, 2021

Pages: p. A3, A4

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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A class action lawsuit filed against the city of Arcadia and Extended Stay Hotels claims the city "improperly levied a daily room tax" on guests staying beyond 30 days and violated state and local law.

View of Oakwood Hotel, close enough to show its brick construction. There appears to be a bird cage on front terrace of Hotel.

Images

View across dining room of Oakwood Hotel with tables set for service. There is a full-length mirror on a stand near left side of photo.

Images

Side view photo of Oakwood Hotel with a Tally Ho stopped here with its full party. Hotel was built in 1889 and was situated about where parking lot of the Sportsrock Cafe is now.

Images

Photo reduction of p.13 pt. I of November 28, 1911 Los Angeles Times newspaper. Contains photo with caption describing fire which totally destroyed Oakwood Hotel on November 26, 1911, a Sunday night.

Images

Oakwood Hotel. On right edge of photo, Santa Fe steam engine is coming into view. There are four men seen standing near Hotel. There is a man in a buggy with two horses standing in shade of what appears to be an oak tree. One lady stands on second floor porch.

Images

Photo of a portion of veranda around ground floor of Oakwood Hotel. One man is seen walking, two are sitting and one lady is seen at the far right. A horse is partly seen on the right.

Images

Hotels and Motels

Oakwood Hotel

City of Homes is rapidly becoming the city of hotel rooms with the Extended Stay Hotel under construction and two more hotels planned.

Oakwood Hotel seen as just a brick shell immediately after the fire which destroyed it.

Images

Another view of Oakwood Hotel just after being destroyed by fire. Standing beside structure are an older and younger sister of Vesta Tucker Reeves. Their father was Lowen Tucker, ranch foreman for Elias J."Lucky" Baldwin.

Images

Photo of painting of Bonita Hotel done by Edna Lenz (original is part of Historical Paintings Collection at APL). We have not been able to learn what she used to copy this from.

Images

Photo of a page from the 1907 Los Angeles Racing Association Souvenir Booklet showing "Large oak tree, Hotel Oakwood, Baldwin's Ranch." The Oakwood Hotel is just visible to the right of the photo. The large oak tree dominates the center of the photo.

Images

View of Oakwood Hotel from across the railroad tracks. On the front of the photo is written, "Lucky Baldwin's Oakwood Hotel Arcadia - Calif. 1895." There are several people standing in front of the hotel. A carriage is to the left by the large oak tree.

Images

Three tally-hos are seen parked in front of the Oakwood Hotel. Sign on the front of the hotel reads BALDWIN'S HOTEL OAKWOOD. The middle tally-ho has a white horse. There are people sitting in the tally-hos and one man standing at the rear of the middle tally-ho.

Images

General information re Oakwood Hotel

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.