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.
The walls came tumbling down Wednesay at the Anoakia Mansion, marking the final demise of the 87-year-old Anita Baldwin estate to make way for a gated tract of houses.
Construction is under way on the first phase of the luxury homes development on the site of the old Anoakia Mansion. The tract of 31 new homes will be called "Anoakia Estates."
Demolition permits have been approved and the project of building new homes where the Anoakia mansion stands is now underway. Artifacts from the mansion have been given to the Arcadia Historical Society and the Arboretum.
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.
The Anoakia School, soon to be renamed the Anita Oaks School, won a victory against staunch opponents of the relocation when the Duarte City Council unanimously approved the move to property owned by New Life Assembly of God Church.
Threatened with a law suit from developers of a proposed striptease club, Arcadia city council members unanimously approved an emergency ordinance that clears the way for all-nude dancing.
Residents fighting to save the historic Anoakia mansion from development lost a court battle, as a judge upheld the city's decision to allow demolition of the property.
The Court of Appeals issued an emergency stay on the demolition of Anoakia. Until significant unresolved issues are settled the developers were ordered to stop everything.
View looking south down Santa Anita Ave. from a point just where road starts up toward Chantry Flats. Note that eucalyptus trees have been removed from Santa Anita and present plantings are still very small. As of 1980, houses fill land shown in foreground of the photo.
Fall of the House of Baldwin. Part 2 of a 6 part series: Anoakia's lifespan. History of Anita Baldwin's residence, a mansion named Anoakia. By Galen Patterson. See hard copy in VF Baldwin, Anita
View across storm drain which runs north and south across property at Anoakia, west of mansion and swimming pool. Building on right of picture is school.
Superior Court judge Stephen E. O'Neil dismissed a legal challenge to Sheng Chang's election victory, citing a lack of clear and convincing evidence of significant voter fraud.