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Newsletters At A Glance

This page contains a link to and summary of every issue since 1978. Use your browser’s search command to find keywords on this page. Click any issue heading to go to that newsletter issue.

WPRA News Spring 1986

The 100th birthday of Pasadena’s incorporation

Pasadena’s Strategic Plan

Pasadena affordable housing

West Pasadena street lighting report

Indians of the Arroyo Seco

WPRA News Winter 1986

Maintaining overnight parking restriction within residential streets

Friends of the Arroyo Seco (FOTAS) has filed for non-profit status

WPRA kicks off a fund raising drive toward the restoration of La Casita

WPRA News Summer 1985

The potential renovation of the Vista Del Arroyo bungalow properties

The City would acquire the U.S. Army Reserve Armory Desiderio site

WPRA News Spring 1985

The development and construction of Old Pasadena will soon be underway

Rehabilitation is actively underway at the Castle Green

Neighborhood watch groups and the Crime Prevention Unit of the Pasadena Police Department

WPRA News Fall 1984

City Board of Directors endorsed a plan to divert water from the flood control channel which would create a 300 yard free flowing stream in Lower Arroyo Seco

Installation of a cable television network begins in Pasadena

New restaurants in west Pasadena

WPRA News Spring 1984

Extremely heavy rains and flooding in 1889

Construction begins on Route 134 sound barrier

WPRA News Winter 1984

Speed humps on Bellefontaine Street

Colorado Street Bridge rehabilitation

Old Pasadena is undergoing a facelift

The Vista del Arroyo rehabilitation is concluding

The History of Poppy Peak and Avenue 64

WPRA News Fall 1983

Colorado/Orange Grove Special District

Huntington Hospital helicopter use permit

Disclosure of political action committees’ contributions

Urban design plan will guide downtown development

A new configuration to the Pasadena Unified School District

The Vista del Arroyo Hotel becomes the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 9th Circuit

WPRA News Summer 1983

Neighborhood traffic plan

Vista del Arroyo and its bungalows

The consideration of a Colorado/Orange Grove Special District

History of the Arroyo Seco told by Mark Beidebach

WPRA News Winter 1983

Lower Arroyo Seco Management Plan

WPRA submits letter to the City Board requesting prompt action in adopting reasonable Rose Bowl use policy

City traffic issues

Policies for Rose Bowl use

Sound barrier walls south side of the 134 Freeway between Annandale Road and San Rafael

Update on the Landmark District Ordinance

WPRA News Fall 1982

Explaining the proposed Landmark District Ordinance revisions

Area code 213 or 818 for Pasadena?

Expansion of City policy for undergrounds of utilities

Update on the Vista del Arroyo renovation

Cable TV in our future – a TV franchise to deliver at least 52 channels with community access

WPRA News Winter 1982

Pasadena City Board objectives – (A) A renewed commitment to control of crime (B) an emphasis on balanced development policy designed to encourage new development which meets community needs for jobs and housing and reinforces the special quality of living in Pasadena and (C) a policy of inviting the neighborhood associations into the city policymaking

Pasadena Neighborhood Network

Urban design plan within the City of Pasadena

Vista del Arroyo Restoration

Neighborhood street work Fair Oaks to south of California Boulevard

Fair Oaks/Alessandro zone change

Huntington Hospital demolishes three mansions without proper permits

WPRA News Winter 1981

Strong community controversy over Pasadena Redevelopment Agency’s plan for high rise buildings in Pasadena

City Board considers proposals for restructuring the City’s economic development program.

Neighbors for and Open Government presses for the transfer of management responsibilities from the Pasadena Redevelopment Agency to elected City directors

WPRA funds Friends of the Arroyo to replace live oaks near the Colorado Street Bridge

Reform of the Fire and Police Uncapped Cost-of-Living Retirement Benefits System

WPRA News Fall 1980

Pasadena Redevelopment Agency’s study: downtown development of ten commercial buildings up to twenty stories

District 6 neighborhood associations are concerned about increasing traffic created by Plaza Pasadena and more condominiums

The results of the Colorado Street Bridge engineering study

WPRA supports downzoning of the west side and other Pasadena residential neighborhoods

The formation of the Parks and Recreation Commission

City Arboriculturist restoration plan for Lower Arroyo Seco

Parks and Recreation Commission drafts an amendment to City Charter providing preservation of public parkland

WPRA News Fall 1979 Special Edition

WPRA seeks funding for the Colorado Street Bridge Engineering Study

WPRA News Fall 1979

The City adopts an urban conservation zone for the old town area’s conversion to a historic district

Members of Arroyo Seco Planning Study Committee have been named

WPRA News Summer 1979

Marengo Avenue sprawling street trees

The City wants the completion of the full 710 Freeway rather than connecting with the Pasadena Freeway

The U.S. Court of Appeals’ effort to restore and use the Vista del Arroyo Hotel

Proposed 14-story condominium project on North Lake at 210 Freeway

City survey: government economy and crime and 710 Freeway extension are principal concerns

Arroyo Walk and the Interim Study District for the Arroyo Seco

Controlled burning in the Lower Arroyo for fire prevention

WPRA News Spring 1979

West side neighbors meet with City staff to discuss zoning changing to allow future development of townhouses and condominiums

The City establishes an “Interim Arroyo Seco District” for land use controls & maintenance

The Arroyo Walk

WPRA News Fall 1978

Nancy Esbenshade becomes William Bogaard’s field representative

Friends of the Pasadena Public Library organizes a volunteer program

Caltrans places sound barriers along 134 Freeway in the San Rafael area

Pasadena Heritage submits a nomination of the Civic Center to the State Office of Historic Preservation

Planning underway to preserve the Arroyo

The Vista del Arroyo site becomes eligible for the inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places

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