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Alhambra’s Historic Preservation Ordinance Process Begins – March 23, 2020

Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Alhambra.City.HallThis is huge news, folks! Alhambra is taking its first steps towards the development of a historic preservation ordinance!

Please mark your calendars and plan on being at Alhambra City Council at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2020 when City of Alhambra staff will present the framework of Alhambra’s historic preservation ordinance to City Council and the general public.

“APG and its members are pleased to see that the City of Alhambra is remaining true to its General Plan goals as they relate to historic preservation,” stated Oscar Amaro, President and Founder of the Alhambra Preservation Group. “We are grateful to this City Council for making the development of a historic preservation ordinance a priority and look forward to working with the City of Alhambra to craft an ordinance that preserves and protects Alhambra’s many historic resources,” continued Amaro.

The next steps after the March 23 City Council meeting will be the presentation of a preliminary draft of a historic preservation ordinance for public review and discussion at a future Planning Commission meeting. The City is anticipating that the ordinance will be considered by the Planning Commission in May, 2020. After it is reviewed, considered and approved by the Planning Commission, the final ordinance will be considered for adoption by City Council.

Stay tuned for more details about the March 23 City Council meeting and subsequent meetings. We’ll be sure to send out a reminder e-blast to everyone once we have seen the agenda for the March 23 City Council meeting and know for certain that this item will be included on the meeting’s agenda.

If you should have any questions, please feel free to e-mail APG at info@alhambrapreservation.org.

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Focus On: 1920s Alhambra

Posted in Alhambra History, tagged , , , , , on March 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »

1920s.Main.StreetAs we enter a new decade, many of Alhambra’s homes and buildings will be celebrating their centennials in the 2020s. Here at Alhambra Preservation Group, we’d like to take this opportunity to look back and highlight many of Alhambra’s 1920’s-era homes, businesses, churches and schools.

Over the next few issues of APG News, we’ll introduce you to the businesses and people who called Alhambra their home in the 1920s. We’ll feature the architects who designed Alhambra’s most noteworthy historical resources. We’ll showcase the architectural styles that were introduced 100 years ago and can still be found in Alhambra. We’ll celebrate the homes, businesses, churches and schools that have stood the test of time and are celebrating their centennial in the 2020s. Join us for a trip into the past – into 1920s Alhambra.

A City of Homes

Here in Alhambra, the “Roaring Twenties” was a time of tremendous growth and change as our young city welcomed a huge influx of new residents and businesses; a decade in which the local population tripled in size.  This was the Jazz Age, when “Anything goes!” was the mood and everything seemed possible. Countless Americans – mostly Midwesterners – were reinventing themselves, settling up and setting a course for Southern California, with its promise of new beginnings; new lives.  Thanks to the post World War I economic boom, the automobile age and the newly constructed cross-country highways, the 1920s saw the largest internal migration in the history of the Olson.1930sUnited States. And, thanks, in part, to a clever marketing campaign by our Chamber of Commerce that promised a garden paradise, a “City of Homes,” where year-round sunshine offered a healthful climate capable of curing any ailment, thousands of these newcomers settled in Alhambra.  Their energy and optimism not only fueled Alhambra’s own growth, but contributed to the development of the entire region.

We look forward to exploring 1920s Alhambra with you. If there’s something about 1920s Alhambra at which you’d like us to take a closer look, please feel free to e-mail us at info@alhambrapreservation.org.

Photos courtesy of Alhambra Preservation Group.

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