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Volume 22, NO. 8
THE HISTORIC MONROVIA DEPOT REDEDICATION SUNDAY
To feature the unveiling of Bob Bartlett Memorial
Susan MOTANDER
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motander@yahoo.com
ne feature of the rededication of the Historic Monrovia Santa Fe Depot will be the unveiling of the memorial to Monrovia’s former Mayor, Bob Bartlett. It is entirely fitting that the memorial to Bartlett be at the depot as the man worked tirelessly to promote public transportation. The depot building itself is not a restoration as much as it is a refurbishment. Daylight Limited, whose parent company is Samuelson and Fetter, the major developers undertook the project more as a public service than as a money-making proposition. Nic Fetter, of that company has gone “above and beyond” to bring dignity back to the depot while making it a place suitable for a modern restaurant. He had made certain the work was done in a way that retained the feeling of the original building. When they had the exact originals pieces they were used or duplicated. In place, where there were only photographs to show what had been in place, Core-Ten replicas were created. In fact, when workers discovered evidence that decorative scrollwork formerly surrounded the oval window on the north face of the building, a effort was made to SEE REDEDICATION PAGE 11
Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING TO BE HELD AT MONROVIA COMMUNITY CENTER
THE MONROVIA OLD TOWN REPORT Pam FITZPATRICK, Columnist
Go Monrovia Will Be Fueled by Public / Private Partnerships
pam@oldtownreport.com
I’ll start off this week by correcting an error I made last week. Let’s just say I’m glad I wasn’t at Jake’s Roadhouse last Friday when Julie Soldo, the Queen of Taste of Old Town and long-time loyal Kiwanian, was shown
my column confidently announcing that “Taste” would be sometime in August. Not correct, Pam – you know better: Taste of Old Town is always in October. Sorry, Julie … but SEE OLD TOWN PAGE 10
Assembly Member Chris Holden will host a public safety meeting in Monrovia on Thursday, March 1st at the Monrovia Community Center starting at 5:30 pm. Registration for the event begins at 5:30 with the program beginning at 6 pm. In the aftermath of the enactment of Assembly
Bill 109 and the passage of Propositions 47 and 57, questions have arisen about the criminal justice system in California. Holden has brought together a panel to discuss the issue. The panel includes California Depart-
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Chirp Karaoke Café
‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Speaks to Significant Issues of our Time
Connects Kids and Parents Through Music
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SEE MEETING PAGE 11
The Monrovia City Council voted Tuesday evening to move forward with the two proposed public private partnerships that will drive (or in one case give wheels to) a new public transportation system. The city is entering into partnerships with both Lyft and LimeBikes to provide alternate sources of transpor-
tation within the city and the immediate environs without neglecting those with disabilities. The city hopes to encourage better connection between the Gold Line station near Duarte Road and the Old Town, along Myrtle Avenue SEE FUELED PAGE 11
SPORTS
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Pasadena Bulldogs Easily Defeat Loyola, Look to Rancho Verde
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