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Vol. 23, No. 4
The Fall of
the House of Baldwin Part 3: What happened to the Jinks Room murals? galen PATTERSON galen.patterson303@gmail.com
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he Jinks Room in Anoakia was a children’s play room and the artwork inside reflected that. As mentioned last week, the images ranged from the extraordinary to the bizarre, a stark contrast to many of Maynard Dixon’s other famous works, which commonly depict scenes of the American Southwest. The Jinks Room alone held nine Dixon murals. The McCaslin family, which owned the property at the time, held onto three murals, the rest were donated to the University of Southern California (USC). The McCaslin family came to own Anoakia after the passing of Ms. Anita Baldwin herself. One of her employees managed to buy the estate. His name was Lowry B. McCaslin. When Anoakia was closed, and the owners of the property decided not A classic Dixon Mural of the American Southwest. Gift of the Lowry B. McCaslin family. – Courtesy photo
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Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association Board of Directors Happy New Year and welcome to this year’s first edition of Highlighting Downtown Arcadia. This week’s column will highlight some of the exciting things coming to Downtown
Arcadia in 2019. First off, the large mixed-use project at First Avenue and Wheeler will finish construction and open later this year. The development adds 38 new apartment units and 16,000-square-feet of retail, restaurant, and office space to the heart of Downtown Arcadia. Leasing of the commercial units has begun with tenant announcements, interior build
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outs, and business openings all expected before the year’s end. In other exciting news, a new restaurant “Trendy Thai 2 Go” has just opened at 18 N. First Ave. (formerly Stacked Sandwich) with a remodeled interior, great food and more seating. Another restaurant, “Shabu Lin” is about to open in SEE DOWNTOWN ARCADIA PAGE 9
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