Editing Arcadia, California (section)

==In popular culture==
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[[U.S. Route 66]], immortalized in song and literature, passes through Arcadia, on Huntington Drive in Downtown Arcadia, before turning off onto Colorado Place and then Colorado Street. After intersecting the 210 freeway, Route 66 runs parallel to and south of the freeway, cutting across the middle section of Arcadia.

The city is mentioned by [[Jack Kerouac]] in his novel ''[[On the Road]]'': Sal, the protagonist, is put off by "[[preppy]]" teens when he stops for food at a local drive-in restaurant with a young Mexican woman. The vignette demonstrates the culture clash between the "[[Beatnik]]" way of life and that of 1950s conservative America.

In a motel located in Arcadia across the street northeast from Santa Anita Racetrack, author [[Hunter S. Thompson]] wrote much of his novel ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'' in the 1970s. In Michael Cunningham's novel ''[[The Hours (novel)|The Hours]]'', Laura Brown mentions that she heard of a man who died in nearby Arcadia.

The McDonald brothers, who later began the [[McDonald's]] hamburger restaurant chain, opened their first restaurant, The Airdrome, near Monrovia Airport, on the Arcadia–Monrovia border in 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_LA_E.htm |title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California, East Los Angeles area |publisher=Members.tripod.com |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first49.html |title=First McDonalds ever in the world. Ray A. Kroc Richard and Maurice Dick and Mac McDonald McDonald's Barbeque restaurant the Airdrome San Bernardino California |publisher=Thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com |date=December 12, 1948 |access-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003202304/http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/first49.html |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The restaurant was located on historic Route 66, now Huntington Drive, but later moved to San Bernardino, California, in 1940.

The main setting of the [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks']] franchise ''[[Tales of Arcadia]]'' took place in Arcadia Oaks, a fictionalized version of Arcadia, California.

The 2021 single "[[Arcadia (Lana Del Rey song)|Arcadia]]" by singer [[Lana Del Rey]] is named after the city.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Carras|first=Christi|date=September 8, 2021|title=Lana Del Rey's 'body is a map of L.A.' in new 'Arcadia' music video|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-09-08/lana-del-rey-new-song-arcadia-album/}}</ref> The first music video also features scenes of the streets of the town.

===Filming locations===
[[File:LA County Arboretum - fountain.JPG|thumb|right|[[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden|Los Angeles County Arboretum]] is located on Baldwin Ave.]]
Many films on location (including Tarzan and the Bing Crosby On the Road movies), television series, most notably ''[[Fantasy Island]]''<ref name="arbor">{{cite web|author=Eric Sprague, caphotos.com Photos|title=Arcadia and LA Arboretum Photos and Posters|url=http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225084036/http://www.laphotos.com/arcadia.html|archive-date=February 25, 2004|access-date=May 18, 2012|publisher=Laphotos.com}}</ref> were filmed in Arcadia. A popular visiting site is the house with the bell tower, where Tattoo rang the bell, is the [[Queen Anne Cottage and Coach Barn|Queen Anne Cottage]], located in the [[Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden]] in Arcadia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6Z0J_Baldwins_Queen_Anne_Cottage_Arcadia_CA |title=Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage – Arcadia, CA – Victorian Houses on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date=August 8, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref> The plane, "arriving" with the guests, was filmed in the lagoon behind the Queen Anne Cottage.<ref name="arbor"/> Occasionally, outdoor scenes and commercials are filmed at the Arboretum have been filmed on the grounds<ref>{{cite web|url=http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |title=Arboretum |publisher=Employees.oxy.edu |access-date=January 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514151919/http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/arbor.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> of the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

The [[Santa Anita Park]] Racetrack is another popular filming locations. The true story film ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003) was filmed and takes place at the Santa Anita race track. A commercial for [[Claritin]] allergy medicine, a [[Lexus]] commercial, and three episodes of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' have used it as a location ("Walk on Water", "Drowning on Dry Land" and "Some Kind of Miracle").<ref name="amoeba.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2011/01/eric-s-blog/arcadia-the-san-gabriel-valley-s-community-of-homes-from-arkkkadia-to-arcasia.html |title=Arcadia: The San Gabriel Valley's Community of Homes – From ArKKKadia to Arcasia at the Amoeblog |publisher=Amoeba.com |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>

This city was one of the filming locations for [[Columbia Pictures]]' comedy film ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' (1994).{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The fantasy-comedy film ''[[Matilda (1996 film)|Matilda]]'' was shot here in 1996.<ref name="amoeba.com"/>

A scene from ''[[Step Brothers (film)|Step Brothers]]'' (2008) was shot at the nearby Derby restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/locations/stepbrothers.shtml |title=Step Brothers: Filming Locations |publisher=Seeing-stars.com |access-date=May 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505004220/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Locations/StepBrothers.shtml |archive-date=May 5, 2012 }}</ref>

Scenes from ''[[Mission: Impossible III]]'' (2006) were shot at Methodist Hospital.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

In the movie ''[[Cloverfield]]'', the scene in which the survivors walk inside [[Bloomingdale's]] was actually filmed inside a [[Robinsons-May]] store under reconstruction inside the [[Westfield Santa Anita]] in Arcadia.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} The film ''[[Eagle Eye]]'' (2008) was also filmed in this location.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Scenes from ''[[Kicking & Screaming (2005 film)|Kicking & Screaming]]'' (2005) were shot at Foothill Middle School and in Arcadia homes.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The movie ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013) filmed their train scenes here within the Santa Anita Race Track parking lot by building an elevated 'roller coaster' like track.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

The comedy film ''[[Deal of a Lifetime]]'' (1999) was filmed entirely at Arcadia High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/5467 |title=Arcadia High School – Arcadia, California/CA |publisher=Public School Review |access-date=May 18, 2012}}</ref>

The movie ''[[Moxie (film)|Moxie]]'' (2021) was filmed at Arcadia High School's North Gym and Salter Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garrison|first1=Anna|url= https://www.distractify.com/p/where-was-moxie-filmed |title= Where Was 'Moxie' Filmed? The Location of Amy Poehler's New Movie |date= March 4, 2021 |publisher=Distractify |access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>