Comments on: Community Profile – Peacock Village

By: frank

frank — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:35:29 +0000

where what is the address that i can put in my gps to see the peacocks roaming around

By: Hawaiian girl in Arcadia

Hawaiian girl in Arcadia — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:14:18 +0000

Thank you for writting this great dipiction of our neighborhood.I have moved to Arcadia 9 years ago but in many different parts. 3 years ago, I moved to the Rancho area on Hugo Reid 1 block west of the Elementry School Hugo Reid. This is by far the best place to live in Arcadia is you have young children which I do. Many families walk or ride there bikes to school and also friends pick up other friends in the mornings to walk to school together. These are the same children who play All American Baseball and AGSA Girls Softball league at Windsor Park. All the families know eachother and support eachother weather it be going to all the games to cheer or attending assemblys at the school to even bringing the entire community together to remember a mother who was so active in the community and the school had past away of natrual causes way before her time. We raise money for people in need and families in need and even donate lots of money and TIME to the sports programs, schools and boys/girls scouts. Many of the older families still support the schools and children attending the in and out truck for the bookfaire ordering fundraiser candy carmel apples and attend almost all resturants night out that benefits the school just because they care about their community. Though we don’t talk all the time, everyone says Hello, have a great day,welcome home when you see eachother. On Halloween besides the fact having around 300ish trick or treaters, many neighbors introduce themselves if they do not know you and let you know where they live and usually make nice comments on decoration etc. All of the children do know eachother and say “Hey, I know you! I didn’t know you lived right here!”
You can see children playing and hear laughter in the morning, after school and in the evenings but especially on the weekends. We enjoy the peacocks most of the time, they are so beautiful. When we first moved there it was a nucence as I would garden and plant many flowers just to find that I was planting Peacock snacks just to replant more flowers. I have finally figured out what not to plant and which Flowers peacocks are not fond of. My children and I love to watch the all the baby peacocks following their mother after they hatch, So cute. This year we had a mother peacock make a nest in our garden with 5 eggs. The kids would watch her and the eggs for motnhs. they would even bring her food so she would not have to leave for long to find food. The day they hatched, the kids were so excited, each of my kids named one and funny enough they still recognize the family around the neighborhood. This is truly the best place to live, and was also named “the best community to raise a family for the 2nd year in a row!” I appreciate you taking the time to write such a nice piece and hope that someday you too can find a home to live in this neighborhood.

By: Gardener

Gardener — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:06:29 +0000

I’m glad to see this community being a home to the Arboretum of Los Angeles County. I’m pretty sure the homeowners here are also glad it’s there because in such dense urban environment any piece of green does wonders to the home prices

Oh, and regarding the remark by GiveMeABreak about inventing the name “Peacock Village” – you never know how it will play out. If the name is catchy and reflects at least something that’s true about the community (and the peacocks are definitely here), it does not take long to catch on. Just as long as realtors know there is a nice new name to call a community, they’ll use it. Next thing you know, you ARE living in Peacock Village.

By: GiveMeABreak

GiveMeABreak — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:39:08 +0000

Where did you come up with the name “Peacock Village”? While it is a cute name based upon your impression that the entire area is home to peacocks, there is no historical accuracy to it at all. West of Baldwin Avenue you have included two distinctly different areas: Santa Anita Village is the area south of Hugo Reid. The Rancho is the area north of Hugo Reid. The area you included east of Baldwin Avenue, where the streets are named after universities, is officially called Colorado Oaks.

I read your profile of Santa Anita Oaks and noticed some historical inaccuracies there too. The area west of Baldwin Avenue, north of Foothill Boulevard, is the Upper Rancho. East of Baldwin Avenue is what is called Santa Anita Oaks, and it does NOT include any part of Arcadia north of Orange Grove.

Though you have mistakes all over the place like these, I still thank you for a very intriguing website/blog. I found it by accident and have been enjoying it ever since. But I am a an “old timer” from Arcadia and I would like to keep anyone from attempting to change history. I live in Newport Beach now but I still have connections to the area and love it very much.

By: Short Sale on Oxford - 100% financing to failure | Arcadia Housing Blog

Short Sale on Oxford - 100% financing to failure | Arcadia Housing Blog — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:02:09 +0000

[...] and now the owner is stuck with a $1,000,000 fixer-upper. What a shame too because this section of Peacock Village is very nice and [...]

By: Jiggapuff

Jiggapuff — Wed, 28 May 2008 04:25:09 +0000

Do you know what trees are removable in the Peacock Village?

By: Big Dippers: March | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs

Big Dippers: March | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:10:57 +0000

[...] tipping about sans interior photos. On the western edge of “Peacock Village” (a nice community profile here), the seller has just gotten a whole lot more [...]

By: SavedbyGrace

SavedbyGrace — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:06:15 +0000

I’m glad you found it useful. Looks like I’ll be doing more of these in the future.

By: KY

KY — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:40:19 +0000

We enjoyed the profile and was quite informative. The pics are awesome.

By: SavedbyGrace

SavedbyGrace — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01:36 +0000

Thanks!