Photo pool spotlight – 09/06/2008

Yellow Polkadots by Pasticcino
Flickr – Raincross Square photo pool
Got a great photo of downtown Riverside or the city in general? Add it to the Raincross Square photo pool. Or view what others have uploaded.

Yellow Polkadots by Pasticcino
Flickr – Raincross Square photo pool
Got a great photo of downtown Riverside or the city in general? Add it to the Raincross Square photo pool. Or view what others have uploaded.
Kudos to the Los Angeles Times for “rediscovering” downtown Riverside and its growing arts and culture scene. From a recent article: Many people heading to Riverside make a beeline for the Mission Inn and spend the weekend at its spa, restaurants and pool. They barely venture outside, and that’s a shame because, as my husband…

Eight months after launching a new systematic parking district for downtown, the city of Riverside is again refining its Smart Park program. The program began in September 2006 establishing uniform parking zones across much of downtown (the only exception being the area around the county courthouse, which had a similar system already in place). Smart…
One of the best examples of Mid-Century Modernism in Riverside is receiving a makeover. Though some — or even many — may not see this as a big deal, particularly on account it involves a parking garage, we feel otherwise. The garage in question is one of two, nearly identical parking structures that opened* in…

After at least 10 years of talks and 5 years of false starts, one of the region’s oldest shopping centers is finally nearing completion in its transformation from an enclosed mall back into an open-air shopping plaza. Early makeover plans for the Plaza were floated more than 10 years ago, but delays plagued the $80…

Fifteen years ago (1988), Riverside International Raceway (RIR) threw the checkered flag at a major race for the last time. The famed Riverside track in California – a 2.62-mile track that produced some of the most memorable races in the sport’s history – hosted the Cup Series from 1958 to 1988 before closing in 1989….

According to the latest population estimates just released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Inland Southern California once again led the state in population growth as both Riverside and San Bernardino counties ranked in the top 5 in the number of new residents. Together, the two counties added nearly 150,000 residents between July 2003 and July…