Photo pool spotlight – 11/07/2010
Towering Palms by msamaclean
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.
Towering Palms by msamaclean
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.
2011Downtown pedestrian mall 2011Eliza Lovell Tibbets 2011Dedication plaque 2011Pedestal(Patricia P. Ortlieb isEliza’s great-great granddaughter) Eliza and Luther Tibbets 2001State Historic Landmark 2008Parent Navel(w/ Eliza’s historical marker) 2008Eliza’s marker 2009Original location of trees(w/ Luther’s historical marker) 2009Luther’s marker 2011Riverside orange grove After 14 years of planning, a long-awaited statue honoring Riverside citrus pioneer Eliza Tibbets was…
Now that the Orange Blossom Festival is officially kaput, officials in Riverside are eyeing an enlarged Festival of Lights as a quasi-replacement for the annual citrus celebration. Already a great success in its own right, the annual FOL draws tens of thousands of visitors from throughout Southern California during the winter holidays. The centerpiece of…
The latest book documenting Riverside’s history has just hit the bookshelves. Written by fourth-generation resident of Riverside Joan H. Hall, “Riverside’s Invisible Past” is the latest in several local history books by Joan, many of which are must-haves. The 192-page book is chock full of interesting and informative histories surrounding 52 structures and sites from…
There’s been some chatter recently of moving Riverside’s “Central Library” from its current downtown site on Mission Inn Avenue to a location east of the 91 Freeway. We feel this would be a big mistake. The notion began with a seemingly innocuous letter to the editor that appeared in the June 19th edition of The…
Just over 40 years ago, in April 1973, the first of three modern, mid-rise office buildings opened along Riverside’s downtown pedestrian mall, ushering in a new era of mixed uses and densities along Main Street. Like many American downtowns of the era, downtown Riverside’s retail component continued declining during the 1960s, due in part to…
With the need for more county offices on the horizon and plans for remaking San Bernardino’s Carousel Mall somewhat uncertain, the city and county agreed this week to hire an outside consultant to help shape and, more importantly, move along plans for redeveloping parts of downtown San Bernardino. The $115,000 contract with Urban Land Institute…