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.
Scattered around downtown Riverside one will find a few remaining commercial “add-on” oddities from the post-war years. Here are two of the more obvious ones we’ve noticed. 2010Tenth Street First up is this house located on Tenth Street. We’re not sure of the original home’s date, but city permits show an addition valued at approximately…
Communities across the nation are gearing up for the upcoming fifth round of the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) process. The process, authorized by Congress and commissioned by the U.S. Department of Defense, is an evaluation of current military installations in order to “reorganize its (DOD) installation infrastructure to more efficiently and effectively support its…

Definitely one of Riverside’s best mid-century buildings — and certainly its most under-appreciated — the downtown Central Library (a.k.a. Main Library) has spent most of its time suffering from harsh criticism. In the past few years, however, there has been growing support for the library’s mid-century designs. Most of this support has tended to come…
This weekend, the skies over Inland Southern California will reverberate with the thundering sounds of the USAF Thunderbirds as the team performs during “AirFest 2008” at March Air Reserve Base. The base, celebrating its 90th year, will once again open up the gates to the public during its annual open house/air show. The event, which…

Thanks to tens of thousands of retirees, most of whom flocked to the area during the 1960s through the 1980s, Hemet once had one of the highest savings account averages in California: … Because of the large number of retirees who move to Hemet — with their savings accounts — the town has 24 savings…

As most residents of Riverside (and the region) are aware, a controversy developed late last year over the Serra Cross atop Mount Rubidoux. Last August, Americans United for Separation of Church and State sent a letter questioning the constitutionality of the cross on account it was a religious symbol on public land. (Mount Rubidoux was…