Out & About – 12/29/2010
Main Street
A trolley strolls along Main Street near City Hall on a rainy Wednesday
in downtown Riverside.
This year (2013) marks the 125th year for Olivewood Memorial Park cemetery in Riverside. The cemetery is hosting a day of historic walking tours on Sunday, October 20th (2013), which we’re glad to be assisting them with organizing and presenting. For now, enjoy this circa 1925 image looking west along the roadway dividing sections G…
Riverside Downtown Partnership For those who missed it, Saturday April 11th was the kick-off event for the new “Downtown Street Jam” in Riverside, a free concert series sponsored by the city and local downtown establishments, including Lake Alice Trading Co. and Mission Tobacco Lounge. Yesterday’s event drew several hundred fans to a temporary stage located…
This past weekend saw the end of an era as Fresno-based Gottschalks closed for good on Sunday. For local folks, this also means an end to what once was the remnants of San Bernardino-based The Harris Co., which operated 7 department stores across Inland Southern California before the chain was sold to Gottschalks in 1998….
2008Festival of Lights 2008Mission Inn In case you missed it, the 16th annual Festival of Lights began this past weekend in downtown Riverside. With 3.5 million lights and hundreds of animated figures, the crown jewel of the nightly festival is the historic Mission Inn hotel. As usual, Friday night’s “lighting ceremony” incorporated extra festivities, including…
This past Thursday, the city of Riverside held a “Restoration Celebration” open house for the Fox Theater in downtown. Over a thousand people showed up to take a sneak peek inside the long-shuttered theater prior to its forthcoming $30 million renovation into a 1,600 seat performing arts center, which is expected to be completed in…
The first significant portion of the soon-to-be rebuilt 60/91/215 interchange in downtown Riverside opened this week, bringing some long-awaited relief for locals and commuters alike, many of which have come to despise the antiquated interchange. Drivers headed toward the interchange from the west – from Riverside, Corona and Orange County – until recently drove almost into the interchange before…