Photo pool spotlight – 11/07/2010
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Fox theater gets retro ‘blade’ signs
October 2010Retro ‘blade’ signs being added 1930sOriginal ‘blade’ signs The first of two old-style neon signs went up this past week on the Fox Performing Arts Center in downtown Riverside. The signs are replicas of those that adorned the theater in the 1930s and 1940s. According to The Press-Enterprise, the signs are 22 feet tall…
Riverside’s Galleria at Tyler mall turns 40
In a fanfare of Spanish fashioned pageantry, Riverside’s new Tyler Mall will be trumpeted to a formal opening tomorrow morning, the 64-acre shopping center adding $40 million stature to the city’s retail sphere. It is the first mall-under-roof in the city. That’s how the local newspaper — The Press-Enterprise — described the city’s new retail…
UCR’s Culver Center of the Arts opens
Oct. 2010UCR Culver Center of the Arts Architectural renderingUCR 2008Project info 1906Rouse’s / Chapman Building***(close-up view of awning) 1953Rouse’s Dept. StoreRCC yearbook This past week marked the opening of UC Riverside’s Barbara & Art Culver Center of the Arts, adding another major arts facility to downtown. Located adjacent to the existing UCR/CMP (California Museum of…
From Treasury to Mervyn’s to Kohl’s
About 2 weeks back, a new Kohl’s opened in Riverside, one of 21 stores the Wisconsin-based chain opened that week across the U.S. It is the second Kohl’s in Riverside with the other store situated on Van Buren Boulevard in the Orangecrest area. Located across from the Galleria at Tyler mall, the new Kohl’s opened…
3633 Market Street – De Anza Chevrolet
20103633 Market Street 20093633 Market Street Forthcoming parking garage While driving down Market Street last month, we stumbled upon a bit of local history. Standing alongside downtown’s Fox Performing Arts Center was an uncovered facade revealing what once was the former home of long-time Riverside car dealer De Anza Chevrolet (one | two). City permits…
‘Undercovers’ at the Mission Inn
Sept. 2010Filming of ‘Undercovers’at the Mission Inn Sept. 2010Filming outside theMission Inn’s Alhambra suite This past week, Riverside’s Mission Inn became a South American backdrop for a new television series called ‘Undercovers’ on NBC. For several days, film crews shot in and around the historic hotel in downtown Riverside, lining nearby streets with production vehicles…
Out & About – 08/07/2010
Main Street pedestrian mall Slideshow: Out & About This past weekend saw us out and about downtown on both Friday and Saturday. On Friday evening, downtown was relatively busy as a special screening of “Gone With the Wind” brought a sold-out audience to the newly-restored Fox Performing Arts Center. The showing included appearances from 4…
University Avenue: TraveLodge
As mentioned before, Eighth Street — now University Avenue — in Riverside’s eastside was once the city’s “motel row.” In many ways, with several motels, hotels and eateries remaining, it still serves that purpose today. One of the earliest major chain motels to pop up on the stretch between downtown and UC Riverside was the…
Riverside International Raceway’s Les Richter
Les Richter, former head of the now defunct Riverside International Raceway, passed away this weekend in Riverside. He was 79. Les Richter(NASCAR.com) RIR logo Post-1969 track configuration(wikipedia) 1970sRichard Petty, Bobby Allison Winston Cup Series 1982Winston Cup Series @1990RIR control tower(AP) Probably no one else is more responsible for putting both Riverside International Raceway on the…