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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
1950sTown & Country 1960sSage & Sand 1960sCaravan Inn 2010Courtyard by Marriott Prior to the building of the 60 Freeway through Riverside in the early 1960s, the main highway heading into downtown from the east was Eighth Street. Visitors traveling between Palm Springs and Los Angeles could grab some rest at any one of the half-dozen…
This past weekend, we stumbled upon a bit of retail archeology when we noticed the false-front of a now-shuttered Mervyn’s had been removed to reveal the zig-zag roofline of the building’s original occupant — The Treasury. (The removal is part of refurbishing the former Mervyn’s space for an incoming Kohl’s, expected to open in September…
Harvest House Cafeteria3535 Tyler Mall Riverside, Calif. 92503We invite you to visit other Harvest House locations throughout the United States and Canada This October will mark the 40th anniversary of the Tyler Mall in Riverside. Previously, we did an overview of how the mall came into existence and how it came to be as it’s…
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