RaincrossSquare.com v1.0: Archives from November 2003 to June 2014.
At right is a postcard view of Main Street in downtown Riverside looking south toward Tenth from Ninth. The view is from 1963/64, prior to the construction of the Main Street pedestrian mall*, which opened in 1966 and stretches north from Tenth to Sixth. At left is Gordon’s (here’s a different view*). According to its…
Prior to its 1992 merger with then San Francisco-based Bank of America, Los Angeles-based Security Pacific National Bank had become one of the nation’s largest banking institutions. It also had several branches — and deep roots — in and around Riverside. In April 1973, Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB) opened an 11-story branch/office tower in…
Riverside Greater DowntownFine Dining Group Earlier this week, seven downtown area restaurants again rolled out the red carpet to showcase the city’s growing collection of unique dining establishments as part of the second annual Riverside Restaurant Week. The event, which has expanded to 2 weeks, began this past Sunday night with a special fund-raising event…
Mission Inn – Riverside, California by A Lefty 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.
After nearly 50 years of printing the Southern California edition of the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Co. has shuttered its Riverside printing facility. Along with the WSJ, the facility has also printed the regional editions of Barron’s Weekly and, more recently, the New York Post. 2009Signage 2009Entrance 2009OverviewBing Maps The Riverside operation is…
This weekend marked the grand opening of Forever 21 clothing stores inside former Gottschalks/Harris’ buildings at Riverside Plaza and Hemet Valley Mall. The stores are part of the Los Angeles-based retailer’s aggressive growth plans that includes new large-format stores, many of which are currently taking up residence within former Mervyn’s and Gottschalks stores. In excess…
Then & NowRiverside Town House: 1950s – 2009Flash: View photo overlay We know little of the history surrounding the block bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Lemon and Lime streets in downtown Riverside, but a 1948 aerial photo shows the entire lot devoid of development, with grass, shrubbery and some trees as well as a few walking…
City Hall by Josh LeClair 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.
Probably no other photographer had as much an impact on presenting — even selling — Mid-Century Modern architecture than did Julius Shulman, who died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 98. 1960Case Study House #22Julius Shulman / Getty Images Among the many photographs taken by Shulman were projects by the likes of Richard Neutra, Rudolf…
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….
