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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
by tanya
I was asked by a consultant for Caltrans if I would post this request for information on my blog, which I am happy to do. Although I grew up in Norco, I spent those salad days blissfully unaware of buildings aside from the shelter they brought. When I moved there ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
by tanya
I finally got around to trying out Tuxie's Juices, and if you can't have burgers and fries, at least you can get a most excellent smoothie! You can watch them blend up all fresh fruit right in front of you, in a good combination that yields an even-textured, cold ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
by tanya
The National Trust for Historic Preservation dedicated most of their recent issue of Preservation Magazine to trumpeting the virtues of modernism. Next to a dramatically multifaceted shot taken inside the USAF Academy Cadet Chapel, the Trust has included articles called, "The Modernist Manifesto," "Palm Springs Eternal," and "Air Age ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
by tanya
In fact it is so small that apparently there's no room for the rainforest anymore. We have to make room for the USA. And Nemo, and Peter Pan, Belle, and all your favorite Disney Characters. Unbelievable as it may sound, the so-called Imagineers at Disneyland are proposing to seriously alter ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
by tanya
I have some new pictures on modernriverside.com, namely in the Magnolia Center section, but also in the at-large section and patterns. I've been trying to put the name of the architect and year of construction in the title whenever I can locate an original permit for the building. ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
by tanya
The City of Los Angeles Office of Historic Resources has a new website for SurveyLA, the Los Angeles Historic Resources Survey. It offers a background and process for the survey, FAQs, and a form for YOU to identify resources in LA that are important to you. It also ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
by tanya
This blog is meant to be a complement to my website, modernriverside.com, where you can find an ever-expanding catalogue of modern buildings and architectural details found in Riverside, California. After publishing the site, I discovered that it would be useful to have a place to post more dynamic content like ...
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