Archive for the ‘architects’ Category

William Krisel show at the MODAA Gallery, Culver City 10/17

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 by tanya

krisel-back-3.pdf See also PSMODCOM's collection of historic photographs of the work of Palmer & Krisel...

Marcy Library - lost in the shuffle or ready for new programming?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 by tanya

I just read an article in the Press Enterprise about the City Manager's proposal to move the Marcy Library to a building on Magnolia Ave near Arlington Ave. This set off alarm bells in my head because the Marcy Library is absolutely one of my favorite buildings in Magnolia ...

Architect Profile - Milton Caughey

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 by tanya

Thanks to Diane Caughey's very good landmark nomination of the Barry Building in Westwood (one of her father's rare commercial designs), we now have new information about the importance of Milton Caughey to Riverside. Does your child attend Pachappa, Monroe, Mountain View, Highland, or Victoria Elementary Schools? Are you ...

Albert Frey in the 951

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 by tanya

Thanks to a great tip from Tony Merchell on Recent Past Preservation Network's LottaLiving.com forum, I have found a wonderful building designed by Albert Frey, architect for many of the ultra-mod landmarks in Palm Springs. This building was completed in 1961 for the local chapter of the Red Cross. Although ...

Architect Profile: Armet and Davis (Armet Davis Newlove Architects)

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 by tanya

For this profile, visit John Campbell's super webpage, Design, Music, Movies and Other Stuff. I'm sure we have some other beauties designed by this internationally recognized firm, but the one I know is Brockton Arcade in Magnolia Center. John Campbell is an architect who previously worked with Ladd and Kelsey ...

Architect Profile: Bolton C. Moise, Jr.

Friday, December 28th, 2007 by tanya

A brief summary for the architect of Central Fire Station and the Riverside Main Library: Bolton C. Moise, Jr., A.I.A. came to inland Southern California after he was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1946. The following year, he set up his practice in downtown Riverside, and over the ...

New Pictures and Data

Friday, December 7th, 2007 by tanya

No, my digital is not out of the shop yet. However, I couldn't bear to be away from the action and so hauled out my 35mm for a jaunt around the town a few weeks ago. There are new pictures on ModernRiverside.com as a result, mostly in the ...