Archive for the ‘institutional’ Category
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
by tanya
It's been a while, I know. Work has taken me away from our fair city and wrung out all my energy. But thanks to the intrepid email of an anonymous tipster, I have a new building for you to consider: Riverside Municipal Airport.
Designed in 1968 by Clinton Marr, Riverside Municipal ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
by tanya
I finally got back out recently with the 4x5 for another photo. This one is of Cutter Pool at RCC, which was constructed in 1958.
I took the picture from the adjacent hillside in order to take in the entire complex. I think some more detailed shots are ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
by tanya
I couldn't resist the play on words, even if "urban Sproul" doesn't really make sense. Anyway, I managed to make a few pictures during the whirlwind month of June. It's slim pickins' though.
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Check out the grid pattern on the roof of Sproul! Giants could have a ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
by tanya
Back on the 2nd, the Press Enterprise ran an article refuting an email being circulated about the Fox Theatre renovation project. While I was certainly curious about how the project is coming along, I was a little dismayed by the article's lack of nuance. I didn't receive ...
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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 ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
by tanya
I've added a new page to ModernRiverside.com portraying modern resources in the Eastside and University neighborhoods. Most of the commercial resources are concentrated along University Avenue, which was part of the old route 60 business loop. These include motels, stores, and restaurants, like the IHOP at University and ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
by tanya
I find it very encouraging that the World Monuments Fund has placed "Main Street Modern" on its 2008 Watch List. In their write-up, they focus on Institutional properties and I find their justification compelling due to my recent research on the downtown Fire Station and the Main Branch Library.
"More ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
by tanya
In 1961, the City of Riverside commissioned L. Ferranti to design two identical super-Googie parking garages on Orange. I don't have permission to post it directly, but HERE is a picture of one of these garages not long after it opened.
Here is a picture of the garage between Mission Inn ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
by tanya
While returning some books the other day, I noticed just how handsome our Main Branch Library is in the moonlight. I couldn't resist snapping a few shots as dusk closed in.
Thought I'd throw an interior shot in as well for good measure.
How could anyone want to demolish such a ...
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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 ...
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