Friday, March 14th, 2008
by tanya
I have learned that the Googie façade on the Orange Street parking garages are being covered over rather than removed. This is the cause for some relief, though I hope they don't damage the facade in the process of obscuring it.
Back in 1962, the owners of the former ...
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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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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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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 ...
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