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Our City Beautiful: Landmarks of the City of Riverside
- LANDMARKS OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE
1. Mission Inn (3649 Mission Inn Avenue) Owner Frank A. Miller’s Mission Inn epitomizes his role as Riverside’s leading exponent of the Mission Revival style. Built between 1902 and 1932, the Inn’s architects …
Read MoreCasa Del Herrero: Southern California Spanish Revival masterpiece
I’ve been wanting to visit Casa Del Herrero for several years; ever since I came across the name George Washington Smith. There is so much information online and of course books that you can read to give you the history …
Architect Set City’s Style: Riverside Daily Press May 3rd, 1950
I lived on Linwood place in Riverside when I was going to junior high and high school. In those days all the youngsters walked to school, or rode their bikes, unless they lived far enough away, of course to qualify …
Read MoreVisiting the Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul
Among my favorite architectural styles is the Hanok house of South Korea. They were simple, beautiful, thoughtfully designed and peaceful. The courtyards were welcoming and had me wondering, yet again, why we didn’t build this way in 20th century America. …
Read MoreRunning on Top of the World
It matters little what we get from the work we do, if we mean by that riches, power, or prestige (often it matters nothing at all!) But it matters absolutely and eternally what we become by or in the doing …
Read MoreAndalusian Farmhouses in Riverside and their inspiration: The “Cortijo”
Spring was upon us. Had we not been traveling according to season, the cherry Blossoms in Kyoto would have been unmistakable evidence that it was time to move to the hotter parts of the world. We had Andalucia, Marrakech and …
Read MoreEnglish Tudor Revival in Downtown Riverside
4 BEDROOMS | 3 BATHROOMS | 2658 SQUARE FEET | 11761 SF LOT | BUILT 1922 | Sold for 1,054, 789
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This impressive English Tudor Revival was designed by local architect Welmer P. Lamar and built in …
Read MoreMuay Thai in the Jungle
“Nuhm. Sohm. Sahm. See. Haa. Ho. Ket. Baahd. Cow. Sip. Change” Qiyew would begin again with every warm up stretch quickly moving through the numbers and stretching routine as he has done since he was a child. I spent two
Unearthing an archive: The Peter and Clara Weber Honeymoon Story
Peter Weber is undoubtedly one of our city’s most important architects and when you consider commercial structures alone, is quite possibly the single most important
Mount Rubidoux: Inland Chapparal with a historic flavor
I live in the Wood Streets neighborhood just south of Downtown Riverside. The foot of the mountain, by way of Tequesquite Park is just over 1 mile from my front door so I run the mountain several days a week …