Riverside in da house! If there are any AT:LA readers living in the Inland Empire that are also interested in mid century design, you'll be happy to know there's a blog and website dedicated to the preservation, cataloging and appreciation of this large city's design history. ModernRiverside.com was started by Tanya Rathburn Sorrell, an "active architectural historian working here in So Cal...
She created ModernRiverside.com and the Modern Riverside Blog to "raise awareness for the recent past in her home city, and to give an internet home to her growing collection of 4x5, 35mm, and digital photographs." Check out some of Riverside's modern treasures, including this cool building originally designed for the local Red Cross chapter (it's now a church) by design icon, Albert Frey, completed in 1961. Image by Tanya Rathrbun Sorrell at ModernRiverside.com
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Thank you! Riverside is not the armpit people assume that it is! I am happy to live here, and just about fell off my chair when you showed this picture. It's where we signed our loan docs for our AWESOME mid-century ranch. Thanks so much for the tip on the websites. My husband and I are thrilled!
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Wow, I was born there! The earlier version of "I am Legend" ("Omega Man") was filmed (partly?) on the UCR campus.
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Hey, thanks for the plug! Finding great modern buildings in Riverside has become an obsession for me. I can't even count anymore the times when my drive home from work or errands out in town have become "mod-hunts" instead.
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