I recently discovered a small nice plaza with a helical sculpture in the center at the corner of First Street and Fairmount Blvd. (3894 1st St, Riverside, CA). There are no signs and I am not sure if it is a city or a private plaza. It is located behind the CenterPoint Luxury Apartment complex, near the entrance to its garage. The sculptor is unknown.
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The outdoor basketball courts at Andulka Park (5201 Chicago Ave, Riverside, CA) have recently been resurfaced and a raincross, Riverside's symbol, has been painted in the center of each court. Unfortunately they were defaced soon after completion.
The north-facing windows and walls of Mark Twain Elementary School (19411 Krameria Ave, Riverside, CA) have a lot of digital art showing a cute bullfrog, the school mascot almost certainly selected because of Mark Twain's first nationally acclaimed short story. The images applied on vinyl film also depict orange groves with jets and birds flying overhead. The artists are unknown.
A series of attractive paintings of palm trees, the Riverside City Hall, the Peace Tower and Bridge on Mount Rubidoux and the entrance to the Mission Inn are mounted on the side of a building on 9th Street between City Hall and the entrance to Mariposa Alley (3698 9th St, Riverside, CA). They were painted by local artist Chris Napolitano @chrisnapart.
On the wall at the intersection of two alleys in downtown Riverside (adjacent to 3642 University Ave, Riverside, CA) is a small attractive bas relief sculpture of a grouping of different flowers. The artist is unknown and the reason it has been placed there is unknown.
The upper sections of the walls of the inside of the downtown Maxi Foods Market (4050 University Ave, Riverside, CA) have been painted with numerous murals featuring scenes from early Riverside, a representation of an early market, agriculture and agricultural workers, livestock, food and Mexican-themed food workers. Below are many of them. The murals are unsigned and artists are unknown.
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