The Focus on Cars automotive repair shop on Main Street (2867 Main St, Riverside, CA) has a new car-themed mural and an interesting and colorful painted facade. The mural and painting were done by @trippy_hitsone.
A new monument-style sign marking the entrance to Fairmount Park (about 2427 Market Street, Riverside, CA) has recently been erected. The style is very similar to the signs marking the entrance into Riverside, including one sign just to the north along Market Street. The designer is unknown.
#RiversideCalifornia #FairmountPark #raincross
The fence surrounding the Rose Garden at Fairmount Park (2981-2999 Dexter Dr, Riverside, CA) has been decorated with attractive rose-themed emblems. It adds a nice artistic touch to the garden. The designer and artist are unknown.
#Rose Garden #Fairmount park #Riverside #Roses
Small locomotives, each pulling a railroad car, are mounted on the fences surrounding a full-sized old steam locomotive located on the east side of Fairmount Park (2601 Fairmount Blvd, Riverside, CA). To me, this is a clever integration of art and function. The designer and artist are unknown.
#steam train #Fairmount Park #Riverside #locomotive
Bryant Elementary School also known as the Bryant School of Arts and Innovation (4324 3rd St, Riverside, CA) has recently been painted which unfortunately included painting over their old murals. It looks like innovation won out over art. They now have a couple of new murals as shown below. The artist is unknown.
The middle of the southwest-facing wall of the Armory (2501 Fairmount Blvd, Riverside, CA) at Fairmount Park has recently been painted with an attractive floral mural by Riverside artist Ekatrina Orlovie (@orlovie on Instagram).
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Lawn bowling has been practiced at Fairmount Park for nearly one hundred years. At the far end of the bowling green located adjacent to the Riverside Lawn Bowling Club at 4020 Bowling Green Dr, Riverside, CA is an attractive mural recognizing the Riverside's Club and the sport. The artist who painted the mural was Ronald Del Cid (@Rondeezyyyy). Note, this is an update of an earlier post.
On the west side of the playground in the back of Bryant Elementary School, are a number of containers which sport murals or mural-like paintings. The provide messages of encouragement and advice to the elementary school students. The artist or artists are unknown, although one mural is signed with what appears to be the initials MLZ.
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Monument-style signs announcing that one is entering Riverside can be found along six major roads approaching the city from each major direction. Each has a raincross, the city's symbol. [Photo of the sign on Trautwein updated on June 27, 2024.]
The front of historic Bryant Elementary School (4324 Third Street, Riverside) has been decorated with a series of attractive murals. The photographs are presented from left to right as one faces the school from north and then east. The murals are unsigned.
The Fairmount Golf Course (2681 Dexter Drive, Riverside) located in Fairmount Park has several murals. One showing the name of the establishment, is located over the front entrance. The others, representing Stewart boathouse and Lake Evans in Fairmont Park, cover a storage container, helping it blend in to the surroundings. The large mural on the container was painted by a group led by @exoskeletal27 (Jesus A. Castañeda) and @rondeezyyyy (Ronald del Cid) as part of the Youth Opportunity Center’s project bridge program sponsored by the City of Riverside (@cityofriverside). A video of the painting of the mural can be found here.
