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Ben H. Lewis
Ben H. Lewis (November 27, 1902 – June 20, 1985) was an American politician, artist, and businessman who served as the 13th mayor of Riverside, California. Prior to the office of mayor, Lewis was the president of the United Title Guaranty Company, later known as the Land Title Company, of Riverside. The main hall at the Riverside Convention Center is named in his honor, as well as a bridge on Mount Rubidoux. Early life Lewis was the son of D. W. Lewis and Edith Binks. His father organized several land title insurance companies in Riverside, Orange, and Imperial Counties. Later, Lewis became the president and owner of the Riverside-based Land Title Company. Career After attending high school in Riverside, Lewis attended the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He subsequently became a commercial artist, made animated cartoons, and contracted with Universal Studios, where he appeared in several films. Upon returning to Riverside, Lewis began his career in the land ...
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Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire and in Riverside County, and is about southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is also part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Riverside is the 61st-most-populous city in the United States and 12th-most-populous city in California. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 314,998. Along with San Bernardino, Riverside is a principal city in the nation's 13th-largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (pop. 4,599,839) ranks in population just below San Francisco (4,749,008) and above Detroit (4,392,041). Riverside was founded in the early 1870s. It is the birthplace of the California citrus industry and home of the Mission Inn, the nation's largest Mission Revival Style building. It is also home ...
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Otis College Of Art And Design
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarters at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester, Los Angeles. The school's programs, accredited by the WSCUC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include BFA and MFA degrees. History Otis, long considered one of the major art institutions in California, began in 1918, when ''Los Angeles Times'' founder Harrison Gray Otis bequeathed his Westlake, Los Angeles, property to start the first public, independent professional school of art in Southern California. The current Otis College main campus (since spring 1997) is located in the Westchester area of Los Angeles, close to the Los Angeles International Airport. The main building (built in 1963) was designed by architect Eliot Noyes for IBM and is famous for its computer "p ...
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Mayors Of Riverside, California
The persons listed below have held the office of mayor of Riverside, California, United States, since March 1, 1907, when the city adopted its first charter. From the time Riverside was incorporated on September 25, 1883, until the city adopted a charter, a board of trustees ran the city. Unofficially, the president of the board was at times referred to as the mayor. List of Mayors References Bibliography *Brown, John Jr. and Boyd, James. ''History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties'', Lewis Publishing, 1922. (2010 Nabu Press edition: ; 2012 Hard Press edition (Volume 3): ) *Fitch, Robert J. ''Profile of a Century; Riverside County, California, 1893-1993'', Riverside County Historical Commission Press, 1993. *Hall, Joan H. ''Cottages, Colonials and Community Places of Riverside, California'', Highgrove Press, Riverside, CA, 2003. . *Klotz, Esther H. and Joan H. Hall. ''Adobes, Bungalows, and Mansions of Riverside, California Revisited'', Highgrove Press, 2005. . *Patter ...
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Riverside Convention Center
The Riverside Convention Center is a convention center in downtown Riverside, California. The convention center hosts conventions and events in 70,000 sq. ft. of total meeting space and 30,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space. It has 26 meeting rooms with the largest room being 27,953 sq. ft. and the second largest room being 10,920 sq. ft. History The Convention Center was completely rebuilt in 2014 on the same site as the previous convention center. The convention center has hosted conventions, home and garden shows, conferences, meetings and weddings. See also * List of convention centers in the United States This is a list of convention centers in the United States by state or insular area. By state Alabama *Bald Rock Lodge (Cheaha State Park) * Bessemer Civic Center *Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex *Bryant Convention Center (Tuscaloos ... References External linksRiverside Convention Center
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Mount Rubidoux
Mount Rubidoux is a mountain just west of downtown in the city of Riverside, California, United States, that has been designated a city park and landmark. The mountain was once a popular Southern California tourist destination and is still the site of the oldest outdoor non-denominational Easter Sunrise service in the United States. Many historic markers and memorials have been placed on the mountain, the most prominent being the cross at the summit dedicated to Father Junípero Serra. A majority of Mt. Rubidoux is owned by the City of Riverside, while 0.43 acres at the peak is owned by Rivers & Lands Conservancy after the cross attracted a potential lawsuit and the city decided to sell it at auction it to a private organization (see Legal battle below). The Santa Ana River flows at the base of the mountain, marking the boundary between the city of Riverside and the Rubidoux, California, Rubidoux neighborhood of the City of Jurupa Valley, California, Jurupa Valley. The mountain w ...
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Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the List of the most populous counties in the United States, 10th-most populous in the United States. The name was derived from the city of Riverside, California, Riverside, which is the county seat. Riverside County is included in the Riverside-San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino-Ontario, California, Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Inland Empire. The county is also included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, California, Long Beach Greater Los Angeles Area, Combined Statistical Area. Roughly rectangular, Riverside County covers in Southern California, spanning from the greater Los Angeles area to the Arizona border. Geographically, the county is mostly desert in the central a ...
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Orange County, California
Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, and more populous than 19 American states and Washington, D.C. Although largely suburban, it is the second-most-densely-populated county in the state behind San Francisco County. The county's three most-populous cities are Anaheim, Santa Ana, and Irvine, each of which has a population exceeding 300,000. Santa Ana is also the county seat. Six cities in Orange County are on the Pacific coast: Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, and San Clemente. Orange County is included in the Los Angeles-Long Beach- Anaheim Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county has 34 incorporated cities. Older cities like Old Town Tustin, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Orange, and Fullerton have traditional downtowns dating back to the 19th ...
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Imperial County, California
Imperial County is a County (United States), county on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 179,702, making it the least populous county in Southern California. The county seat is El Centro, California, El Centro. Imperial is the most recent California county to be established, as it was created in 1907 out of portions of San Diego County. Imperial County is located in the far southeast of California, in the Imperial Valley. It borders San Diego County to the west, Riverside County, California, Riverside County to the north, the U.S. state of Arizona to the east and the Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California to the south. It includes the El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area and is part of the Southern California San Diego–Imperial (California), border region, the smallest but most economically diverse region in the state. Although this region is a desert, with high temperatures and low ...
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Universal Studios
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004. U ...
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Riverside Community Players
Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural municipality * Riverside, Middlesex County, Ontario, a community in the municipality of Southwest Middlesex * Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168, Saskatchewan * Riverside, Ontario, a neighbourhood of Windsor * Riverside, Simcoe County, Ontario, a community in the township of Tay * Riverside, Toronto, a neighbourhood in Riverdale, Toronto, Ontario * Riverside Ward, former name of River Ward in Ottawa, Ontario New Zealand * Riverside, New Zealand, a locality in Ashburton District, near Wheatstone, New Zealand * Riverside, Whangārei, a suburb of Whangārei United Kingdom * Riverside, Cardiff, an inner-city area and community in Wales * Riverside (Cardiff electoral ward) * Riverside (Liverpool ward), a city council ward in England ...
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Community Theatre
Community theatre refers to any theatrical performance made in relation to particular communities—its usage includes theatre made by, with, and for a community. It may refer to a production that is made entirely by a community with no outside help, or a collaboration between community members and professional theatre artists, or a performance made entirely by professionals that is addressed to a particular community. Community theatres range in size from small groups led by single individuals that perform in borrowed spaces to large permanent companies with well-equipped facilities of their own. Many community theatres are successful, non-profit businesses with a large active membership and, often, a full-time staff. Community theatre is often devised and may draw on popular theatrical forms, such as carnival, circus, and parades, as well as performance modes from commercial theatre. This type of theatre is ever-changing and evolving due to the influences of the community; the ar ...
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List Of Mayors Of Riverside, California
The persons listed below have held the office of mayor of Riverside, California, United States, since March 1, 1907, when the city adopted its first charter. From the time Riverside was incorporated on September 25, 1883, until the city adopted a charter, a board of trustees ran the city. Unofficially, the president of the board was at times referred to as the mayor. List of Mayors References Bibliography *Brown, John Jr. and Boyd, James. ''History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties'', Lewis Publishing, 1922. (2010 Nabu Press edition: ; 2012 Hard Press edition (Volume 3): ) *Fitch, Robert J. ''Profile of a Century; Riverside County, California, 1893-1993'', Riverside County Historical Commission Press, 1993. *Hall, Joan H. ''Cottages, Colonials and Community Places of Riverside, California'', Highgrove Press, Riverside, CA, 2003. . *Klotz, Esther H. and Joan H. Hall. ''Adobes, Bungalows, and Mansions of Riverside, California Revisited'', Highgrove Press, 2005. . *Patte ...
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