Downtown Riverside, Riverside, CA
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$824,900
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$825,000
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2,103
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1,567
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2,500
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$630,000
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1,353
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$750,000
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3
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2,441
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$715,000
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3
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1,395
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$576,000
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1
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932
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$600,000
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2
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1,390
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About
About Downtown Riverside, California:
Riverside was founded in 1870 as a cooperative joint-stock venture by an abolitionist judge, John Wesley North, and a group of 25 reform-minded pioneers. After the Civil War, Southern California was figured to be the location of the next real estate boom, so North’s Colony set out to invest wisely and to establish a community that would consciously avoid many of the social ills of cities on the East Coast.
The original town site measured one square mile and is now commonly known as Downtown or Mile Square. The surveyors for the City laid out the pattern with a plaza occupying the center block, which became White Park. They also named the east to west streets in numerical order, from First to Fourteenth, and named the north south streets for trees.
The City of Riverside began in this one-mile square area and the original plan in still evident in street design and building architecture.
Nearly all of the neighborhood’s land area is developed and the design is compact. Residential neighborhoods abut commercial development in an environment that was originally designed for pedestrians and has since been modified to accommodate the automobile. Downtown is the seat of city government and was once the primary site for commerce in the City of Riverside.
The downtown neighborhood exists as a kind of microcosm for the entire city. Land uses range from low-density residential to high-density apartments and from small commercial buildings to large industrial sites. About a quarter of this region is devoted to natural open space, and Fairmount Park is a main attraction for picnicking and outdoor recreation. Lake Evans offers water recreation and its proximity to the heart of downtown makes it unusual.
Many of the downtown buildings maintain local and national historical significance and represent exemplary examples of a variety of historic architectural styles. The heart of Downtown, the Main Street pedestrian mall, presents dozens of unique shops and is anchored by the world famous Mission Inn. This hotel had humble beginnings, but has grown into a world-class vacation site and has played host to several presidents and entertainment personalities.
The Fox Theater marks the northwest corner of the Main Street mall and was once a premier movie house in the nation. The first showing of “Gone With the Wind” occurred here, and Riverside was once one of the primary test markets for Hollywood feature films.
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Other Neighborhoods in the Riverside Area
Alessandro Heights
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
4,259
Population
$262K
Avg Income
93/7%
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Arlanza
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
25,860
Population
$63K
Avg Income
44/56%
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Arlington
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
11,794
Population
$64K
Avg Income
39/61%
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Arlington Heights
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
5,080
Population
$108K
Avg Income
66/34%
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Arlington South
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
5,216
Population
$107K
Avg Income
61/39%
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Canyon Crest
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
18,787
Population
$125K
Avg Income
50/50%
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Casa Blanca
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
4,507
Population
$71K
Avg Income
54/46%
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Eastside
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
18,717
Population
$55K
Avg Income
32/68%
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Grand
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
6,553
Population
$74K
Avg Income
59/41%
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Hawarden Hills
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
2,974
Population
$223K
Avg Income
87/13%
Own/Rent
Hillcrest
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
469
Population
$237K
Avg Income
86/14%
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La Sierra
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
38,517
Population
$82K
Avg Income
38/62%
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La Sierra Acres
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
12,807
Population
$87K
Avg Income
55/45%
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La Sierra Hills
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
6,316
Population
$107K
Avg Income
73/27%
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La Sierra South
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
14,377
Population
$94K
Avg Income
71/29%
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Magnolia Center
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
25,794
Population
$77K
Avg Income
46/54%
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Mission Grove
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
11,679
Population
$143K
Avg Income
62/38%
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Northside
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
10,768
Population
$79K
Avg Income
54/46%
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Orangecrest
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
23,746
Population
$150K
Avg Income
84/16%
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Presidential Park
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
6,016
Population
$75K
Avg Income
54/46%
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Ramona - Riverside
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
28,769
Population
$80K
Avg Income
38/62%
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Airport
Riverside, CA
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N/A
Avg DOM
930
Population
$69K
Avg Income
65/35%
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Sycamore Canyons Business Park / Canyon Springs
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0
Population
$0
Avg Income
0/0%
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Sycamore Highlands / Canyon Springs
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
2,101
Population
$99K
Avg Income
18/82%
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University
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
65,414
Population
$67K
Avg Income
29/71%
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Victoria
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
10,542
Population
$122K
Avg Income
74/26%
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Wood Streets
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
6,615
Population
$108K
Avg Income
53/47%
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Woodcrest
Riverside, CA
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Avg DOM
18,413
Population
$144K
Avg Income
85/15%
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