John Murray Forbes Park: A Love Letter to Riverside, Yarden Tour Feature
“Never was such force, good meaning, good sense, good action, combined with such domestic lovely behavior, such modesty and persistent preference for others. Wherever he moved he was the benefactor…” –Ralph Waldo Emerson of John Murray Forbes, Letters and Social Aims (1855) John Murray Forbes (1813–1898) made his mark on our early urban community in […]
Home Tour Spotlight: A Truly International Style
In the recent Oscar-winning film The Brutalist, Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth escapes to America in the late 1940s, arriving as one of many poor, past-less foreigners to the residents of his new environment. With the exception of his cousin Attila who immigrated earlier, no one is aware of his celebrated talent back home […]
Preservation and Service Awards 2025
Riverside Avondale Preservation is pleased to announce that we received a number of nominations for acts of service and building projects completed in 2024, many deserving recognition for outstanding work. For renovation, restoration, or new construction projects, a small jury of seasoned architects selected this year’s winners, and another panel of experts selected individuals or […]
