Northside - City of Riverside

Figure 1. Location of the Northside survey area within the City boundaries
The survey area of less than 1 square mile lies in the southern portion of the
historic Northside and is located wholly within the 10-acre parcels that bordered
the northern edge of the original town plat known as the Mile Square. Bounded by
the south side of Strong Street to the north, the north side of First Street to the
south, the east side of Randall Drive/Fairmount Boulevard to the west, and SR-
91/I-215 to the east, the survey area encompasses approximately 425 acres of
mixed-use land. The surveyed portion of the Northside represents several types of
property use and a variety of periods of development from the late 19 th century to
the modern period. Over time, areas distinguished by associated property type
and use, and shaped by topography, emerged within the survey area, providing a
logical pattern for organization for the context statement into areas of development
– Fairmount Heights, File’s Island, Southeast Quadrant, Main Street Industrial
Corridor, Freeway Industrial Interchange, and North of State Route 60 (Figure 2).
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