Riverside City Hall celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday morning with a ceremony that brought together the largest gathering of current and former local elected officials since the building’s grand opening five decades ago.
The celebration took place exactly 50 years to the minute after the original dedication ceremony on Oct. 6, 1975, at 11:30 a.m. Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson welcomed attendees to mark the golden anniversary of the building “dedicated to the people of Riverside.”
The anniversary celebration mirrored the 1975 dedication ceremony, including the Riverside Police Department honor guard and performances by La Sierra and North high school students…