Post #636267 by TikiTomD on Sun, May 13, 2012 8:15 AM

Sven,

Here are a couple of exterior panoramas of the Riviera Social, Civic and Cultural Center of Ensenada...

This one is by Luis E. Argote B. on Flickr...

And here is one by Ruth Rieckehoff from her November 12, 2011 blog about visiting Ensenada, Tanama Tales...

In the Spring 1983 issue of The Journal of San Diego History is an article about the history of the Hotel Riviera del Pacífico by Maria Eugenia Bonifaz de Novelo...

Note that the cited original mural artist was Alfredo Ramos Martinez, but as you read through the history of the hotel, much of his effort was apparently destroyed. There certainly would have been opportunities for a Frank Bowers contribution along the way.

It’s odd that I keep running into Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) in these history threads. As noted above, his name appears in the hotel register.

I found what appears to be the web site for Centro Social, Cívico y Cultural Riviera. In looking through the photo galleries, I found a bar photo with a mural in it. I’m no Frank Bowers expert, so I don’t know if this could have been his handiwork...

-Tom