2014: The year in Bakersfield culture

On the corner of 18th and Chester, behind a flimsy barrier of chain-link fencing, sits the most important architectural discovery in Bakersfield’s recent history, our own Colosseum, a ruin and reminder of a more elegant time. She's coaxed a lot of lifetimes out of her 104 years -- a bank, a drug store, a tapas restaurant -- but after having some work done, she hasn't looked this good in decad