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The official seal of the city of Richmond as seen on the City Of Richmond Public Works building at Maury and Richmond Highway. Per usual,…
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Jun 24, 2024
The official seal of the city of Richmond as seen on the City Of Richmond Public Works building at Maury and Richmond Highway. Per usual,… 601 Richmond Highway
Jun 23, 2024
Built in 1919 and vacant since at least Oct 2007, the house at 601 Richmond Highway last sold in 1975 for $15,000. The property appears… Meet Bill MacMillan
Jun 11, 2024
The RTD has a neat piece on 95-year-old Bill MacMillan and an 83-year-old bike by Leah Shepard, with an absolutely great accompanying set of photos… Granite Festival set for September
Jun 10, 2024
The Granite Community Foundation is hosting the inaugural Granite Festival this September 14 to highlight the stories of this historic Black neighborhood. They are currently… Newton Ancarrow’s beautiful boats
Jun 1, 2024
RVA Hub’s recent piece about the new retro motor boat rentals at Rocketts Landing reminded me that fast and beautiful little boats used to be… Bike ride through Richmond trolley history this Wednesday
May 18, 2024
The weather is looking great for this Wednesday’s bike ride through Richmond trolley history: Get ready to cruise through the streets of Southside on your… Mayo Bridge (1893)
May 16, 2024
From The City on the James – Richmond, Virginia edited by Andrew Morrison, George W. Engelhardt, Publisher Hickory Hill School to be nominated to National Register of Historic Places
May 14, 2024
The Commission of Architectural Review (CAR) will consider Hickory Hill School’s nomination to the National Register of Historic Places and inclusion in the Virginia Landmark… Hull Street (1961)
May 11, 2024
3217 Hull Street VIA Adolph B Rice Studio Collection at the Library of Virginia Map of proposed bus and trolley routes (1946)
May 7, 2024
A map of proposed bus and trolley routes, from just a few years before the end of Richmond’s trolley’s in 1949.t Richmond (Virginia) City Planning… Bike ride through Richmond trolley history
Apr 19, 2024
Come out for a group bike ride following some of the trolley routes of the early 1900s (with sprinkles of local streetcar history) on May… Auto Sales Jefferson Davis Highway (1989)
Apr 16, 2024
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Now at Sisco and Richmond Highway. via James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives Richmond (1906)
Apr 14, 2024
Map of the city of Richmond showing corporation lines as established Dec. 6, 1906. Manchester was still an independent city, Forest Hill Park was the… Ruffin Road Elementary
Apr 10, 2024
The standalone building that was Ruffin Road Elementary was built in 1965 in what was then Chesterfield County. The property, still owned by the Richmond… Midlothian Turnpike (1989)
Apr 7, 2024
The same but different. Top is Midlothian and Arcadia, 2nd is from Agency and Midlothian (the former BEST building), third is from Labrook Drive and… The oldest frame house in Richmond
Apr 4, 2024
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Built in the late 1750s, the Patteson-Schutte House at 5613 Kildare Drive is believed to be Richmond’s oldest frame house. The Old Stone House in… The BEST building on Midlothian Turnpike (1971)
Mar 30, 2024
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There is a large rectangular brick building at Agency Avenue and Midlothian Turnpike that was art for almost 2 decades. BEST Products was founded in… Brookside (circa 1893)
Mar 25, 2024
After John Cullen Robertson (one of the original owner-developers of the Forest Hill streetcar line) died in 1922, his widow, deGraffenried “Graffie” Taylor Robertson, demolished… |
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