tagged with: 26th Street
July 21, 2008
a robbery @ 26th and Franklin
A reader sent in overnight this unconfirmed report of a new style of robbery:
My roommates were held up at gunpoint Saturday night at 1:30 or so on their way home from Shockoe Bottom. They were walking and the incident happened on 26th and Franklin. A car pulled up and stopped at the corner, a guy got out and the car kept driving. He walked up on them and held a gun to them and robbed them.
April 5, 2008
another wreck&run
Just a few blocks away from last week’s wreck&run, neighbors on the 900 block of 26th Street had a rude surprise around 9:30AM this morning when an SUV was driven up over the curb and to the porch of one of the new houses. The driver fled, leaving the engine running…
March 26, 2008
Springfield School (circa 1915)
Springfield School, 26th and Leigh Street, Richmond, Va. is one of the most modern and complete Elementary Schools in the South. It is a fire-proof building, constructed in 1913 of Virginia granite at a cost of $100,000. It contains twenty-five class rooms, a large assembly hall and is splendidly equipped for instruction in Manual Training and Domestic Science. Besides Kindergarten and Retarded Classes, there are two Open-Air Schools in operation on the roof.
October 15, 2007
a fairly recent history
The Virginia Film Office has a location library of shots from around the neighborhood from what appears to be the early 1990s. The set labeled Church Hill Residential (Rough) caught a bunch of building that have since been fixed up or demolished.
September 1, 2007
police chase and capture
A combined Virginia State and Richmond City Police chase ended in the rear of 606 North 27th Street early Saturday morning. Police cars cordoned off the block bordered by 26th, 27th, Leigh, and M Streets for approximately 30 minutes as police dogs searched the area. Check out Stretch Ledford’s live-on-the-scene photos…
March 29, 2007
help bring life back into an empty apartment building
Tom & Julie O’Kelly are seeking support of an application for a variance from the City of Richmond Board of Zoning for 520 North 26th Street. They’d like to totally renovate this former apartment-building/cornerstore into a four-unit apartment-building.
February 11, 2007
new and restored on 26th Street
Standing at the intersection of O and 26th Streets, it is apparent that this is an area in that will be hard to recognize this time next year.
