The Historic Richmond Foundations’s weekly Under the Radar spotlights 1307 North 23rd Street in the Fairmount Historic District. Owned by Keth and Dorothy Fleming of Crozier, VA. Purchased in 2002 and mothballed since; Assessed at $39,000.
This morning’s Daily Crime Report from the RPD carried the following: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (SHOOTING) 8/31/10 12:55 p.m. – 700 block of Mosby Street – A male reported he was shot by a known male. His injuries are not life-threatening. THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE 8/30/10–8/31/10 5:00 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. – 2100 block of Fairmount Avenue [...]
Word of a FOUND dog: I just found an adorable black cocker spaniel puppy on the 1400 block of North 22nd Street [...] I’d like to find the owner and to get the dog to it’s rightful home. Drop a line to rebekah.augustine@yahoo.com or call (804)683-6959 if you know where the dog lives.
The electricity has been out along at least the Fairmount corridor for the past 3 hours. No word on why or when power will be restored.
From the city’s CURRENT TRAFFIC INFORMATION site: N 21ST ST/T ST FIRE, ACCIDENT – PERSON TRAPPED (Special Assignment) On Scene 10:30 PM SINGLE VEHICLE HIT A TREE…NO ONE IS GETTING OUT…
The latest entry in the Historic Richmond Foundation’s Under the Radar series on “properties and/or history in jeopardy” spotlights 1200 North 23rd Street.
An undated photo (circa 1949-1961) of the Fairmount School/Helen Dickinson (at 22nd and T Streets) from the Library of Virginia’s Adolph B. Rice Studio Collection.
What appears to be gang graffiti has sprouted on the shed behind a vacant house on the 2000 block of Fairmount Avenue.
The 1st Quarter Richmond Housing Analysis Report (PDF) has been released and includes: prices overview, market dynamics, highest percentage of appreciation (Oakwood #1), highest percentage of depreciation (Whitcomb #2), top 20 neighborhoods by percentage in foreclosure (8 of 20 in the East End), highest by % vacant (top 4 in East End), and more.
The great clean-up was a smashing success today. Props to the Richmond Clean City Commission for the supplies and the Department of Public Works for taking care of our pile. Special thanks to Officer Ford from the First Precinct for helping to organize our crucial drop spot, and to everyone from Unity, New Visions, Union [...]
This house is for sale for $19,900.
Poor Fairmount Avenue can’t catch a break: name a Richmond slumlord and dollars to donuts they own a vacant house on the once grand street. Richmond Slumlord Watch today outs Linilton Realty, owner of vacant properties on Fairmount Avenue and Whitcomb Street.
A few doors down from the stylistically-similar “Dr.Young house”.
