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February 18, 2010
Richmond map 1883
O.W. Gray and Son, 1883. Pre-Jefferson Avenue, shows the Central Lunatic Asylum, the route of the train tunnel, and offers up the alternate letter names for Clay, Leigh, and M/N/O Streets.
February 10, 2010
Richmond population distribution 1930
Issued 1931, produced by the Department of Public Works Bureau of Survey and Design. Each dot represents 25 people. Makes an interesting companion to an earlier DPW map…
January 1, 2010
2009 East End homicides lowest in recent memory
According to our count, there were only 9 people killed by other people in the East End over the past year (down from 12 in 2008 and a recent high of 27 in 2004). No one has been killed in the East End since early August; this stretch of 145 days is likely the longest in at least a decade.
December 15, 2009
GRTC to cut Main Street/Church Hill
Efective January 31, 2010, GRTC’s route 13 Main Street/Church Hill will be eliminated (PDF), as will 5 other “historically underperforming routes”. GRTC’s route map (PDF) shows routes 1 and 2 offering similar east/west linkages.
December 8, 2009
Vacant properties deter Richmond redevelopment
Taking the Richmond Vacant Property Registry as a starting point, student journalist Maureen Link has pulled together a look at the impact of the high rate of vacant properties in the area:
“It’s not the urban issues that keep people away so much as the fabric is really destroyed in a lot of ways,” [he says]. “Sure people have the right to own property as a profit making venture but this is a community where people live. We’d have more kids in schools, more people buying stuff from our stores, restaurants…everything it would be better in every way if not for all these vacant properties.”
November 27, 2009
East End 1962
Detail from a 1962 map of Richmond published by Esso. Drawn before the construction of I-64, the map also ncludes the pre-MLK Bridge street grid west of Mosby Street and the original streets of Fulton.
November 21, 2009
Union Hill O&H comes before council on Monday
On the agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting:: Ord.No.2009-203 (PDF) -To amend the Code *** to establish the Union Hill Old and Historic District.
November 17, 2009
The vacant house queen of Fairmount
Three companies, all managed by Stacy Martin of Hermitage Realty, own 15 vacant houses within 4 blocks of my house (including the 2 pictured above). These companies collectively have over 90 houses on the the city’s Vacant Property Registry, the vast majority of which are in the East End.
November 5, 2009
Church Hill zoning meeting recap
The November Update from the Department of Community Development includes a recap of the Church Hill Zoning Meeting from a few weeks back:
DCD staff held a neighborhood meeting with Church Hill residents on October 22 to discuss possible zoning changes in response to the land use recommendations that residents shared with staff in July. This was the latest in a series of meeting that have been taking place since November of 2007.
October 9, 2009
No leaf collection until December
The 2009-2010 leaf collection schedule map (PDF) has been published. While collection begins in November in some parts of the city, the East End will not see leaf collection until the end of December. There is speculation that this will be the last year that the city collects leaves in an attempt to save money.
October 8, 2009
Zoning meeting announced
City planning staff has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday, October 22, 2009, at 6PM at EDI (701 N.25th Street) to discuss the zoning and Master Plan land use recommendations for the Church Hill area.
October 1, 2009
East End murder count still better than last year
Through yesterday the city has had 34 homicides, two more than last year’s extraordinarily low count of 32. While the city count has crept back up, the 2009 murder count in the East End is still below even last year’s: so far in 2009 we’ve had but 8 killings in the past 9 months (compared to 10 at this time in 2008 and final count of 12).
September 28, 2009
Oakwood/Chimborazo Civic Association meeting set for Wednesday
The newly formed Oakwood/Chimborazo Civic Association will be having their initial meeting on Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30PM at the Boys and Girls Club at 3701 R Street. The group is working to re-establish this association to help improve the community. Please come prepared to discuss changes to the neighborhood, future elections and the association structure.
August 31, 2009
Civic organizations in the East End
A list of active civic organizations in the East End, towards fostering better communication and building more cohesive civic representation across the area.
August 27, 2009
Residential Security Map of Richmond from the 1930s
Redlining Richmond: Investigate the centrality of race in the politics & on the landscape of Richmond in the late 1930s…
August 26, 2009
The Fairmount Historic District
The Fairmount Neighborhood began as a real estate development project in the fall of 1890, one of several contemporary efforts to create new suburban towns just outside the Richmond city limits in Henrico County.
August 19, 2009
The Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District
Anchored by Chimborazo Park and Oakwood Cemetery, the Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District was shaped by the events of the 20th century, from the development of the trolley to the racial transition of the community during the 1950s and 1960s.
