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August 10, 2010
Draft of the East End Revitalization plan released for feedback
The first draft version of the plan for the revitilization of the 25th Street/Nine Mile corridor has been released:
The plan details specific proposals for a number of areas and is a result of the input from more than 1,000 people who attended the opening and closing events and the various planning sessions throughout the week. [...] This version of the plan is a draft and we welcome your input and suggestions. Please send your correspondence to eastendvison@bshsi.org.
July 24, 2010
Report and track potholes, overgrown lots, abandoned cars, non-functioning street lights, trash/bulk pick-ups, and illegal dumping
At some point, the city launched a website for reporting priority issues such as potholes, overgrown lots, abandoned cars, non-functioning street lights, non-functioning traffic lights, trash/bulk pick-ups, and illegal dumping.
June 3, 2010
End End Transformation looking good on paper
The folks at Duany Plater-Zyberk shared some of their process and what they’ve been hearing tonight as the East End Transformation process moved to the Family Resource Center on Jefferson Avenue for the Studio Open House.
May 30, 2010
Richmond 1919
A pre-interstate map of Richmond published by The Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company in 1919.
April 12, 2010
Church Hill Area Rezoning Study goes to Planning Commission on April 19
The public hearing portion of the Church Hill rezoning process kicks off this month, with the Planning Commission reviewing an amendment to the Master Plan land use recommendations applicable to this portion of the East End planning district at their April 19, 2010 meeting.
April 8, 2010
Howard’s Grove and Chimborazo Hospital
The Shockoe Examiner shared yesterday that Robert W. Waitt, Jr.’s Confederate Military Hospitals in Richmond, originally published in 1964 by the Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee, has been put online as part of VCU Libraries’ Digital Collections.
April 6, 2010
A look at housing and transportation costs as percentage of income
A nice companion piece to this photo, the Housing + Transportation Affordabilty Index delineates areas where residents spend a high proportion of their income on housing or housing&transportation.
March 31, 2010
Public transportation routes (1943)
Lines 1-10 are streetcars, the rest are busses. Areas more than 1/4 mile from a line are cross-hatched. Each dot represents 25 people (previously.
March 24, 2010
Mayor’s proposed budget heavy on infrastructure spending
Mayor Jones’ spoke tonight at Franklin Military Academy on a proposed budget for 2011 and plans through 2014 that could mean hundreds of new trees across the East End, Church Hill North, Oakwood, and Chimborazo seeing all of their streets being resurfaced, and a new building at MLK Middle School ready for the opening of the 2013-2014 school year.
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…
