Another piece of old Fulton… “Historic Fulton’s Commercial Strip” From the Greater Fulton Hill Civic Association’s Spring 2017 Newsletter via the City of Richmond, Dept. of Public Works.
Can anyone name the streets or put a date to this?
Another piece of old Fulton… “Historic Fulton’s Commercial Strip” From the Greater Fulton Hill Civic Association’s Spring 2017 Newsletter via the City of Richmond, Dept. of Public Works.
Can anyone name the streets or put a date to this?
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A Style Weekly article quoting from an old Fulton newsletter describes the location.
http://m.styleweekly.com/richmond/the-greatest-place-on-earth/Content?oid=1379516
“…The heart of Fulton’s shopping complex was where Louisiana Street and Williamsburg Avenue met. The streetcar stopped there, made a loop and either headed back up Main Street or over the viaduct and across Church Hill. … Jammed into this short stretch in the late 1940’s were Pete’s Barber Shop, the American Lunch Restaurant, the LaTouche and the Bowle’s grocery stores, the Fulton Clothing works, Fairlamb’s Confectionary, Smither’s Restaurant, Robinson’s Barber Shop, Ray Long’s furniture store, Harry Simon’s department store, Home Bakery, the Star Theatre, Allen’s Shoe Shine Parlor, Tinken’s Confectionary, Whitlock’s Barber Shop, Homeworker’s Handicraft and Co-operative and Ar
You can make out Simon’s Department store on the right side.
Looks mid 60’s from the car in the middle. City records should have the address for Simon’s Department Store at right.
Assuming this photograph was taken facing due east, here is what that scene looks like currently. The asphalt strip you see running left-to-right is a newly-constructed part of Admiral Gravely Blvd, but it appears to be built on top of the old roadbed of Williamsburg Ave, based on historical maps.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2gvrgby6a2ybix/Screenshot%202017-05-01%2014.28.27.png?dl=0
so sad this is all gone
Louisiana Street had the trolly tracks.
Williamsburg Avenue and Louisiana Street looking east.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d27/RVamaps/Williamsburg%20and%20Louisiana.jpg?t=1493683671
Although I titled it oldandnew… the new refers to 2005… but I have taken many pictures at this intersection.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/RVAPics/oldandnew%20Fulton.jpg
Unfortunately, you can see the condition of these buildings are in poor shape, but nothing like others seen in the photo series.
The original source says this was part of a series of photographs showing Fulton and its degraded conditions – taken in 1967.
They don’t look much different from other places in Richmond.