The University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab has an interesting feature called “Redlining Richmond,” about aspects of racial and economic discrimination that have shaped our city. Here is an excerpt from 1937 that highlights the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) perspective that “clearly convey the centrality of race in the politics and on the landscape [...]
A recent email from the folks at Maymont has info about upcoming events: Vintage Maymont Celebrates Twelfth Year Enjoy an exciting evening with a high-spirited crowd and extraordinary items up for bid during this premier auction. Read more… New! Mourning Obsessions at Maymont Immerse yourself in the customs, beliefs and macabre memorabilia associated with death [...]
. . What can we do? Call the City of Richmond’s Property Maintenance division at: 804.646.3908 Email Marty Jewell (our councilman) at: Marty.Jewell@Richmondgov.com Call Marty Jewell at: 804.646.6050 And lets organize a clean-up!
Patience Salgado over at Kindness Girl has a great idea: Meet me and other Guerrilla Goodness lovers in front of the Carillon (Bryd Park) at 3:00 pm on September 7th! Here’s how it works: 1. I will pass out addresses to city schools and sidewalk chalk. 2. You head out with friends, family, kids, dogs, [...]
Sometime this past growing season, a little garden plot appeared at the base of the footbridge to the Fan. The beautifully mulched and expertly paired vegetable plants and marigolds are causing a lot of speculation. The primary question is, “Who planted these veggies?” If you know, clue the rest of the neighborhood in with a [...]
Recently, the Virginia Department of Education released their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) statistics. RVANews has a convenient rundown of these stats with some further analysis. The four schools that are fed by the Byrd Park neighborhood all received passing scores: Maymont Elementary: Made AYP John B. Cary Elementary: Made AYP Bindford Model School: Made AYP [...]
Download the full police report here or visit the sector 313 website here Crimes of note: July 6 Commander Smith received a complaint of open-air drug dealing in the 1300 block of Wallace Street. The complainant said he was concerned that the drug dealing was negatively impacting elderly tenants of an apartment building as well [...]
The National Park Service’s Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary has a wonderfully informative page on the Byrd Park Pump House: Wilfred Emory Cutshaw, who oversaw the building’s design and construction, was a grand figure in the development of Richmond. During his 34-year tenure as City Engineer, Cutshaw’s endeavors included roads, sidewalks, schools, armories, parks, [...]
Beth Harris recently posted this neat diptych dirty pond from Byrd Park to flicker.
The Byrd Park Civic League has some great info on the etymology of local street names culled from Thomas F. Mustian’s Facts and Legends of Richmond Area Streets…
Looking for a way to beat the heat this August? The City’s public pools are FREE and open through Labor Day, Sept. 7th. Rather than running the AC all day long, a relaxing dip in the cooling waters of your neighborhood pool might be in order. Our local Randoph pool also has a great kiddie [...]
Craigslist has word of a moving sale on Maplewood Avenue this morning. You can also get: Vintage mid century Porch Glider Chairs 2 pairs, random stuff cheap, Decorative Mirror, Wood Storage Cabinet, Glass kitchen table, Custom made desk, Various pieces of crystal, and/or Blue decorative plate/dish from Japan.
Share your photos from the area! Upload your photos to Flickr and tag’em with “byrdpark” and “richmond” and they’ll automatically be pulled into the site.
A Byrd Park walking tour has been announced for August 22 10AM-noon: Tyler Potterfield, author of Nonesuch a History of Richmond, Virginia Landscape to 1942, leads a walk through historic Byrd Park. Learn about its lakes, buildings, waterworks, Carillon, Dogwood Dell and the city’s first tree nursery. Participants will gain an appreciation of the landscape [...]
Follow this Byrd Park renovation at Domus Aurea: This week we’ve just spent trying to clean, get organized and figure out what comes first. We did get some of the windows open. I got some paneling down, and started taking off wall paper in the dining room. There were four layers of wall paper in [...]
Hi folks. I started this site with help from neighborhood media guru John Murden the day after I got laid off from my former job. I’ve since found gainful employment that will prevent me from doing any more work with ByrdPark.net. In the coming days I’m going to hand the site over John (murden@gmail.com) until someone steps [...]
This note comes from Michael Dodson, regarding Tuesday, Aug. 4: “National Night Out is not happening in Byrd Park this year because of a lack of neighborhood support. Neighbors are encouraged to leave their porch lights on and attend the Greater Randolph National Night Out at the Randolph Community Center. The event starts at 6p.m.”
