The Boulevardizen brings us a meteorological blast from the past with this story on the 1951 tornado that crossed the river, ran through the park, the neighborhoods of Byrd Park and the Fan, before petering out in the Northside. In addition to this great diagram, The Boulevardizen also includes the account of a Rosewood Ave [...]
The Pepsi shed has been gone for a year now and in its place we now have this newly constructed building called, “The Landing.” Since it appears to be completed, plenty of people are wondering when it will begin operating and what it might have to offer. I emailed a few questions to Larry Miller [...]
This community blog is a year old and it’s beginning to get some attention. However, the site needs more content more often to continue growing. As much as I enjoy speaking up about what I see, I never wanted that privilege all to my self. Besides, I have another blog and a blog aggregator to [...]
Mark Holmberg ties together Tarchelle Daniel’s murder in Randolph with the same-day murder/suicide in Church Hill and ponders the prospect of a violent and homicidal spring/summer in Richmond.
On April 8th, 2009, laid off Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter and Byrd Park resident, Tim V., posted four blog entries. One covered crime stats, another linked to the Civic League news letter, a third eulogized the Pepsi shed at Fountain Lake, and then there was this one: We got a little ahead of ourselves and started [...]
When we first reported, Lamplighter had just opened their coffee shop and our neighborhoods seemed like a good target for their weekly house-roasted coffee bean deliveries (by bike). Four months later, Lamplighter is swarming with customers, many singing their praises over sandwiches as well as espresso drinks, and ByrdParkers are beating a path across the [...]
The popular Arts in the Park in Byrd Park is less than a month away! The Carillon Civic Association Announces its 38th annual “Arts in the Park” show and sale at the Carillon in Byrd Park on May 1st, 11-6 p.m. and May 2nd, 11-5 p.m., 2010. More than 450 artists from around the U.S. [...]
An August 1969 issue of the Afro-American identifies the 1800 block of Parkwood Avenue as a prime example of “rat infested” in Richmond:
There are signs all around the neighborhood advertising the “plant swap.” Accordingly, we started some seeds and they’re coming up right on time. On Saturday, April 10th, at 11 a.m., The Byrd Park Civic League will sponsor a plant swap that is open to the public at the Byrd Park Round House. Gardeners and citizens [...]
Monthly crime stats for Sector 313. The district includes all of Byrd Park, Randolph, the Fan, and most of the Maymont neighborhood (see map here). Contact info for Lt. Edward Capriglione is included at the end of the post. Community Noteworthy Report March 2010 Sector 313: March 2010: Violent Crime: 20% decrease 03/2010 vs. 03/2009 [...]
This afternoon, the police discovered a woman shot multiple times in a car parked on the 1200 block of Lakeview Ave near Harrison Street in the Randolph neighborhood. She was taken to the hospital and was pronounced dead shortly afterwards E-mail Advisory 4/2/10 Richmond Police Department Lakeview Ave. Homicide The Richmond Police Department is investigating [...]
The next Byrd Park Civic League (BPCL) meeting will feature a guest speaker from the Richmond Clean City Commission and and the meeting will be followed by a plant swap. Both are open to the public. The previously announced RRHA speaker who was slated to visit to discuss the future of the bus barn has [...]
CBS6′s Mark Holmberg took a look at the ideas and interests swirling around the bus barn yesterday. The local news piece was inspired, at least in part, by the discussion that we hosted here on this site, as a WTVR producer contacted us to do follow-ups with some of our commenters (that’s you! Good job.). [...]
