I95, Jackson Ward And Navy Hill – 1958
From the Anne B. Rice Collection available on Flickr. Dramatic picture of I95 under construction as it slices through Jackson Ward.
Archive for “Transportation”
Got a Bike? Got Feet? Got Questions?
Hey, RVA News is going to grill Richmond’s new bicycle/pedestrian coordinator. They are looking for great questions that need answering. You can suggest yours here. Questions for RVA’s bicycle, pedestrian, and trails coordinator Here’s a few so far. What immediate steps do you think Richmond needs to take to become a viable bike-friendly city? How can [...]
GRTC Connects Downtown & Doswell
A new bus service is being instituted by the GRTC shuttling back and forth between Kings Dominion and Downtown. The cost of the service will be $5 each way and run Memorial Day through September 5th. It will also provide access to downtown for hundreds of international workers currently staying in dorms at the [...]
2 Wheels for the Price of Four
Here's what a coolness factor can do for you. No doors, no trunk, no roof, and no radio, but a price tag that will get you a decent car with all of those, and four wheels to boot.
Get on the Bus
It's Saturday and that means the "Green Bus" is running it's daytime museum route. If you don't know already, the Green Bus is the trademark green schoolbus run by To the Bottom and Back. It is a FREE service that on Saturdays will take you on a loop from Shockoe Bottom to the Museum District (think Picasso) and back.
To the Museums and Back!
Unlike the GRTC, where times seems to stand still, the big green bus from To the Bottom and Back has jumped in with both feet to provide easy and FREE access to the Picasso exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Getting on the bus is as easy as flagging them down anywhere on [...]
He Needs a Ticket to Ride
Here’s a bare bones request from Craigslist: need a ride from j ward to 14st downtown vcu student seeking a ride to and from work at downtown bar. looking for really cheap prices Reply via the ad.
Catherine Street Back on the Radar
Historic Richmond just featured 4 Catherine St row houses in it’s Under the Radar Series. The picture below come from a story published here in 2009. These turn of the century houses were slated to be torn down as part of a planned widening of Catherine Street. Well the houses are still there and Catherine Street [...]
North by Northwest
In Richmond’s skewed street grid nothing seems to go North, South, East or West regardless of what street signs tell us. This shot is near true north. Mentally I think of it as Northwest since it is taken at a 45 degree angle from the grid, but outside the magnetic influence of Richmond, compasses return [...]
New Drivethru at Wachovia
Collision at 2nd and Grace nearly creates a new drive through at Wachovia Bank this morning.
