There is no land in Charlottesville “zoned” for mobile homes. Too bad, they have positive aspects.
Category: architecture
standpipe
The standpipe, Orange, Virginia. Full of water, not nukes. The faux house at the base of the standpipe contains humming electric things…
senescence
Richmond, Virginia, bounded by Azalea Avenue and I-95 to the north, Brook Road to the east, Westbrook Avenue to the south, the once shiny and new Azalea Mall, now 40+ acres of crumbling asphalt.
The proposed Albemarle Place in Charlottesville/Albemarle will be about this size.
Some commercial developments prosper for hundreds of years, some stumble and fall after a few decades.
Richmond Road
August 1974, the month Richard Nixon resigned.
By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.
Richard M. Nixon
day of rest
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Greenwood, Virginia
Waynesboro, Virginia, downtown
Over the past 40 years, Waynesboro, like downtowns across the country, changed drastically due to the creation of the interstate highway system and subsequent growth of suburban communities. Downtown businesses closed or moved to the mall, shoppers dwindled, property values and sales tax revenues dropped. —Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc.
nature and culture
Masons
Masonic Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia. Photographed out the train window.
Industrial ID
the right stuff
Yeager, who never attended college and was often modest about his background, is considered by some to be one of the greatest pilots of all time. Despite his lack of higher education, he has been honored in his home state. Marshall University has named its highest academic scholarship, the Society of Yeager Scholars, in his honor. Additionally, Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, is named after him. The Interstate 64/Interstate 77 bridge over the Kanawha River in Charleston is named for Yeager.–Wikipedia