This from the summer of 2008
More recently, work has begun on the interchange part of the road through the park.
Clearing proceeds on the piece of land between Hillcrest and McIntire Road
Rock Hill gardens are on the left.
IC= impervious cover
Category: development
south view (adjacency)
Intersection of R-2 and Downtown Extended.
adjacent — adj
1. being near or close, esp having a common boundary; adjoining; contiguous–dictionary.com
east view
View east from Jefferson School over the Harland Bartholemew renewal zone. Does anyone have a 1950’s picture from this angle?
City Walk
Site work, silver maple, bulldoozer
City Walk
US Department of Housing and Urban Development City Walk Apartments Project No. 051-35616. Owner Coal Tower Associates. Architect: Davis Architects. Contractor: Summit Contracting Group, Inc.
Carlton Avenue
Feels like the real estate machine is heating up in Charlottesville. Buildings are disappearing.
redevelopment
Charlottesville Albemarle is no stranger to greenfield development. So its heartening to encounter redevelopment. Photo above, the ghost-box of Circuit City being remade into a grocery store. Photo below, the H.T. Ferron ready-mix plant site being reworked, rumor is to an adult day care center.
new asphalt
I think there used to be a median with trees on route 29.
This new asphalt, District Avenue, runs northwest off Rt. 29 to two-hundred and fifty “luxury apartments” under construction, now leasing.
…living at its finest located in Charlottesville, Virginia, just steps away from The Shops at Stonefield – the new gathering place for Charlottesville residents. We’re close to everything and a haven from it all.–Stonefield Commons
Not sure of the name of this one. McIntire Road Extended? Meadowcreek Parkway? On the east edge of McIntire Park.
DMZ
Walking in the County southeast past the shops at Stonefield. Enjoying the new sidewalk and trees. Headed home. Arriving at the “Main Street” of the County, US Route 29, the neighborhood model takes on a new light. How is the pedestrian meant to cross into Charlottesville? Carefully. Not sure exactly how many lanes there are, standing on one side they are a challenge to count. Big asphalt. Twelve lanes?
There are lots of hashmarks scattered about the intersection, providing guidance to motorists about how to negotiate the DMZ. I didn’t see a crosswalk.
It seems that “transit” in the county means four wheels and a motor. If you have the misfortune to engage in bipedal locomotion, be fleet of foot. What momma said. Look both ways before crossing this road.
In an alternate reality.
scary
My fears regarding the future of neighborhoods? Cut them open to get to the golden eggs, trade them for a handful of magic beans, shrink National Historic Districts and ADC’s to the size of handkerchiefs, widen roads, install sewage pipes in the air, cut down the trees, fire engines everywhere. Anything is possible.
Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story: