archive for May, 2007
May 27, 2007
Carver & Jackson Ward Flickr Group
We’ve started a Carver and Jackson Ward Flickr group, if you have any photos that you’d like to share.
May 27, 2007
Sector 413 report for May
The Sector 413 report for May (PDF) includes an upadate from Lt. Gary K. Ladin, a Top Wanted for the area, and info on recent initiatives.
May 27, 2007
fatal shooting at 2nd & Hill Streets
Jerry Miles, 56, of the 3100 block of Third Avenue, was fatally shot just before midnight last night at 3rd and Hill Streets. Richmond Police are looking for Verdon Taylor, described as 5 feet, six inches tall, 166 pounds., and with a shaved head. [via]
May 28, 2007
naked again
For June’s First Friday, Gallery5 will be hosting Disrobed 2: The Connection. Billed as an “All-Nude Art Exhibition and Gallery5 Benefit”, this follow-up to last years’s popular exhibition is being used to raise money to help Gallery5 become ADA compliant.
May 29, 2007
welcome!
I wasn’t planning on really launching ths site yet, but since it has been outed I may as well try to be a good host. There are parts of the site that don’t work yet, but I’m getting there. Please let me know if you are interested in contributing to this site.
May 29, 2007
a closer look at 4 square blocks 80-100 years ago
The National Park Service hosts an archeological context study of the area surrounding the Maggie L. Walker House for the years 1900-1920, including a neat
chart of info on heads of household for a few blocks of Clay, Leigh, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Streets.
May 30, 2007
a map of when houses were built
Trulia Hindsight is an animated map of homes in the United States. The animations use the year the properties were built to show the growth of streets, neighborhoods and cities over time. View the map. Read more >
May 30, 2007
what impact will Philip Morris have?
Today’s RTD has a multipedia article about the current big projects downtown (with a factsheet, a video, and a photo slidewhow). One of the projects highlighted is the $350 million Philip Morris USA research and technology center at North 5th Street. [via]
May 30, 2007
Jackson Ward, the movie
Jackson Ward, the story of “a young cop walking a thin moral tightrope… [who] spends his days patrolling the streets of his small southern town … [and] finds occasional company in a neighborhood prostitute named Glora” is set to begin filming June 1.
