tagged with: Jackson Ward
November 14, 2007
spirit of survival
Central to the RTD’s look at the vitality of city churches is the example of Rev. Tyrone Nelson and Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and its growing congregation.
November 10, 2007
then/now on Brook Road
Flickr provides a great then (1986) and now for the building that now houses the Transmission Gallery and part of the new Emrick Flats.
November 8, 2007
African-American Heritage guided bus tour
Explore four centuries of powerful history! Remember the era of Richmond’s slave traders, examine the role of free blacks and urban slaves, discuss the contributions of blacks during the Civil War, revisit the African American experience during Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era, and honor the impact of the lives of prominent Richmonders, including Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Maggie L. Walker, Arthur Ashe and Douglas Wilder.
November 5, 2007
Sectors 412 and 413 reports for October
Lieutenant Lisa Drew reports “another great month for Sector 413 and thanks to the cooperation of our community - crime is continuing to go down! Violent Crime was down 50% this month. We are still continuing to have a problem with property crimes (mainly thefts from autos) but even property crime was down 6%. Thank you to everyone for your continued support from everyone here at 4th Precinct!” Check out the Sector 412 report and the Sector 413 report for October. (PDF)
November 4, 2007
Holiday Art-o-rama
You’re invited to an open house art extravaganza of epic proportion, hosted at the Jackson Ward loft space of Vicki Bruner on Saturday, November 11. The dazzling array of exhibitors will include foust, Kim Young, Jonnie Kinney, Danny Finny, Vicki Bruner, Lynne Sward, Angie Wiggins, Cris Pool, Robert Young, Clifford Earl, and Joni Ulman Lewis. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Richmond SPCA and an SPCA representative will be on-hand to collect Wish List and other donations. For more information, please call 804-387-7089.
October 30, 2007
senior housing coming to Leigh Street
richmond.com’s popular Ask the Mayor this week answers the question “Are there any plans for a senior apartment complex in the Downtown area?”, saying that “the former school complex at 21 East Leigh Street is being redeveloped into an independent-living senior community”. (UPDATED)
October 18, 2007
Wilder’s cancelled Gilpin meeting
Mayor L. Douglas Wilder recently canceled a town hall meeting in Gilpin Court, the city’s largest public housing project, where he was expected to unveil plans for the revitalization of Gilpin, Fay Towers and North Jackson Ward. A 2006 plan recommends a new magnet school, mixed-use zoning, and a new 2nd Street bridge. [via]
October 16, 2007
15 or so years ago…
The Virginia Film Office has a location library of shots with panoramas from around the neighborhood from what appears to be the early 1990s. Local images are also included in the set Slums of Richmond…
October 12, 2007
photos and video from last weekend
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YouTube gives up a photomontage, a drumline, and a jazz performance from last weekend’s 2nd Street Festival.
October 7, 2007
yesterday
The RTD has a piece on yesterday at the 2nd Street Festival, with Philip E. Brown Sr. as the new unofficial “mayor” of the Second Street Festival on the street and Roosevelt Brunson sharing a bit about what 2nd Street used to be like (”There were church people, bootleggers, gamblers. It was everything.”).
October 5, 2007
more on this overloaded weekend…
inRich has 2 front page articles about the goings on this weekend, giving good coverage to the 2nd Street Festival and tonight’s First Friday events, including a list of the 28 venues participating in tonight’s festivities.
October 3, 2007
2nd Street Festival line-up and schedule
Check out the 2007 Second Street Festival line-up of performers and artists scheduled on 4 stages across 2 days with poetry, brass, funk, choir, kung-fu, a petting zoo, AND MORE…. [via]
