Richmond in Pictures III

[mclawsdrive]

I started this because I kept hearing that it needed to be done. But I don't have any pictures, so if you have some, please post so I don't look like an idiot.

[wrldcoupe4]

haha Thanks Mclaws. I wish I had some pictures to post

[TBurban]

haha Thanks Mclaws. I wish I had some pictures to post

I do! I do! I do! Theyll be up soon!

[TBurban]

Saint James Protestant Episcopal Church on Monument Ave.

Beth Ahabah Synagogue

Many more to come!

Along Monument Ave.

More to come!

Along Hanover Ave

Last few, I think they were along Park Ave

Hope you all enjoyed!

[Shakman]

What??? No skyline photos?

[Cadeho]

From that part of the Fan?

[TBurban]

What??? No skyline photos?

.....They wouldnt let me climb the steeple of the church.....

[burt]

Terrific, Tommy. But you have a problem differentiating between Monument Avenue and West Franklin Street. Monument Avenue begins at and goes west from Lombardy Street. Your picture of old Stuart Circle Hospital is now called #1 Monument Avenue. Below Lombardy toward VCU, the road narrows and is called West Franklin Street. St. James and almost all of the following pictures are taken along Franklin. That is, until you go into The Fan's Hanover and Park Avenues.

I'll comment more later. But they are great. Thanks.

[burt]

I started this because I kept hearing that it needed to be done. But I don't have any pictures, so if you have some, please post so I don't look like an idiot.

Funny, McLaw.

Go to the Museum thread and look at the next to last posting.

[urbanvb]

Love those shots, Tburban. I love landscaping and they have done a great job in these locales. And thanks, mcclawsdrive for starting this new thread.

[wrldcoupe4]

Great photos Tommy... there's more to Richmond than the skyline!

[burt]

St. James Episcopal Church with the elegant spire is a beautiful sight driving down Monument Avenue toward downtown Richmond. The church on West Franklin Street suffered a terrible fire a decade or so ago and much of it, including the steeple, had to be rebuilt.

Further east on Franklin is one of, if not the oldest synagogues in the city. Beth Ahabah has a large congregation and I believe it contains a museum depicting Jewish life in Richmond.

Across from the synagogue is one of Richmond's old and stately mid rise apartment buildings called Gresham Court. Several other 3-story apartment houses also line this stretch of the Avenue, such as the Ambassador and the St. Francis. Tommy includes a picture of one of the city's most stylish and disguised parking garages next door to The St. Francis. Further east is the original "campus" of VCU which, when I was a student there, was known as Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary. That was before its merger with Medical College of Virginia and the change of name to Virginia Commonwealth University. Almost all activities and classes at RPI were in the old mansions and town houses in the immediate area.

More later on Tommy's pictures of The Fan.

Edited September 16, 2006 by burt

[source]

I am baffled by the tracks leading into Grubb's Auto Service on Cary St.

[Cadeho]

I was baffled by that too when I got my pic too... I think it was probably for the trolley.. possibly? I know there's one on north Lombardy across from Maggie Walker. I used to be fascinated by the tracks before they paved over them.

[burt]

I'm not sure where on West Cary Grubb's Auto Service is located, but if it is between Stafford and Robinson Streets it's most likely leftover trackage from the former trolley barns and repair shops a block or two away.

Also, buildings at Main and Vine now being converted to residential and commercial uses were at one time trolley barns. If Grubb's is in that area, perhaps this is a spur track from the streetcar line on Main.

[source]

I'm not sure where on West Cary Grubb's Auto Service is located, but if it is between Stafford and Robinson Streets it's most likely leftover trackage from the former trolley barns and repair shops a block or two away.

Also, buildings at Main and Vine now being converted to residential and commercial uses were at one time trolley barns. If Grubb's is in that area, perhaps this is a spur track from the streetcar line on Main.

Its very close on E. Cary to Adams.

[burt]

Well, source, that IS a mystery. Years and years ago, tracks (RF&P or its forerunner) tunnelled under nearby Byrd Street en route to the 7th and Byrd passenger station. Perhaps this is a spur off old RF&P.

Grubb's is not a very attractive building, is it?

[Cadeho]

It's two blocks from the tunnel. I have no idea what it could be... but the tracks lead to a garage. Maybe it was maintenance for something on rails.

[Shakman]

If someone wants to go come to the roof of my apartment building, let me know via PM. There are some great views from up there.

[burt]

If someone wants to go come to the roof of my apartment building, let me know via PM. There are some great views from up there.

You can track construction of the expanding VaMuseum, can't you, as well as look down on The Va. Historical Society and its new addition? Does the Historical Society still have two groves of Magnolia trees at the building's rear?

Take some pictures and share them with us, Shak.

[Shakman]

You can track construction of the expanding VaMuseum, can't you, as well as look down on The Va. Historical Society and its new addition? Does the Historical Society still have two groves of Magnolia trees at the building's rear?

Take some pictures and share them with us, Shak.

The art museum expansion is in clear site.

...and yes, the two groves of magnolia trees are still there. Pretty stuff, especially during the Spring bloom.

[Cadeho]

[TBurban]

They look awesome, Cam!

[TBurban]

A few from driving by SPTC.

The main entrance

A side entrance

Next to Dicks, where the proposed 7 story hotel will be built.

[rusthebuss]

It's two blocks from the tunnel. I have no idea what it could be... but the tracks lead to a garage. Maybe it was maintenance for something on rails.

It could have been for moving engines. Was it always a auto shop?