Richmond in Pictures III

[Lukepf]

Near Chesterfield County Airport/ Courthouse, at 288 & Ironbridge

[eandslee]

Okay, with you advanced Richmond whizzes out there, my clues are too easy.  Great job!  The camera is pointed at the Richmond Executive Airport and I am directly over 288!  You guys are too good!  

I tried to get some more photos of the downtown area, but as we approached downtown, there was a huge thunder cloud directly over the city (I flew over at about 1:00 today).  Everywhere else it was clear!  I was disappointed, but luck was just not in my favor today.  This was the only photo I could snap without the huge thunder cloud blocking my view.  Maybe next time.  Thanks for playing!!

Edited August 7, 2018 by eandslee

[Shakman]

15 hours ago, RVA-Is-The-Best said:

Yep, also visit the sub almost every day too. I think I know eandslee's reddit account too because of the enthusiasm in the comments on development related news/threads

His enthusiasm is very motivating.   

[wrldcoupe4]

[eandslee]

Love this photo:

Courtesy Bill Dickinson on Flickr. 

If you zoom in, you will notice the gradual step-up in height starting with the Union Bank building (James Center III), then the Wells Fargo Tower (James Center II?), then the old Dominion Energy Tower, and finally, the new Dominion Energy Tower!

The McGuireWoods tower is in the middle of that step-up sequence, but it’s hard to see. 

Edited August 26, 2018 by eandslee

[eandslee]

Ryan Ramsey at Richmond City Watch just posted some brand new photos of downtown construction projects that he took this past weekend. Check them out here:

http://richmondcitywatch.com/?p=264

[eandslee]

I really like this photo. Wish the black wire didn’t span the photo, but the shimmering light off of the Dominion Energy Tower and scale (that tower is huge!)...and with all the cranes - cool!

 

Edited October 23, 2018 by eandslee

[eandslee]

Ryan Ramsey at Richmondcitywatch.com has a new set of photos up showing some of the construction projects downtown. Go check them out here:

http://richmondcitywatch.com/

[wrldcoupe4]

New Dominion tower really sparkles/glows in the late afternoon. Others have mentioned it seems like a black hole sometimes. Interesting how contrasting it can be depending  on angle and time of day.

[eandslee]

Ryan Ramsey at Richmond City Watch has another photo update for your enjoyment.  Check it out here:

http://richmondcitywatch.com/modules/gallery3/index.php/RCW-Gallery-December-2018

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

I swear, in some of those Dominion photos, at those angles...

That tower needs to hop on a treadmill and trim some fat

Edited December 5, 2018 by RVA-Is-The-Best

[skycity]

Beautiful recent drone footage: https://youtu.be/4U5NZ5bu_e4

[Brent114]

That is very nice! 

[eandslee]

What a beautiful day it is outside today!!  A perfect day to go out and take some photos (hint, hint).  Just saying.  Have a great day wandering the city!

[KJHburg]

as a visitor since the first time in the area about 10 years and first time downtown in 20 plus years I took a lot of photos.  Lots of good things going on and parked in Shockloe Bottom and walked up to downtown (and we call our downtown uptown) That is a hike up the hill LOL.  Various photos of downtown Richmond as I saw it.  Very nice collection of historical buildings of course and your state capitol is beautiful.   Toured the capitol as a kid and it is beautiful and did not remember this underground entrance from behind the Federal court buildings.   From the eyes of a visitor and will have more photos too.   Your Capitol, your governors Mansion, your state office buildings etc. photos from Thursday.  

 

[KJHburg]

Couple more miscellaneous photos of the downtown area and I love the state Capitol building and took the guided tour of it. 

[blopp1234]

it should become more active at off peak hours with the increase in residential construction downtown. Adding transit, such as a downtown streetcar, BRT or LRT could help as well.

[KJHburg]

On 6/20/2019 at 8:51 AM, Hike said:

From KJHburg's images, I know there's activity downtown so it seems odd, in a bunch of photos there are only a few people in the shots.  Looked back at them on my computer, not the phone, and there are a few people, but still very few people.  I looked further up the list and see that a few images I submitted also had no people so strange how that works.  When I'm downtown it feels like people  are everywhere, but when the shutter goes off, they disappear.

I really don't like to get a lot of people in my photos.  Those photos were done on weekday mid morning and it was very humid out and threatening to rain. 

[eandslee]

Saw these on Reddit too!  These are both great!

[skycity]

A great, recent nighttime drone flight over downtown Richmond. There are especially good views of the new Dominion tower:

 

[Brent114]

I believe that apartment building is called the Terraces?  It’s the newish apartment building that looks like an oceanfront hotel. Looks better at night (not too bad in the daylight). 

[skycity]

This clip reminds me of the "Flying Scene" from the movie, "Superman." 

One thing I'm noticing is that our streets downtown seem darker than in other cities. Perhaps its the tree cover, but it seems like increasing the light would make downtown Richmond feel more vibrant. 

[skycity]

Another great recent nighttime drone flight: 

 

[eandslee]

Love this photo of the skyline. I’d post it here, but I can’t do that where I am:

link: 

https://i.redd.it/vzsrpp5dauc31.jpg

[Shakman]

On 7/27/2019 at 1:07 PM, eandslee said:

Love this photo of the skyline. I’d post it here, but I can’t do that where I am:

link: 

https://i.redd.it/vzsrpp5dauc31.jpg

Can another forumer post it?