Richmond in Pictures III

[Hike]

1 hour ago, Downtowner said:

im 33 will turn 34 in November. If I can squeeze out another 50 years I would be perfectly fine with that as long as I don’t have any suffering life issues to where dying would be a better option, I will be 84 in 2072 which would be exactly 50 years from now. So as long as I’m functioning well enough to still function daily. Also by then I’m wondering how advanced medicine will be to extend a males life as males usually die off before women as women definitely live longer so I’m curious as to the advancement. I mean hey even another 25 years maybe they will have something to even extend your life further. Never say never medicine nowadays is quite something compared to when I was born in 1988 or even when my dad was born in 1948. I have heard all of that different cures they may find with the covid vaccine. I’ve heard word of even cancer being cured of certain kinds with the covid vaccine or certain parts of it. So it will be interesting to see what the stuff in the vaccine could do to save lives down the road. 

I’m all in for whatever it takes to help us survive, end diseases that take lives way too soon, etc. with that said though, I also don’t want to live forever.  I can already tell aging will be a challenge and I’m not the same person I was even 10 years ago. There’s a certain point when I feel that life will have been lived and it’s ok to go, I don’t have to do this forever, and I’m happy with that, but just not yet.

[Downtowner]

8 hours ago, Hike said:

I’m all in for whatever it takes to help us survive, end diseases that take lives way too soon, etc. with that said though, I also don’t want to live forever.  I can already tell aging will be a challenge and I’m not the same person I was even 10 years ago. There’s a certain point when I feel that life will have been lived and it’s ok to go, I don’t have to do this forever, and I’m happy with that, but just not yet.

Yes I’m 100 percent in agreement I don’t want to feel old decrepit and miserable my whole life either but to live long enough to see Richmond grow over the next 50 years is good with me.

[I miss RVA]

Maybe all the wind and rain washed urban grime off the camera lens over the last couple of days - or the folks at Channel 8 fixed something - but the colors on the view from the VAWM looking toward downtown looks pretty good - the colors are more or less normal. For one thing - NO MORE LAVENDER TREES! 

 

[I miss RVA]

27 minutes ago, I miss RVA said:

Maybe all the wind and rain washed urban grime off the camera lens over the last couple of days - or the folks at Channel 8 fixed something - but the colors on the view from the VAWM looking toward downtown looks pretty good - the colors are more or less normal. For one thing - NO MORE LAVENDER TREES! 

 

Awww mannnn... I spoke too soon.

The lavender trees have returned... 

[eandslee]

Richmond City Watch is about to provide a new photo update (coming soon).  Richmondcitywatch.com.  Here is a teaser image:

[I miss RVA]

4 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Richmond City Watch is about to provide a new photo update (coming soon).  Richmondcitywatch.com.  Here is a teaser image:

Thanks for taking this and posting, @eandslee!! Great shot! Wow - I'm loving watching this building go up. Next up - Bakery Lofts and soon... CoStar!

Now IF ONLY we can jumpstart The Admiral. 

[eandslee]

5 minutes ago, I miss RVA said:

Thanks for taking this and posting, @eandslee!! Great shot! Wow - I'm loving watching this building go up. Next up - Bakery Lofts and soon... CoStar!

Now IF ONLY we can jumpstart The Admiral. 

Can't take credit for this photo.  This photo is courtesy of Ryan at Richmondcitywatch.com.  

Will the Admiral ever break ground?

[I miss RVA]

17 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Can't take credit for this photo.  This photo is courtesy of Ryan at Richmondcitywatch.com.  

Will the Admiral ever break ground?

I keep asking that question, too. Last we heard about it, it was hung up in the permit office.

[whw53]

I forgot to tell yal regarding the Admiral. I posed as someone looking for a long term parking spot at the 200 E Marshall parking lot which is still operating as such by Parkway.  I was told they are not doing any more subscriptions at the lot at this time and that there are 'lots of moving parts' at the property. I came back a couple weeks later and asked for an update and was told 'it's 50/50' but if i had other parking options those would be a better bet. He closed by saying you can come back 'if we retain the lot'. 

So i don't know - as someone in charge of attending the lot he probably doesn't know all the details either but I guess it is still moving - hopefully in our direction. I don't think it has any outstanding permit issues at this time. 

[I miss RVA]

1 minute ago, whw53 said:

I forgot to tell yal regarding the Admiral. I posed as someone looking for a long term parking spot at the 200 E Marshall parking lot which is still operating as such by Parkway.  I was told they are not doing any more subscriptions at the lot at this time and that there are 'lots of moving parts' at the property. I came back a couple weeks later and asked for an update and was told 'it's 50/50' but if i had other parking options those would be a better bet. He closed by saying you can come back 'if we retain the lot'. 

So i don't know - as someone in charge of attending the lot he probably doesn't know all the details either but I guess it is still moving - hopefully in our direction. I don't think it has any outstanding permit issues at this time. 

Super, @whw53-- thanks for doing that! Holy wow - that tells you just how good our investigative work is here at RVA UP!! I actually am standing and applauding - that was very clever! 

QUESTION - do you remember posting a link (or maybe it was a screen shot?) showing where the paperwork was in the permitting process for The Admiral? If I recall, it has passed one or two levels - and then suddenly it had stopped - something had be declined/rejected. Do you still have access to that specific information? Perhaps it's been updated?

[wrldcoupe4]

Sounds like bad news to me if they are 50/50.

[I miss RVA]

5 hours ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

Sounds like bad news to me if they are 50/50.

That same thought ran through my mind, Coupe.

[Hike]

On 7/7/2022 at 8:22 PM, eandslee said:

Richmond City Watch is about to provide a new photo update (coming soon).  Richmondcitywatch.com.  Here is a teaser image:

calling @eandsleecallling, there may be something that you said was going to happen.

[I miss RVA]

57 minutes ago, Hike said:

calling @eandsleecallling, there may be something that you said was going to happen.

Great catch,  @Hike!!

Indeed - @eandslee -- you gotta check it out.  RCW has posted a really nice collection of outstanding July pix from a plethora of RVA developments. 

Here are a selected few that struck me as particularly impressive (including some cool distance shots of the Parc View tower crane)

1 & 2 -- The Icon, Scott's Addition

3 -- The changing face of Broad Street around VCU

4 -- Parc View tower crane visible behind the Hotel Jefferson (with some restoration work taking place)

5 -- Parc View tower crane (right center) and STEM building crane (left) visible together from Lee Bridge

6 -- Parc View tower crane visible from Manchester

7 -- Commodore tower crane with River's Edge I visible in the background and a portion of downtown skyline visible further in background

 

Edited July 12, 2022 by I miss RVA

[eandslee]

Thanks guys!  Been working all day so haven’t had a chance to check these out.  Ryan always does a great job taking photos on RCW. 

[eandslee]

32 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Thanks guys!  Been working all day so haven’t had a chance to check these out.  Ryan always does a great job taking photos on RCW. 

Yep, a great set of photos!  Very nice and different perspectives on many of the projects going on downtown.  Thanks for tipping me off that they were posted.  Knew that they were coming, just didn't know exactly when.

[Hike]

36 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Thanks guys!  Been working all day so haven’t had a chance to check these out.  Ryan always does a great job taking photos on RCW. 

I was hoping you’d post as you deserve the credit for reminding us to look, waited a few hours in hopes you would and even looked to see if I could DM you - doesn’t exist that I can see,  like a kid at Christmas, posted a message.

Edited July 12, 2022 by Hike

[eandslee]

7 minutes ago, Hike said:

I was hoping you’d post as you deserve the credit for reminding us to look, waited a few hours in hopes you would and even looked to see if I could DM you - doesn’t exist that I can see,  like a kid at Christmas, posted a message.

Thanks man!  Just so you know, you CAN DM anyone here if you go to the top right of the page where the envelope icon is...click that and you should be able to send a private message as long as you know the username of the person you are looking to DM.  Now you know!  

[I miss RVA]

5 minutes ago, Hike said:

I was hoping you’d post as you deserve the credit for reminding us to look, waited a few hours in hopes you would and even looked to see if I could DM you - doesn’t exist that I can see,  like a kid at Christmas, posted a message.

The DM function is flaky (or at least that's what I've experienced) - sometimes if I initiate a DM it says the intended recipient cannot receive message - yet, I can REPLY to a message from the same person with no problem. It seems to be hit or miss. 

[Hike]

6 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Thanks man!  Just so you know, you CAN DM anyone here if you go to the top right of the page where the envelope icon is...click that and you should be able to send a private message as long as you know the username of the person you are looking to DM.  Now you know!  

Cool thank you!

[I miss RVA]

In looking at the Divaris real estate site that @rjp212 posted regarding the big swath of land for sale at 421 Osborne Pike just south/southeast of Rockett's, I stumbled across a really sweet drone photo taken probably early last autumn showing a really nice view of Rockett's, the river, downtown AND Manchester in the distance. Note that the large apartment building that's been under construction for the last year or so in Rockett's was only partially along in this photo - and - if you zoom in looking at Manchester, you can see the tower crane that was up for the construction of the Tidewater (the resolution is really grainy, but you can make out the tower pretty clearly). I'm still amazed by the density and the diversity of the development in Rockett's -- it's quite the cool urban neighborhood.

Wow - from this vantage point, Manchester actually DOES look like it is its own city.

Beautiful photo -- I'd love to see a similar picture of the city from this exact vantage point taken now, just short of a year later.

 

Edited July 18, 2022 by I miss RVA

[I miss RVA]

Some more really sweet drone photographic of our beloved city - courtesy of our friends on the RVA/Reddit site. While the poster was highlighting the "big red divide" and others chimed in with comments about the "red carpet" given that GRTC's PULSE lanes stand out brightly with their fresh coat of paint, the richness, crispness and incredible detail of this hi-res photo really brings out some highlights of our ever-developing city. Note how prominently visible both the STEM and Parc View tower cranes are. If you zoom in and look carefully (it does get a tad grainy) you can more-or-less make out the Commodore's tower crane in Manchester. And, as always, it's not difficult at all to imagine just how much this image might change in the next 3 to 5 years with all the big projects in the pipeline for RVA, particularly with CoStar set to break ground and if the Admiral gets underway soon, plus the two new towers announced for the Manchester riverfront (not to mention if some of the other projects - such as South Fall's II & III - and the Silos site - come to fruition. Oh - and when it gets built in the next few years, VCU's honors dorm would be clearly visible from this particular vantage point.

Incredible stuff - and a beautiful photo to give us a mental/visual canvas upon which to paint the future RVA in our minds. I can't wait to see the real canvas filled in with all the new buildings.

 

Edited July 19, 2022 by I miss RVA

[I miss RVA]

More fantastic drone photoagraphy of our amazing city. This one from the far eastern portion of the Bottom/E. Cary Street/the canal/Dock Street, looking west toward downtown. If you zoom in - just behind to the right of the Main Street Center (and the Fidelity Building in front of it) and to the left of the Hotel John Marshall - you can actually see the boom arm of the tower crane for the Parc View project! VERY cool!

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by I miss RVA

[wrldcoupe4]

Nothing special. Just happened to snap this today - looking towards Manchester 

 

[Hike]

44 minutes ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

Nothing special. Just happened to snap this today - looking towards Manchester 

 

Someday those silos are coming down.

Hard to tell how hot a day it was looking over the river lake that,  seems like it could have been cooler there.