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Back to life and for sale on 23rd Street
When I lived at 1206 N 23rd Street, the house beside me was a vacant shell and had been since at least the late 1990s. The building had been gutted, with work stopped halfway into cutting the space...
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Then and now on Q Street
This 1910 Victorian bungalow at 2203 Q Street, recently renovated and sold by Garrett Augustine, was one of the Donald Lacey/Stacey Martin houses and had been vacant for year. Donald Lacey was...
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Then and then and now on 25th Street
Almost immediately prior to the Church Hill North City Old & District in 2008, the then-vacant house at 518 North 25th was somewhat controversially renovated, attracting attention mostly for the...
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Marshall and 32nd (1980s)
Huge thanks to Kathi for sharing this circa 1980s snap from 32nd and Marshall from the VCU Libraries Digital Collection. If you have any old or oldish photos from the area, please send’em in! — ∮∮∮ —...
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Then and now on Broad Street
I’ve been more than slightly obsessed with the Richmond Commission of Architectural Review Slide Collection at the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries over the past few days. Here is a look at...
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Best and highest use on Fairmount Avenue
I managed a short tour of the new Richmond Cycling Corps headquarters on Fairmount Avenue fairly recently. What has been done in the way of renovation is astounding, and that this is the spot’s new...
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Before and after on 25th Street
Before and after at 818 North 25th Street. Photos from yesterday and January 18, 2015. — ∮∮∮ —
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Before and after on Marshall Street
Before and after at 3420 East Marshall Street. — ∮∮∮ — 3420 East Marshall Street (2015) via Google — ∮∮∮ — 3420 East Marshall Street (2017)
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Demolition on Fairmount Avenue
The vacant house at 2306 Fairmount Avenue was demolished late this past week. A new construction house similar to its neighbors is planned for the lot. The house made our list of 100 VACANT HOUSES...
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Then and now on Jefferson Avenue
The former Family Supermarket at 24th and Jefferson was condemned in April of 2013. At the end, the property was owned by John B. Mann, Carolyn M. Myers, and Josephine R Katz Residuary TR, and appears...
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