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Category Archives: Laurel Street
Rest In Pieces Shop To Replace Bunnyhop
From Rest In Pieces’ Instagram page:
Some of you already know, but it’s finally official. Rest in Pieces is moving to Oregon Hill. The new location is significantly larger, and will give us the space we need to continue to grow. We want to personally say thank you to each and every one of you, YOU made this possible. We’re sad to be leaving our spot in the fan, but it’s time to move onto bigger things. This move is scary. But if it doesn’t scare you, it’s not worth doing. We’ve been hoarding inventory and fixtures for months in preparation for this, and we cannot wait to share what we have in store for you guys.
Check out their website to learn more about “Richmond’s Only Oddity Shop”.
Free Poem
This particular one is “We Lived Happily During The War”, by Ilya Kaminsky
Leaf Collection/Street Cleaning and The Tireless Jimmy Blackford
Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford and I worked on dislodging leaves and dirt from sidewalks and gutters in preparation for City’s upcoming leaf collection and street cleaning. It would be great if other neighbors could do the same. It is supposed to rain Tuesday and Wednesday, so hopefully it will get done before then. Don’t forget to move those cars!
Snowy Van
William Pickett’s van in front of 718 S. Laurel Street in ’84.
Laurel Street ‘No Parking’ Signs Up
Does anyone know details behind these signs on both sides of the 400 block of S. Laurel?
Papered
Prank or protest? From 300-400 block of S. Laurel.
Update: Neighbors painting their chrome accent trim.
‘Old Shoe’ Laurel Street
Peeping Tom Report
From CommunityCrimeMap.com:
PEEPING TOM
1XX S LAUREL ST
Oct 10, 2016 at 11:32 pm
Data provided by Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department
Laurel and Broad
This photo shows the RF&P RR train tracks on Broad Street in the first quarter of the 20th century. This view (maybe 1915?) is westward, with the Elba train station at the rear of the view. This playground was arranged through the R.F. & P. RR by “Mrs. Bolling, of the Richmond Playgrounds Association”. It harkens to a time when Oregon Hill could sort of claim to extend to Broad Street.
Here is part of the 1889 Baist map, which shows how the train turns from W. Broad to Belvidere then heads down past the penitentiary. The train tracks turned at Pine, thence south on Belvidere, and turned east along Byrd street, entered level, through a tunnel, to continue downtown to the old Byrd street depot.
(Special thanks to Richard Lee Bland and Fred Rodgers for the images and history notes, as seen on the Fans of Monroe Park FaceBook page.)