Some neighborhood alleys have been getting redone by City work crews. This one, which bisects the 500 blocks of Cherry, Laurel, Pine, received the smooth gravel treatment this morning.
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Category Archives: Laurel Street
From the Nile Last Night
This quintet of local noise artists opened for the touring Tatsuya Nakatani & Michel Doneda duo at the Nile on Monday night.
Barry’s Laurel Street Demo Available Again
Chunksaah Records has re-issued punk singer Tim Barry’s first solo career recordings. It seems fitting, since the rental house he lived in on the 500 block of S. Laurel is now undergoing extensive renovations.
These are the raw sketches of songs that have become fan favorite sing-alongs, where you can first discern his now signature style. It also includes the live recording of Tim singing with the children of the Munford Elementary School in Richmond Virginia. This includes 2 WOODY GUTHRIE songs and is quite in the style and feel of Guthrie’s recordings for children.
Available on Colored Vinyl w/ Digital Download Card, Digipak CD, and Digital Download.
TRACK LISTING:01. Idle Idylist
02. Sorrow Floats
03. Gumshoe Andy
04. No News from North
05. Ain’t Right Sure
06. Sagacity Gone
07. Church of Level Track
08. Carolina’s RV
09. Hey Lolly
10. Shoulda Oughta (Munford Style)
11. This Land is Your LandVinyl Pressing Info:
1st Pressing
200 – Color-in-Color / Swamp Green in Bone White (Chunksaah Mailorder)
100 – Bone White w/ Swamp Green Splatter (Tour)
200 – Black Vinyl (Retail)
Renovations Close Lane Of Laurel Street Temporarily Near Monroe Park
From City announcement:
For Immediate Release
May 8, 2013
For more information, contact:
Sharon North – (804) 646-5607Lane Closure – Laurel Street
WHO: City of Richmond Department of Public WorksWHAT: Lane Closure
WHEN: Monday, May 13 through Friday June 17
WHERE: Laurel Street between Cathedral Place and West Franklin Street
BACKGROUND: The northbound lane of the aforementioned street will be closed to allow for renovations at 801 W. Franklin Street.
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Laurel Street Yard Sale Saturday Morning
(Looking forward to attending, just please remember to clean up afterwards.)
Two Car Accident At Laurel and China Streets
Thankfully, there does not seem to be any serious injuries.
From City’s Traffic Accidents and Hazards site:
S LAUREL ST/CHINA ST ACCIDENT, PERSONAL INJURY Enroute 10:50 AM -077.451767 +037.538083…2 VEHS…UNK INJS BUT ONE VEH HAS DEPLOYED AIR BAG…Duplicate Event: RICH, Cross Street 1 = CHINA ST, Cross Street 2 = S LAUREL ST,
Parking Parking Parking
Not as important as Transportation Transportation Transportation, but still on folks’ minds…
I am not sure what’s going on, but evidently no parking on west side of Laurel Street 195 overpass tomorrow…
In contrast, this sign is more explanatory…some celebrity cook guy is coming to the Landmark tomorrow and needs parking…
But then there is this VCU news… (click for Commonwealth Times link)
Proposal Would Raise Parking Costs
Perhaps some of this will be discussed at the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting tomorrow evening…or maybe the 5th District meeting on Wednesday evening…
Mean Jeans At The Nile Tonight
Parts of Neighborhood Lose Power Due to Cumberland Incident
From City’s Traffic Accidents and Hazards report page:
S LAUREL ST/CUMBERLAND ST ASSIST FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC AND/OR CROWD CONTROL On Scene 10:37 AM COMPL ADVISES THE WIRE IS STILL ATTACHED…BUT IS SMOKING…E5 OS WIRE ON FIRE
From Laurel Street neighbor:
FYI
Power just went out for us and neighbors all around. We called the Dominion and they said it’s due to an equipment fire. Power is supposed to be restored between 2-4pm today.
From The Plan…
…, the Richmond Connects transportation draft plan that is-
Looks like the Idlewood roundabout proposal made the Safety Project draft map. Also notice the 2nd Street Connector marked in blue as a new street.
for the next map, use this legend-
Of course, there’s a lot more to the Richmond Connects plan (buses, trains, etc.) and there is still time to submit comments.
(I will not relate all the comments I made, except that I did suggest mass transit options for our riverfront parks as a solution to parking/traffic nightmares.)