Phil Riggan, who now writes the “Why Richmond, Why?” column for the Richmond Times Dispatch, earlier this week presented his final project for his VCU studies, a plan for making the Kanawha Canal between Oregon Hill and Bosher’s Dam into … Continue reading
Photo by Andrew Phinney
Despite community and preservationists concerns, and with Friday Cheers over for the season, it looks like Venture Richmond has started on the unneeded amphitheater project, doing irreparable damage to this incredibly important historic resource. Alternatives, such as putting Venture Richmond’s … Continue reading
From ‘City watchdog’ C.Wayne Taylor: To: News Media 1. “Tredegar Green” is the The City of Richmond Riverfront Plan designation for the land just west of Tredegar Iron Works. 2. George Washington’s historic canal runs across the center of Tredegar … Continue reading
The James River and Kanawha Canal is on the National Register of Historic Places and was honored by a joint House and Senate resolution in 1989. George Washington’s canal has survived for 15 generations. Will it be this generation that … Continue reading
There is important new documentation on the water level in the James River and Kanawha Canal provided by the research of canal enthusiast C. Wayne Taylor. He has made the discovery that there is still a water gauge in the … Continue reading
From OpenSourceRVA: Listen in to today’s packed edition of Open Source RVA. We present Pt. 1 of a series on the demolition of the Tredegar Canal Wall with guests Scott Burger and Charles Pool. We also talk with Mark Strandquist … Continue reading
Letter sent to Richmond Chief of Police: Dear Police Chief Tarasovic, It has been eight months since the demolition of the historic Tredegar wall on city property below Oregon Hill. At a regularly scheduled meeting on June 25, 2013, the … Continue reading
Neighbor Charles Pool sent this email to members of City Council yesterday. (Ed. note: He received permission to send them an attachment of the “Tiller” magazine article, but I have not received permission to post that here. If I do … Continue reading
This photo, taken after the last snow, shows the threatened section of the James River and Kanawha Canal where Venture Richmond is proposing to slice the south bank of the canal and back-fill the canal for an amphitheater. Ironically this … Continue reading