several firms engaged in the manufacture of carriages, buggies, and wagons. For more postcard views of Richmond, buy this great Holiday gift: Greetings from Richmond.
And how does that block look today?
several firms engaged in the manufacture of carriages, buggies, and wagons. For more postcard views of Richmond, buy this great Holiday gift: Greetings from Richmond.
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What a sad before-and-after! I always love the richness and variety of the old streetscapes. Any guess as to what that bicycle-wheel looking thing is atop the building midway in the block on the south side of the street?
It's a wagon wheel - that block had lots of businesses dealing with wagons and farm equipment.
- Ray
Oy. If this doesn't show you the utter destruction of that dadblasted interstate (which two public referendums voted to bend it around the northside of the city) nothing will. The subordination of the common weal to the nepotism of the government's agencies and business leaders foisted upon us the "Richmond Petersburg Turnpike Authority." Which is bureaucratese for "We're building this damn right through the middle of town, whether you like it or not, punks." -- HEK
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