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That's disappointing! We were going to walk over there from Downtown. I think we will use lyft now. Thanks for the input.

Going to Norfolk next weekend. I want to know if there are any sit down restaurants open in the Railyard at Lambert's Point? Can you walk to the breweries nearby?

I remember the demolition of East Ghent. It's still seared in the memory of many Norfolk residents to this day. The callous attitude of the city employee speaks volumes to why many Tidewater Gardens residents don't trust the motives of the city today.

Photo of Brewer St. and the Municipal Market 1956. McArthur Center now stands where the Market use to be.

I was in college back then and would travel home as much as possible. I would say that Norfolk hit its lowest point in 1980 when Granby Mall was starting to be all boarded up. Believe it or not people chose to shop at Military Circle Mall where there was a Thalheimers and JC Penney as well as many other stores. There was a dirty book store, a few bars, Altschul's and the Spot Apparel store , Fines Men's store and Rices Nachman's department store. That all changed in 1983 when the first iteration of Waterside opened up. It would take a couple of decades before the Granby St. of today took shape. All of the action was on the waterfront and very little action trickled over to Granby St. There was the annual Harborfest that did flood Downtown Streets with people and this certainly helped the few Granby St. eateries that were still open. All and all the Downtown Norfolk of today is far better then it was in the 1980s. Here is a WAVY TV News story from 1980. This story talks about the revenue increase on Granby Mall.

The article backs up what I said a year ago. I've given up on Norfolk ever having a casino. The bumbling of this from both the Pamunkey and the city is so predictable.

Found this sunrise picture of Downtown Norfolk on the internet.

Now that the deal to move the Capitals and Wizards from Capital One Arena in Gallery Place Downtown DC to Potomac Yard in Alexandria seems to be gaining steam I thought a separate topic should be created. Here is an article on the proposed arena to be built at Potomac Yards in Alexandria. https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/wizards-capitals-plan-alexandria-move-in-2b-deal/

I grew up in the Church right down the street from First Baptist St. John's AME church.

Here is a street photo taken on Granby St. sometime in the 1940s.

I am glad that the casino in Portsmouth is doing well. Portsmouth has been the butt of jokes in Tidewater since I grew up down there. Its great seeing them get this right. I've lost all hope that Norfolk will pull off a casino.

Well just have to be happy that there is one casino in Hampton Roads (Portsmouth).

Actually what is being proposed for Norfolk is mitigation strategies for dealing with rising seas whatever the cause and land subsistence. Great opportunity for Norfolk to be a laboratory for rising seas, increased flooding and erosion.

Nope we are already seeing the effects of sea level rise and land subsistence. The solutions tested are planned to be implemented within 10 years. This is a great opportunity for Norfolk.

https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/01/19/win-win-win-agreement-in-norfolk-aims-to-protect-healthy-wetlands-as-sea-levels-rise/ Great to see Norfolk is in the forefront in the fight against sea level rise. Whether you agree with climate change or not, I think we can agree that Norfolk as a laboratory for fighting rising seas and sinking land is a win for the city. The city is actually being innovative when it comes to the environment. This has to be a great magnet for attracting businesses to Norfolk designed to come up with innovative solutions in the fight against climate change and land subsidence.

It seems that this ship has sailed when it comes to Cordish building a casino. So far the Pumunkeys have been a big disappointment.

New HRT Express bus service between Downtown Norfolk and Virginia Beach Oceanfront begins. Would have been real cool if the LIght Rail system extended from Newtown Road to the Oceanfront. https://news.yahoo.com/express-bus-between-downtown-norfolk-163400883.html

Sam Samsalone a Realtor in Hampton Roads has a really cool youtube video about the NEON district of Norfolk. I think once more housing gets built here this area is going to really explode.

The renderings of the Casino were real nice. What were the reasons for Richmond voters voting down a Casino?

I wonder what was the reasons Richmond voters voted against the Casino? Here in DC we voted down a casino a few year ago because there was concern about a casino exacerbating already unsustainable ills. Did Richmond voters vote down the Casino for similar concerns? Should Norfolk be concerned about some of the social ills made worse by a Casino?

Newport News Shipbuilding is expanding to Fairwinds Landing in Norfolk. There is so much economic activity going in Lamberts Point that I'm wondering if there should be a separate discussion group for Lamberts Point. https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/newport-news-shipbuilding-expands-to-norfolk/

How so? This will create 500 jobs with more on the way.

Excellent news! This is a big win for Norfolk, Hampton Roads and Virginia. Norfolk has a chance to be a climate change and environmental hub. This means jobs and prestige for the region.

Enough already with the Pamunkey Tribe. How many more delays are they going to request!? Get this thing started or just drop it already! Portsmouth Casino is coming up on a year of operation. Norfolk has not even turned over an inch of ground for this project. I've totally lost interest in this project.

If I am remembering correctly the tower to the right of Virginia National Bank Building (now ICON) was First and Merchants Bank. My Mom took me with her there to open up my first ever bank account in 1978. Through many acquisitions its now a part of Bank of America.