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Well here is the whole album if you would like to see a few more but most of these were taken a few years back. Since Webshots does not allow file sharing you can check them out here.
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Love your pix....I think it's funny we have almost the same image of the flags on the brick rowhouses! I've always thought downtown Norfolk's Freemason residential area was beautiful.
Also, where is the fountain in your images?
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Thank you so much for posting this pic. These are the funky cranes I was referring to. This may not be a tall structure but it is by far the most impressive construction site in the city right now. It's amazing to see. It may very well be the row at Ghent. There are 2 similar projects under the same developer and i'm constantly interchanging the names . If you don't mind I'm gonna add the pic to the projects listing as well. A question for our resident engineer : Urbanfan, is there a particular purpose to a construction company using cranes of such design?
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Feel free to grab the pix for use in other threads. BTW, where do I post Va. Beach pix? I have a couple of Town Center.
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The bus terminals day are severely numbered. If the city doesn't grab it for the library the Feds probably will for the courts expansion (thats the only place they have left to go). It hasn't been decided yet what is to be done with the building above, they may either renovate it or tear it down and put something in its place. It is still very early in that process.
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I kinda hope they keep the Texaco Building and turn it into lofts or something. I don't know why but I do like the facade - the Texaco stars in particular! It has a sort of nice look to it - maybe it's the brick...or maybe it was the heat and humidity today!! But I likey the building.
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They do seem to be taking their sweet time don't they? . The site was cleared a week ago and I haven't seen any labor done in days. My guess is they are waiting for the return of the pile driver and other equipment/supplies. I think they have to drive more piles for this one than they do for Trader due to its immense size. Thanks for taking the pics though. Now I finally have a picture to add to the HH progress thread.
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BTW, the 2 guys in my photo stood at that light/intersection for at least 15 minutes looking at the construction site....ok guys, fess up...were they anyone from this board!!! Or maybe...??
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Last but not least for today....the recently sold Texaco Building on "the other side of Brambleton." I drove by and notice several of the units on the 2nd and third floors on the left appear to be storage while a couple on the right side look like someone is living there. Maybe I missed it but what is being planned for the building. Hopefully it will kick start something in that area....and what's up with the bus terminal....is it going bye bye or are we stuck with it!
More pix later...
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Several random shots of downtown residential around Freemason and the Pagoda....it was really pretty out today but HOT!
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Trader....these guys were busy!
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more over in Ghent...love how you can see The Pink Lady in the background!
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Over around Granby and Monticello and 14th - 17th is a HUGE development going on. I'm a little confused about the name. Several posters here have called it The Bristol at Ghent but all the signage up at the site says The Row at Ghent. Here are a couple images from all sides!
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The "backside" of the St. Paul Lofts - as seen from Freemason.
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Next door, sort of, to HH is 388 Boush Street - lofts. Here are two views. These guys were working through lunch!
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Harbor Heights around lunch time today. No workers around at all! Not much to see right now.
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Awesome. A feast for the eyes.
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Call me a slacker...It's been a busy couple of days for me. I will be in DT tomorrow and will get lots of pix for all here. Hope the weather cooperates. I'll be over in Ghent too....so I'll look around and see what's up with some of the stuff going on over there as well.
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If you do can you take some pics of Harbor Heights so i can post them in the HH progess thread?
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I noticed the message too late. I went downtown and took a couple quick images from the car. I'll post later. I also happened by VB Towne Center and took a new pic from the Ruby Tuesday's parking lot across VB Blvd. I will try to post them later. I'll get some of Harbor Heights in a couple days.
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Will someone post more pictures already? haha
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Haha! Maybe I'll take a drive around downtown later this morning....
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I have to agree with the lack of recognition this area has received. Before I moved here a couple years ago, I had visited once or twice about 15 years ago. I remember thinking how empty and abandoned downtown Norfolk looked. Friends took me to Waterside and were comparing it to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. I kept thinking "is this all there is?" I remember the highlight of the trip was going to Lynnhaven Mall!! So when I had an opportunity to move here for work, I wasn't exactly excited about it. I flew in to visit and was really surprised at all the positive changes - and more surprised by the fact that it seemed nobody outside the area knew about them!!
So many cool things are happening around this area it's exciting. I love how downtown Norfolk is growing. Ghent is getting better and better all the time. And finally, Portsmouth is picking up the pace. VB's Town Center is nice and will be growing for years to come.
All this said, Mike D, jump in the car or fly on in and rediscover the area. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. B)
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Another photo with an example of renovation. About 3 years ago I road by an address in downtown Norfolk to look at a possible apartment. The building was rundown and the people hanging around the entrance left a little to be desired...we didn't stop, drove on to the next address - across Brambleton in Ghent. The other day while passing through Ghent I noticed the building across the Mowbray Arch and the big improvement. Not sure who, but a developer renovated the building, located on York near the entrance to NOAA and behind the YMCA, and I believe it is now condos. I drove by the entrance and it's very nice looking. Here's an image from Ghent. Didn't get a closer one at the time, ran out of memory on the digital card! Hopefully, some of the older structures in DT will get the same respect and treatment this one did. Especially the ones just over Brambleton! B)
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If you notice in the pictures below they are pretty much the same. The back portion is on the 4th floor while the front is as high as it will go. This pic is probably a little dated too.
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Thanks for the info. I took the photo of the construction last weekend - so it's pretty recent. Looks like they have a ways to go before the highrise portion will start going up though. I believe there is still a restaurant/small grill on the property-that looked like it was open Mon-Friday? I think we'll see lots of development in the immediate area too.
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It's going to be growing....a skyline shot of downtown Norfolk from Crawford Pkwy in P-town.
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Can someone help me with this? I believe I've seen something about this building on this website but can't find it now. This is a photo of a new residential building going up near the corner of Colley Ave and Woodis Ave or Front Street - just down the street from the PETA building and across the street from WVEC. Anybody know any info?
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What about the Victorian bldg visible in #6 as well as in at least one other photo?
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That building has a florist in it along with a couple offices, I believe. It used to have a sub/sandwich shop too...don't think it still does. It sits at a traffic light and I've noticed it everytime I hit the red light. Very unusual for the neighborhood.
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This is probably my favorite picture of Norfolk. I've tried for a while to put it on here, but I think it was too large for photobucket or something. Anyway, I figured out how to finally. Here it is:
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That really is a great photo. The cruise ship just dwarfs everything! I almost didn't even notice the Wisconsin right there next to it.
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This is the side view from the rehab-ed building at 436 Granby housing the Mozart Lofts Apartments. Cool advertising graphics from "back in the day" when downtown Nofolk was The Place to be....like it is becoming now!
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Here is where the construction was last weekend at St. Paul's Place. One building is hidden from view. This is just a block from MacArthur Place and Scope. There will be the new residential community across the street where the "under demolition" Downtown Plaza still stands - I think that's the name of the place behind McDonald's! B)
. The site was cleared a week ago and I haven't seen any labor done in days. My guess is they are waiting for the return of the pile driver and other equipment/supplies. I think they have to drive more piles for this one than they do for Trader due to its immense size. Thanks for taking the pics though. Now I finally have a picture to add to the HH progress thread.
Norfolk Pictures
in Norfolk
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Guess I've walked by it but just far enough away that I have never seen it! I'll have to check it out next time.