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Riggan’s Canal-Blueway Plan

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...

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“Oregon Hill Proposed Conditions for Tredegar Green Amphitheater”

The following letter was sent from an attorney hired by the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association on June 17 to members of City Council, the Mayor’s office, Richmond Police Department, and others. Dear...

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Railroad in The Penitentiary Basin

The Penitentiary Basin was dammed at the beginning of the 19th century, between Oregon Hill and Gambles Hill and below the Va. State Penitentiary. It served as an important turning basin for canal...

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Folk Festival and a (Deliberately) Missed Opportunity

For eleven years now I have enjoyed attending the annual Folk Festival held on Richmond’s riverfront, a short walk from the neighborhood. This year was no exception. I caught such great acts as the...

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Venture Richmond Installing Stairs Along Canal

A report confirms that Venture Richmond is installing stairs on the steep slopes leading into it’s “Tredegar Green” area from the “Brown’s Island Way” street – one where the tow path intersects the...

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Historic Photo of Upriver

Before the “North Bank Trail“, this is a photo taken from Hollywood Cemetery, looking up the James River and Kanawha Canal.

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‘Tredegar Green’– Still No Response To Neighborhood Concerns

Venture Richmond, a very powerful special interests group, still has plans to apply for re-zoning the Tredegar Green property near Oregon Hill. Venture Richmond has talked about the need for Oregon...

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RVA Archeology Hosts Public Lecture POSTPONED

UPDATE: This event has been postponed. UPDATE: Due to an unavoidable development, the RVA Archaeology meeting and public lecture will NOT be held this weekend. We are working to reschedule it and will...

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Hydro-Electric Proposal and Future Of James River

This morning some people were surprised by this headline in the Times Dispatch: “Application filed for hydroelectric project at Bosher’s Dam”. If they had attended the author’s talk earlier this week,...

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Dueling Maps of the Towpath, Again?

Nothing better than a good history rumble, and RVAHub.com may have started one with a post on the history of Harvie’s Pond that tries to reintroduce some troubling assertions about the history of the...

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It’s Nowhere Near St. Paddy’s Day…

…so why has this portion of the James River and Kananwha Canal turned green?

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New Interpretive Sign On North Bank Trail

There is a new interpretive sign beside the canal on the North Bank Trail showing the location of the old water works below Hollywood Cemetery.

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Damaging Historic Canal (Again)

Neighbors were horrified today to see this giant excavator actually sitting in the wetlands of the canal scrapping away at the bank of the historic James River and Kanawha Canal, which is listed on the...

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Meeting At The Canal

17 officials met this morning at the James River and Kanawha Canal in response to concerns expressed by neighbors over recent damage to the canal. Thankfully, the consensus from this meeting is that...

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Intermediate Terminal #3, Section 106 Comment, by Charles Pool

This is not Oregon Hill news, but it is newsworthy, and does relate back to the neighborhood’s efforts to preserve Canal and riverfront history. Laurel Street neighbor Charles Pool has submitted a...

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An Appeal For Intermediate Terminal #3

Following up on an earlier post, neighbor Charles Pool has written an appeal to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation of the recent DHR determination that the Intermediate Terminal is not...

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Two Important Activist Events This Thursday

This Thursday evening there are two events that local activists may find enticing. First is a protest against the influence of money on our government from corporate interests, and in particular...

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Wildlife Sounds In The Canal

frogsincanal from Scott Burger on Vimeo. This movie was taken about a month ago from the bridge over the Kanawha Canal on the Brown’s Island Way/Second Street Connector. The camera faced west towards...

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Letter To Council On New Market’s Threat Against The Canal

From letter: Dear Honorable Members of the Richmond City Council, It is devastating to learn that New Market has applied with the Corps of Engineers to backfill the historic James River and Kanawha...

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Canal Cover Up

See related posts here on this historic canal. One of the outstanding questions is what is the danger of the canal is that it requires this action?

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More Destruction Of Canal

It looks like they are turning the canal at Tredegar into a sewer line to collect New Market’s drainage to deposit into the remaining canal. They totally removed the north bank of the historic canal....

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Irises in James River and Kanawha Canal

Thankfully Venture Richmond has ceased spraying herbicide in the Jame River and Kanawha Canal at the request of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association. As a result the canal is teaming with...

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Yellow Iris

After Venture Richmond ceased discharging herbicides in the James River and Kanawha Canal at Oregon Hill’s request, the yellow iris, red winged blackbirds, and amphibians have returned!

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Historic Canal Alterations

While the Haxall canal was drained for repairs… …the historic James River and Kanawha Canal behind Tredegar being altered, probably for an amphitheater.

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Riverfront Amphitheater Plan Augmented With New Temple

In the latest news on riverfront development, CoStar, soon to be Richmond’s largest employer, is joining the New Market Corporation to bring an Asian-themed temple to the downtown scene. The large...

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