More information is emerging about new proposals for the Richmond riverfront after last week’s public riverfront planning meeting. In particular, some items have been announced that concern the Kanawha Canal and the area just east of the Lee Bridge. An amphitheater and possibly a new road that would connect from 2nd Street to Tredegar Street have been mentioned already in the media. Click here for a James River News Hub story and click here for one in the Times Dispatch. Most if not all this land is currently owned by New Market Corporation. Hopefully more facts and discussion will be forthcoming.
In the meantime, I know Oregon Hill neighbors who are concerned about what will eventually happen with riverfront planning. One wrote to me wondering if Dominion Power might try to get an even taller high-rise on the riverfront after all.
Some of my personal thoughts-
http://jrnh.net/2011/09/richmond-riverfront-vepco-levee-and-haxall-canal-are-key/5067#comment-1964
I also submitted written comments to the planning group last Wednesday.
Here’s a suggestion: get involved and participate in meaningful suggestions to improve the City’s riverfront for all. Don’t just sit up there and cry fowl at every single development. Clean up that neighborhood while you’re at it.
Clean up what neighborhood, Jim? Outside forces have been trying to crap up our neighborhood for decades and realism indicates that won’t change anytime soon.
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