Community Movie Night
Flashback Friday
July 10 at 8:30 pm
Pleasants Park
Free refreshments
Jurassic Park in the Park This Friday
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Daily Archives: July 9, 2015
Cleanups This Saturday
Two cleanup efforts are happening this Saturday-
First, from Jimmy’s email:
OREGON HILL ALLEY CLEANUP
SATURDAY JULY 11 8-11 amWe will walk thru the alleys to
toss all the discarded furniture into the
trash truck. Come to Pleasants Park (S. Laurel & Albemarle St.) at 8am.Even if you can only give 30 minutes, we’d love to have you!!
Coming later than 8am?? Call me at 804-335-5808 or simply look in all the alleys til you find us.
If lifting furniture isn’t your thing, we can give you a grabber & bag for you to get the smaller litter.Seeking anyone who can join the effort. Oregon Hill residents or not. Get some exercise – save on Gym Membership fees!!
If you can join the cleanup THIS SATURDAY, please say so in a reply.
LOTS OF DISCARDED FURNITURE GOT LOST
ON ITS WAY TO THE CITY DUMP!!
YOU CAN HELP US GETTING IT
TO WHERE IT WANTS TO GO!!thanks, jimmy blackford
Second, from RVA Cleansweep:
Oregon Hill Monthly Cleanup
Saturday, July 11, 2015
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Corner of Cumberland Street & Cherry Street
899 Cumberland Street, Richmond, VA (map)We will be wearing orange T-shirts on the Corner of Cumberland & Cherry
We will be cleaning along Cumberland Street in Oregon Hill. Please bring your water bottle.All supplies will be provided. Please wear closed toed shoes.
Please use the MeetUp page to sign up for the RVA Cleansweep effort.
http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/222805199/
More coordination for future cleanups is something that is being worked on now.
Dinamo Menu
Back from their summer break, Dynamo is ready to serve some tasty dishes. From their FaceBook page:
dinamo dinner menu
july 9, 2015
> matzoh ball soup 5.
> chilled potato & leek soup 6.
> fish soup 7.
> crostini w/ chopped liver 8.
> crostini w/ cured salmon 8.*
> crostini w/ whitefish salad 9.
> hearts of palm & chickpea w/ flatbread 10.
> red pizza 10.
> white pizza 11.
> add topping $1: sausage, mushroom, onion, anchovy, olive
> egg in tuna sauce 3.
> squash salad 6.
> mixed green salad 6.
> lentil salad 7.
> swiss chard 10.
> beet & fennel salad 12. w/ feta 13.
> arugula & asparagus salad w/ egg 13.
> caprese 15.
> squid w/ chard 12.
> mussels – white or red 13.
> seafood salad 15.
> soft shell crab 15.
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> trenette w/ eggplant sauce 16.
> ricotta gnocchi or tagliatelle w/ bolognese 17.
> calamari & shrimp w/ squid ink fettuccine 24.
> broccoletti & provolone sausage w/ polenta & beans 18.
> rockfish w/ mixed greens 23.
> t bone w/ arugula salad 28.
> soft shell crab entree 32.
Sanborn Insurance Map
The Sanborn insurance maps are a wonderful resource for researching buildings in Oregon Hill and the City of Richmond. The Sanborn maps were very detailed, showing frame buildings in yellow, brick buildings in red, and stone buildings in blue, with notations of the number of stories and building additions. For example in the detail above we see that the Laurel Street Methodist Church, at the corner of Laurel and Albemarle Streets, was made of brick 28 feet in height to the eaves, had a basement and gas lighting. The Sanborn maps were revised from 1905 through 1925 and the 1905 version is available for free on the Library of Congress web site: http://www.loc.gov/
Photo credit: Library of Congress
