There was a house fire on the 300 block of S. Pine Street yesterday. Thankfully, no one was hurt.
From the resident:
The long and the short of it is that a small fire broke out in the chimney upstairs and spread to the attic. They had to rip up some of the roof to hose it down. All is okay, except looks like I lost a sizeable chunk of my book and zine collection in the water. Very strange day.
From RPD Crime Report:
4th Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
12/19/13 1:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
500 block of South Pine Street
An unknown person(s) entered the unlockedvehicle and stole tools.
From Richmond Police:
4th Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
10/14/13 1:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
400 block of Pine Street
An unknown person(s) broke into the vehicle and stole an iPod and two chargers.4th Precinct
THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
10/14/13 12:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
700 block of Albemarle Street
An unknown person(s) broke into the vehicle and stole a wallet.
From Craigslist ad:
This Saturday September 28, 2013 9 am on – 325 S. Pine Street in Oregon Hill between Idlewood and Albemarle and just one block off of Belvidere Street. We will have vinyl records, cds, other music/pop culture related items, books including 50’s/60’s sci-fi and other pulps, late 19th Century Poetry books, Art and Craft books and original artwork, lots of ephemera as well as small collectibles. Not your typical yard sale, lots of oddities and unusual items. Hope to see you then.
Picture taken from alley in within 600 block of Pine Street next to Parsons Linear Park.
Picture in the opposite direction:
The One Way Richmond blog has a recent post that profiles Oregon Hill record store Vinyl Conflict:
One of my favorite record stores/local businesses is Vinyl Conflict Record Store in glorious Oregon Hill. This store has defied all the odds by approaching quite soon mind you, their 5th Anniversary. This store is the quintessential hardcore-punk-metal vinyl record store with other accessories related to these genres for your purchasing pleasure.
There has been many benchmark phenomena’s to happen in Richmond in the past five years, and Vinyl Conflict is certainly one of them. This shop is Richmond, Virginia. Everyone is welcomed, and every type of person shops, hangs out, or lingers out front of the shop, which if you think about it, this would be better than any sociology class over at VCU.
I hadn’t met current owner Bobby Egger officially, but I wanted to. His hard work and dedication to live music or pressed music hasn’t gone unnoticed by me, not by a long shot.
I finally got the chance when I barnstormed my way up into 324 S. Pine St. I’m kidding, I called first. Bobby was very accommodating, and I did a more off the hip interview with him. We just talked about the store and local music scene as if we were shooting the breeze or shit for that matter – nothing formal, which is why I had such a ball talking with Bobby. I picked his brain as if I were a woodpecker. This guy is not only very informative, intelligent, and driven – he, and Vinyl Conflict, are a major piece, and I do mean major piece, to the puzzle that is the best music scene in the world.
In case you have not yet noticed, this site is in transition. I hope to have a new theme up soon.
Thanks,
Scott
Some neighborhood alleys have been getting redone by City work crews. This one, which bisects the 500 blocks of Cherry, Laurel, Pine, received the smooth gravel treatment this morning.
This Saturday, from 9am to 4pm, there will be a yard sale on the 300 bock of S. Pine Street. A portion of the proceeds will be going to the Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project (RRFP).
From the FaceBook event page:
This is an invitation to all RRFP bowling teams and supporters to come out and hock their wares in support of abortion access in VA. Bring a table and your crafts, cupcakes, BAT merch, clothes, knick knacks, records, anything at all you think you can sell, and plenty of cash for change. If you’re selling stuff with a percentage going to the RRFP, please let folks know what that percentage is. We’ve got the space in front of 3 Oregon Hill houses on a beautiful spring day, so come on out and invite your friends!
The movie ‘Lincoln’ continues to spark conversation. While many Oregon Hill residents were delighted to see their neighbor Silver Persinger portray a statesman in the Congressional scenes of the movie ‘Lincoln’ (including clips seen during the televised Academy Awards), some were were surprised to see the neighborhood itself featured in the ‘Deleted Scenes’ portion of the recently-released, best-selling ‘Lincoln’ DVD.
Oregon Hill resident Silver Persinger as Congressman listening to Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens
The 2 1/2 minute scene happens outside of 324 S. Pine Street (where Vinyl Conflict record store is today). In it, Union spies are briefly exchanging information on the sidewalk before entering the storefront/house structure, which in the movie represents a bordello. Of course, in real life, 324 S. Pine Street has had an interesting history as a dry-goods store.
In the ‘Director’s Commentary’, Spielberg does not say too much about the scene, other than it was a relatively quick shot at night. Along with the Bread Riot scene, and Lincoln looking over the captured Tredeger Iron Works, the Pine Street scene was not considered vital to the plot and cut. In the DVD liner notes, there is mention that these cut scenes might be recycled for the upcoming bio-pic “Jeff Davis”.