Join us as we collaborate with Richmond Magazine, TMI Consulting Inc., the Future of Richmond's Past and local restaurants to offer our next series of "Community Conversations." For this final conversation, participants will discuss the changes and major events that occurred along the Boulevard with Tina Eshleman, managing editor of Richmond Magazine and Arts and Entertainment section editor.
This will be the fourth iteration of the "Community Conversations" series. The purpose of the series is to engage the community in a dialogue about the region’s past and how that past can positively shape our collective future. The more people that join in the conversation, the more productive our efforts become, and the easier it will be for everyone to see ourselves in the history of the region.
Free and open to the public.
For information, call (804) 649-0711 ext. 322
2014 Schedule
Shockoe Bottom's Future - January 7, 6-8pm at Arcadia
Monroe Park - February 4, 6-8pm at The Nile
Riverfront Development - March 4, 6-8pm at F.W. Sullivan's Canal Bar & Grill
Transportation on Broad Street - April 1, 6-8pm at Mama J's Kitchen
Up and Down the Boulevard - May 1, 6-8pm in the Claiborne Robertson Room at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
November 25, 1967
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Bicycling through Byrd Park past Fountain Lake
November 17, 1969
Bob Jones, photographer
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[Young and Old Enjoy Fishing at Lake in Byrd Park]
February 27, 1971
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Mobile Business for Mobile Trade
1972 (April 6)
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Trees cut down along Fountain Lake in Byrd Park by the Richmond Metropolitan Authority
July 24, 1973
Carl Lynn, photographer
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection
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Location Where Expressway Will Cut Through Byrd Park
1974 (April 9)
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Cut in the earth marking the location of a ramp that will accommodate traffic between the Boulevard and State Route 88 (Downtown Expressway); Fountain Lake in Byrd Park in background.
April 9, 1974
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection
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Aerial view of land cleared to make way for Downtown Expressway; Fountain Lake in Byrd Park at center of photograph; cleared land on right side; City reservoir on left side.
May 24, 1974
Bill Lane, photographer
Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection
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[Construction Outside Science Museum]
March 30, 1979
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Park Field aerial view
April 4, 1979
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Broad and Boulevard
1980 (November 29)
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Line Outside the Arena
April 11, 1983
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection