Posted December 4, 201212 yr Roanoke, Virginia Population just under a tenth of a million, which is 1/3 of the MSA. Located along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Virginia has these things called independent cities, which means no county courthouse? WTF? First a view from the little mountain overlook. There is some huge metal star monument up here that I didn't care about, but it is famous or whatever. It seems that you could take the Norfolk & Western line from Columbus to Hagerstown. Sign me up! This train map, which includes little metal things to stop people from skating on the curb, was part of a little park walkway/jogging thing that runs along the rail for a block or so. It had a few other neat train themed things too (like a bench with train wheels as supports on the side) Roanoke's second tallest tower. It is several blocks from the core, and this bare wall faces the rest of the downtown. Of course, it is a federal building built in the 1970 decade Part of Roanoke market district…there were vendors selling wreaths and soaps and stuff…no fresh produce today, but they probably do at harvest time. Train Originally was Norfolk & Western general offices. now it is the Roanoke higher education center. This does look like it would be fun... It seems i neglected to get one of the Roanoke Hotel which was just behind the train area, built in 1882 for the N&W RR people/tudor style/national landmark. It can almost be seen at the far right. Just above it is some famous church they have:
December 4, 201212 yr Roanoke really could be Virginia's Asheville if it wanted to be. Did you check out Grandin Village? It's their mini-Short North. Well done sir! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 6, 201212 yr Did you check out Grandin Village? Nope; I hadn't even heard of it before this mention. Perhaps if I ever go back near the area I'll stop by.
December 6, 201212 yr Very handsome city, in my opinion. Lots of substantial buildings and a well-kept, reasonably prosperous-looking downtown as befits the home of a surviving home to one of America's consistently well-managed railroads. In their hey-day the Roanoke shops could perform heavy maintenance on a wide range of powerful coal-fired steam locomotives, and their foundries and forges and vast machine shops built from the ground up many of the Norfolk & Western's signature locomotives like the sleek J-series engines that could maintain 110-mph speeds with the road's heavyweight premiere passenger trains.
August 29, 20159 yr I was curious as to what Roanoke VA looks like in view of this past week's horrific events. More urban than I had imagined. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
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