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Cardiac t-shirt
Published on May 23rd, 2013
0 comments T-shirt worn on the Downtown Mall, made in Asheville, NC ~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
Big crane
Published on May 16th, 2013
0 comments Pre-cast stair/elevator shaft on the left is lifted by crane on May 6 at the City Walk site.~~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
Spring formal
Published on Apr 25th, 2013
0 comments Whatever that is... ~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
Stone by Stone
Published on Apr 18th, 2013
0 comments Rashard and Myrle of Masonry Structures repair a 90-year-old wall on the west side of Franklin Street in Woolen Mills. Over the years, the wall has sustained damage from motorized vehicles. ~...
Special election
Published on Apr 11th, 2013
0 comments Democrat Jason Vandever won a special election for Charlottesville treasurer in a landslide Tuesday, defeating independent John Pfaltz 1,280 votes to 397. A total of 1,683 voters hit the polls,...
All eyes
Published on Apr 4th, 2013
4 comments Former neighbor Paul Whitehead, often up to something creative. Moved to San Francisco. ~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
Luce
Published on Mar 21st, 2013
0 comments Neighborhood dog by the name of Luce. Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
Snow patrol
Published on Mar 14th, 2013
1 comments Charlottesville Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinator Amanda Poncy out for a morning walk with Buddy, five-year-old tricolor hound on Wednesday, March 6. Coincidentally, Poncy is walking on the 1976...
Cut through
Published on Mar 7th, 2013
4 comments City neighborhood streets are used as an interchange by regional motorists. Getting from point A to point B in the County? Drive local streets through the neighborhoods (in this case Woolen Mills...
C.A.T. Nap
Published on Feb 28th, 2013
1 comments Bus-stop-bench-turned-bed on Saturday, February 23.
Valentine's Day
Published on Feb 21st, 2013
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Letter-Photo brought back memories
Published on Feb 21st, 2013
0 comments I was surprised and delighted to see the Black and White photograph by Bill Emory you featured in the February 7 issue of the Hook. It is a picture of my old home place, where I spent the first seven...
In the zone
Published on Feb 7th, 2013
3 comments Theoretically, the primary purpose of zoning is to segregate uses that are thought to be incompatible. In practice, zoning is used to prevent new development from interfering with existing...
Flash of color on a snowy morning
Published on Jan 31st, 2013
4 comments Schools were closed and bricks were slick on Thursday morning, January 24, as a jogger travels the nearly empty Downtown Mall.
In a rush
Published on Jan 25th, 2013
17 comments When you're in a rush, any direction will do. UVA women line up on Chancellor Street for sorority house tours on Saturday, January 19. The 10-day formal recruitment process culminated in "bid day" on...
Tree sentries
Published on Jan 19th, 2013
10 comments A row of red cedar, scientific name juniperus virginiana, stand guard on a farm in Green Springs National Historic District in Louisa County. Known as "pioneer invaders," they are among the first to...
New year, new tune
Published on Jan 9th, 2013
0 comments With trademark hair and epic beard, the man known to many as "Harmonica Dave" rang in the new year with another street performance on the Downtown Mall. ~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo...
Her Dogness
Published on Jan 31st, 2012
0 comments Sophia turned 12 on January 30. I am six dogs old.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
COVER- BlackandWhite - image and commentary
Published on Jul 30th, 2010
8 comments Some people know him as a quiet man who walks his dog along East Market Street. Some people know him as a boisterous preservationist for the Woolen Mills neighborhood. Some know him for his recent...
Planning commish laments map creek miss
Published on Oct 15th, 2009
11 comments Ever heard of Meade Creek? Charlottesville Planning Commisioner and longtime Woolen Mills neighborhood resident Bill Emory writes on his blog that he's walked over it for 22 years, so he was a little...
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