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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.
Ranunculus‬
Published on May 9th, 2013
0 comments Buttercups. Pretty but poisonous. Ingestion causes burning of the mouth, abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. Skin redness, burning sensation, and blisters following contact with cell sap...
Arbor Day
Published on May 2nd, 2013
1 comments On April 26, Charlottesville Parks and Recreation planted a large diameter Platanus occidentalis in Quarry Park, Girl Scouts planted five saplings, and Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards unveiled a...
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.
Parade
Published on Apr 25th, 2013
0 comments A perfect day for a parade, cool temperatures, California quality light. ~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.
Slim purchase
Published on Mar 28th, 2013
4 comments They say that companies that contract with our City are bound by tree protection guidelines. We will watch a few trees. See how that goes… ~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every...
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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Wetlands
Published on Feb 15th, 2013
9 comments Wetlands are under construction on the north bank of Moore's Creek, upstream from its intersection with the Rivanna. They'll replace the wetlands projected to be lost to the enlarged Ragged Mountain...
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...
Roseberry's lens
Published on Jan 3rd, 2013
2 comments Photographer Ed Roseberry, a man whose images constitute a powerful record of more than 50 years, was on the job at Charlottesville's 250th birthday celebration, shooting with his trusty twin lens...
Redevelopment
Published on Dec 13th, 2012
14 comments Charlottesville Albemarle is no stranger to greenfield development. So it's heartening to encounter some re-development. Here, the ghost-box of Circuit City, closed three years ago, is getting...
DMZ
Published on Dec 10th, 2012
11 comments Walking in the County southeast on Hydraulic Road past the shops at Stonefield. Enjoying the new sidewalk and trees. Headed home. Arriving at the “Main Street” of the County, U.S. Route 29, the...
Uriah J. Fields
Published on Nov 30th, 2012
0 comments Mr. Fields, the Sunday before election day, working to re-elect President Obama.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.
John Crow laws
Published on Nov 27th, 2012
4 comments The Town of Culpeper is having a “buzzard problem.” Big birds are hanging out doing their business where the town doesn’t want them. Forty miles southwest, the City Council of Charlottesville...
Big top, big prep
Published on Nov 16th, 2012
2 comments Workers install snow ropes on the canopy of the nTelos Wireless Pavillion in preparation for winter weather– a safety feature for the the folks that will later manually remove the accumulated...
Lost in the funhouse
Published on Nov 9th, 2012
5 comments If any family members go missing this weekend, it is a good bet they are burning in new neural pathways, trying to find the front door, trying to find their car, trying to find their way in and...
The slumbering herd
Published on Nov 2nd, 2012
9 comments Pre-Halloween, a Georgia Power security guard babysits a herd of bucket trucks slumbering in the parking lot of the defunct Azalea Mall just off I-95 on the north side of Richmond. I did not ask...
Election 2012
Published on Oct 31st, 2012
1 comments If Romney/Ryan supporters need cheering up, a happy place for a drive would be U.S. Route 360 through King William and King and Queen Counties. People in this region make their own signs. This one is...
Smoky welcome
Published on Oct 23rd, 2012
0 comments No shortage of incense amidst the crowd awaiting the October 11 arrival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama along Market Street.~Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory....