A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System write by Bill Draper. This book was released on 2021-01-28. A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Celebrate one of the most beloved park systems in the nation, the James River Park System.
A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System
A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System write by . This book was released on 2021. A Photographic Journey Through the James River Park System available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Celebrate one of the most beloved park systems in the nation. This special collection is a testament to photographer Bill Draper's appreciation of Richmond's most distinctive urban oasis, the James River Park System. These diverse views of the Parks and the Richmond skyline were captured on and off the beaten path in all four seasons, from vantage points that are not always seen by the everyday Parks visitor. As these photos reveal, Bill's appreciation for the Parks' beauty is a year-round passion. He can be found taking photos from sunup to sundown on both the hottest days of summer and the iciest days of winter. Bill says the secret to his success lies in covering between four and ten miles at a time, sometimes taking seventy-five to one hundred photos a day, hoping for a winning shot. Along with nature lovers and Richmond devotees, we invite you to celebrate the unmatched beauty of one of the most beloved river park systems in the nation. Royalties and the author's net proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the Friends of the James River Park, allowing them to continue to conserve, protect, and enhance Richmond's 600-acre paradise"--
Transforming the James River in Richmond
Transforming the James River in Richmond - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transforming the James River in Richmond write by Ralph Hambrick. This book was released on 2020-04-06. Transforming the James River in Richmond available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The James River is the centerpiece of Richmond, but by the mid-twentieth century it had been abused and neglected. Eagles and sturgeon had nearly disappeared, water-powered industry was abandoning it and the river was a sewer. Today, the river draws visitors to its wooded shorelines, restored canal and feisty rapids. At the local level, this transformation was the result of citizen action, public-private partnerships, difficult decisions by governmental leaders and the hard work of thousands of passionate advocates and volunteers. Local author and lifelong river watcher Ralph Hambrick chronicles the events, projects and controversies that brought about the dramatic change and lends a critical eye to the results.
Nonesuch Place
Nonesuch Place - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nonesuch Place write by T. Tyler Potterfield. This book was released on 2009-06-02. Nonesuch Place available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Intentionally built on the fall line where the Piedmont uplands meet the Tidewater region, Richmond has always been a city defined by the land. From the time settlers built a city on rugged terrain overlooking the James River, the people have changed the land and been changed by it. Few know this better than T. Tyler Potterfield, a planner with the City of Richmond Department of Community Development. Whether considering the many roles of the "romantic, wild and beautiful" James River through the centuries, describing the rationale for the location of the Virginia State Capitol on Shockoe Hill or relating the struggle to reclaim green space as industrialization and urban growth threatened to remove nature from the city, Potterfield weaves a tale as ordered as the gridded streets of Richmond and just as rich in history.
