Idlewood (1928)
[VIEW LARGER] Spent some time yesterday going through the special collections at the Library of Virginia. This shot from Idlewood and Beaumont from 1928 was one of the finds. Some 40 years after this photo was taken, half of these houses were demolished to make way for the Downtown Expressway. The Downtown Expressway was planned […]
Spent some time yesterday going through the special collections at the Library of Virginia. This shot from Idlewood and Beaumont from 1928 was one of the finds. Some 40 years after this photo was taken, half of these houses were demolished to make way for the Downtown Expressway.
The Downtown Expressway was planned and built during the mid-1960s and 1970s. Over 700 residential dwelling units were demolished in the route of the expressway, mainly in the Randolph, Sydney and Oregon Hill neighborhoods, and splitting the area south of Cary Street. Property acquisitions were begun in 1967 and were completed by 1968 with the right-of-way cleared and buildings demolished.
Before the Downtown Expressway (1972)
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