Richmond’s History, You Can’t Even Escape It at McDonald’s
I found this recent RTD article about the history being dug up near the McDonald’s in Shockoe Bottom quite fascinating! It makes me wonder what sort of things were discovered when Rockett’s Landing was being built. If you know where to find such info, let us know. Here’s an excerpt: It became “the most heterogeneous block in […]
I found this recent RTD article about the history being dug up near the McDonald’s in Shockoe Bottom quite fascinating! It makes me wonder what sort of things were discovered when Rockett’s Landing was being built. If you know where to find such info, let us know.
Here’s an excerpt:
It became “the most heterogeneous block in the city of Richmond that I’ve ever seen,” Browning said. “You had free African-Americans living where McDonald’s is now, literally next door to slave traders, and you had a factory owner living just on the other side of the block, and a seamstress,” he said. “You had the wealthiest people in the city to the poorest all living in one block.”
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