Bulldozer, Grader Shape Up Sunken Mall for Leased Parking Lot
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:
6/1/1967
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
Black and white photograph of construction equipment smoothing and clearing an empty lot in downtown Richmond, Virginia; image shows a bulldozer, grader and dump truck working to ready the Richmond Civic Center mall for temporary parking; the new lot will offset the loss of parking spaces on the new City Hall site where construction is slated to begin; old City Hall is visible in the background. Inscription: Stamped __Red date stamp - Jun 2 1967 and black date stamp - Jun 1 1967; black "Property of Richmond Times-Dispatch / News Leader" stamp; black "Lane" stamp; red "Two [five-pointed star]" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va.
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By:
jacobwhall
Date:
Nov 5, 2025
Total:
1 submission
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Oddly difficult to place this one! I think the Broad Street Methodist Church, near center, is farther away than it seems.

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Georeferenced by jacobwhall Current
Nov 5, 2025 4:32 PM
37.542368, -77.432286
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Oddly difficult to place this one! I think the Broad Street Methodist Church, near center, is farther away than it seems.