Excavation for skyscraper's foundation and parking floors is producing 60-foot-deep hole
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Source:
The Valentine
Collection:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
Date:
6/15/1984
Region:
Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source)
Description:
Black and white photograph of a 60-foot hole on construction site where new skyscraper's foundation is being built; building constructed at 6th and Main Streets; numerous downtown Richmond buildings in background. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property of The Richmond Times-Dispatch" stamp; black "Jun 15 1984" stamp; "P. Kevin Morley" handwritten in black ink; red "Jun 17 1984" stamp __Verso
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By:
jacobwhall
Date:
Sep 28, 2025
Total:
1 submission
Confidence:
Medium
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Notes:

This site is now the Virginia Lottery Building. I'm unsure how far back this photo was taken, so I placed it on the sidewalk along 7th.

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Georeferenced by jacobwhall Current
Sep 28, 2025 3:39 AM
37.539522, -77.437998
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This site is now the Virginia Lottery Building. I'm unsure how far back this photo was taken, so I placed it on the sidewalk along 7th.