Historic Danville. Part 2

Continuation.  Part 1 Harry Wooding Statue This is a tribute to the longest serving Mayor in an American city.   Mayor Harry Wooding served Danville for 46 years and still provides everyday  leadership to the Danville judicial, standing in front of the Courthouse.

Harry Wooding Statue

Patton Street of Danville

Patton Street

Danville System "On this site stood Neal's Warehouse where the "Danville System" of selling tobacco began in 1858. Previously tobacco had been sold by sample from hogsheads, but under the new system it was sold at auction in open, loose piles so buyers could examine the whole lot. It is in general use today."

Danville System

The Register  Building.Publishing house, built 1947.

The Register

The Pythian Building, housing Phoenix Lodge #62.   The Lodge is home to the Danville area members of the Knights of Pythias,  a men’s fraternal service organization.

Pythian Building

Confederate Prison Number 6 Constructed in 1855 as a tobacco factory by Major William T.Sutherlin, this renovated structure housed Union prisoners during the Civil War, 1861-1865.  It was one of six Danville Confederate prisons in which as many as 7000 Union soldiers were confined.

Confederate Prison Number 6

Worsham Street Bridge   The bridge was build in 1928 by the Atlantic Bridge Company of Greensboro, North Carolina. Replacing a smaller iron-and wood bridge from the early 1900s, it was an open-spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge and one of the longest and tallest of this type designed by noted engineer Daniel B.Luten. The bridge helped relieve traffic congestion on the nearby Main Street Bridge and facilitated farmers getting their tobacco crops to the warehouses and processing facilities on the south side of the river.   The bridge and the street were named for William W.Worsham, whose grandfather was one of the founding fathers of Danville. The bridge was the highest point above the Dan River. It was closed to traffic in 2004 and demolished in 2009.

A "monument" to Worsham Street Bridge

Barber Shop

Barber & Beauty Salon

North Union Place in last capital of the Confederate South

North Union Place

Historic Danville, Part 1

We left the Virginia International Raceway (V.I.R.) and headed to Danville,  a ville on the Dan, the city once enjoyed a reputation as one of the world's  major markets of fine smoking leaf.  It is known as the birthplace of "Bright Leaf Tobacco".

Godforsaken,

Rusty mailboxes

... well guarder flat agricultural surround

Field guard

Tobacco Warehouse District occupies about 40 blocks of the downtown Danville,

The Tobacco Warehouse District

... is a mix of factories, warehouses and residential housing constructed between 1870s and 1930s.

Golden Leaf

Tobacco cured walls,

Old Belt Storage

shady passages,

Residential area

Ivy League views

Abandoned warehouse

awaiting next wave of future residents

Uploading dock

"Safety first" rules; these fortress-like walls are still well protected.

Fire alarm

( to be continued )

V.I.R.

The 1st automobile race took place in France in 1894, from Paris to Rouen. A round-trip race between Chicago and Evanston, IL, marked the 1st American  race the following year.     The Vanderbilt Cup and the American Grand Prize were the two premier  events of the time, and the most famous races were held on public roads  of Long Island, Savannah, Milwaukee and Santa Monica.    Opened for business in August, 1957, Virginia International Raceway (VIR) soon became a fixture on the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) circuit.  However, the fuel crisis of 1973 spelled its end.    Transformed into a world-class road racing circuit, the facility reopened in  2000, following the original track’s center line.    We visited VIR last Summer with the members of the crew and the students  of the California Superbike School.  The only other East Coast place on CA  Superbike schedule is Thunderbolt Raceway in NJ. Below is the story as seen through the lens.

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Falling into Fall

"The dutch in old Amsterdam do it
Not to mention the fins..."

Englishmen in New Amsterdam do it.  We do it. You do it.
All shop for clothes!

For those about to shop for knitwear, stop by United Colors of Benetton in SOHO NYC.
 
(All creativity credits go the display designer Erik Ravelo / Fabrica. 
Bravo, Maestro !)

Stay warm!

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In Sun We Trust

Never seems to end Summer finally croaked dragging squinting and sweating with it. Dumb ACs, throw open shutters, deserted beaches support the fact, offering a long awaited break. No doubt, summer'll be back. Which's likely be April in our corner. In Sun We Trust, don't we?

SunTrust Bank, Annapolis MD

Well, let's give it a warm farewell in this photo retrospective.

On Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn NY

On the beach. Brooklyn NY

On the beach. Brooklyn NY

On the beach. Brooklyn NY

On the beach. Brooklyn NY

On the beach. Brooklyn NY

On Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn NY

Park Security.  Brooklyn NY

Boat trip. Annapolis, MD

Water tracks. View on Rockaway beach

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. View from the water

United Colors of Brooklyn

Jet skiing

Parasurfing

Fishing

Seagulls. Gulf of Mexico. Biloxi, MS

A Pier. Gulf of Mexico. Biloxi, MS

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