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re: Stories behind unique landmarks in your neighborhood?
Posted on 6/5/23 at 3:30 am to athenslife101
Posted on 6/5/23 at 3:30 am to athenslife101
Our neighborhood was just a one street neighborhood, and the pilot that flew Coach Bo Ryan lived in our neighborhood.
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Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:08 am to athenslife101
Everyone in the neighborhood has a roof that is 13 years old. F3 Tornado came through on April 22, 2010.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:39 am to athenslife101
My hometown is the same as the country music group Alabama. Of course there are bronze statues of each member. Randy Owens, the lead singer, is still very active in the community.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 6:48 am to athenslife101
My New England town was founded in ~1670. Our home is situated on the top of a riverbank that once oversaw a much, much larger river than it does in present day.
There is a historical cemetery from the 1700-1800’s next to our property closer to the edge of the bank that overlooks the river, with tombstones listing those as young as 3.
I walk that cemetery every so often and wonder at the grit it must have taken to persevere and even thrive during those times, and what it must have felt like losing that 3 year old boy.
There is a historical cemetery from the 1700-1800’s next to our property closer to the edge of the bank that overlooks the river, with tombstones listing those as young as 3.
I walk that cemetery every so often and wonder at the grit it must have taken to persevere and even thrive during those times, and what it must have felt like losing that 3 year old boy.
This post was edited on 6/5/23 at 6:50 am
Posted on 6/5/23 at 7:14 am to FahQGump
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My hometown is the same as the country music group Alabama. Of course there are bronze statues of each member. Randy Owens, the lead singer, is still very active in the community.
I was glad to see them bring back June Jam!!
Posted on 6/5/23 at 7:19 am to athenslife101
There is a memorial to the last surviving 9/11 search and rescue dog Bretagne (pronounced like Brittany)at the front of my subdivision. Her owner lives in our subdivision and our veterinarian put her down after she got cancer. The local police and fire departments were on hand to for a ceremony to escort her into his office.
Smithsonian Article
Smithsonian Article
Posted on 6/5/23 at 8:37 am to athenslife101
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Posted on 6/5/23 at 8:42 am to financetiger
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This is so cool. Which neighborhood is this?
University Acres. But if you read the book about the historic BR neighborhoods, all of the old ones are very interesting. I believe it’s on Amazon e-reads.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 9:14 am to athenslife101
I just moved. But my old neighborhood in Old Town Alexandria, VA was the hometown of both Robert E Lee and George Washington and the Church they both attended still stands. It's also home to the narrowest house in the country (7 feet I think?). Ton more history there, I actually loved living there and hope to move back soon.
"Spite House" Alexandria, VA
"Spite House" Alexandria, VA
This post was edited on 6/5/23 at 9:17 am
Posted on 6/5/23 at 9:21 am to TIGER2
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Good wine selection and weird shite to cook like chicken feet and such.
Saw that place on the way to Fontainebleau State Park on Saturday. How's the shrimp poboy? Inquiring minds want to know.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 9:29 am to athenslife101
I live about a mile from the North Anna Battlefield park. I run/ruck there a couple times a week (there's about 5 miles of trails). It's hilly on the south side of the river (the Confederate side). Sometimes when I'm out there and it's almost dark I can imagine troops still in the trenches.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 10:20 am to athenslife101
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This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 6/5/23 at 10:51 am to Ostrich
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Old Town Alexandria, VA
Stayed in Old Town section when we visited DC. It's a neat area. Condo was just a few blocks from the metro, restaurants, and such.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 10:57 am to Cajunhawk81
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. How's the shrimp poboy?
The sandwiches are very good for a grocery store and at $8.99 for a shrimp poboy the price is great.
The have every kind of meat under the sun and their liquor prices are cheap. I don't know how the place makes any money.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 11:37 am to athenslife101
Just this guy's house
Posted on 6/5/23 at 3:54 pm to athenslife101
Not a landmark but Coach Bryant lived for many years a few houses up the street from me.
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Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:06 pm to Porpus
quote:Obljaj, Bosnia & Herzegovina????
A very famous assassin grew up in a house in my neighborhood... maybe not quite Oswald-tier, but he'd give Sirhan B. Sirhan a run for his money.
I saw the place he died in Terezin.
Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:08 pm to athenslife101
I live a block from this house.
Been in a time or two. really unique.
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It has a cactus garden, English tea garden, and Oriental garden complete with a Buddha statue. Some even call it the Great House of Buddha. It was built from 1914 to 1916 by Dr. Woodson, one of the first surgeons associated with Kings's Daughters Hospital in 1896, and Scott & White in 1904. It cost $35,000 to build in 1914, which would be around 1.38 million in today's economy.
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This post was edited on 6/5/23 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:11 pm to 3nOut
Does Rummel high school count as a landmark?
Posted on 6/5/23 at 4:28 pm to TIGER2
I have some history with the Saia's Cow and know the owners of the place now. That cow was part of a nationwide advertising campaign back in the 50's or 60's and then they were all put "out to pasture" in some field in the MidWest. The original owners of Saia's thought it would be cool to have out front and called the guy who had them, went up there and picked out the best of the bunch and brought it back to Mandeville. Up until a few years ago, it had only moved twice since being put in front of the store. Once was when it was stolen by some high school kids and Mandeville PD recovered it, the other time was when some guys stole it and brought it to the current store owners wedding reception.
It was sitting on flats and immobile until a few years ago when it was repaired and rolled in the local Krewe of Eve parade. The local GoodYear store actually agreed to do repairs to the axles and put new tires on it for free when they heard it was going to be moved. It's a pretty big deal locally. It was such a huge hit with the Mardi Gras crowd that people were stopping the parade by getting in the street to take pictures with "the cow". It has now run in the parade every year since.
A local Ordinance had to be amended to allow it to roll in the first parade. Before the Amendment, anything with "advertising" was barred from rolling in a parade on city streets. The Cow was declared "iconic status" and exempted from the Ordinance.
The photo shown previously was from a few weeks ago when some MHS Seniors stole the cow as a Senior Prank and parked it on the Lakefront. Only the third unauthorized move in my lifetime. I think the Police missed a golden opportunity for some good PR by not having a photo of an officer lassoing the cow.
It was sitting on flats and immobile until a few years ago when it was repaired and rolled in the local Krewe of Eve parade. The local GoodYear store actually agreed to do repairs to the axles and put new tires on it for free when they heard it was going to be moved. It's a pretty big deal locally. It was such a huge hit with the Mardi Gras crowd that people were stopping the parade by getting in the street to take pictures with "the cow". It has now run in the parade every year since.
A local Ordinance had to be amended to allow it to roll in the first parade. Before the Amendment, anything with "advertising" was barred from rolling in a parade on city streets. The Cow was declared "iconic status" and exempted from the Ordinance.
The photo shown previously was from a few weeks ago when some MHS Seniors stole the cow as a Senior Prank and parked it on the Lakefront. Only the third unauthorized move in my lifetime. I think the Police missed a golden opportunity for some good PR by not having a photo of an officer lassoing the cow.
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