Sort of a quick then-and-now.. A newspaper ad from February 1980, advertising a new home at the back of Little Neck.
And the same house (different angle), 40 years later..
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Friday, September 15, 2023
For many years, there have been a couple of houses on Virginia Beach Blvd (near Hobby Lobby and Chesopeian Trail).. To me, they always embodied an earlier era in Virginia Beach's history, when it wouldn't have been out of place to build a residence facing what incrementally became a much busier road. Don't think there are many of these residential homes remaining/preserved right up on the boulevard.
The width of this trunk, looks like the tree had serious age on it.. the listing for the house in the background had it's construction date at 1930.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
This random light pole caught my eye, because it was listed as property of Vepco, which is the long-gone name/predecessor of Virginia's Dominion Energy.
Looking closer, the Vepco sign made sense, the pole was apparently manufactured in 1978. Seems like a long life for a pole. A (cool) surviving monument to Virginia Beach 1.0's Vepco days. I'm curious, if someone who does street light work, etc knows: do light poles typically last this long (45 years and counting)?
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
eating in Lynnhaven Borough.
Hurd's (seafood restaurant) inhabited the back of the Little Neck area for decades..
At the time, the area was not incorporated in to Virginia Beach, so it's location was characterized as Lynnhaven (Borough). Today, there is still a Hurds Road located in the area.
In the days when MasterCard was still mastercharge.
I like this hand-drawn art on their menu cover.. and check out the prices~
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Saturday, January 7, 2023
This month (January 2023) marks the 60th birthday of Virginia Beach (the independent city).
I bascially inherited a 1983 issue of The Beacon honoring Virginia Beach's 20th birthday.. attached are some old ads from the print celebration.
This is an old, defunct spot.. from Bonney Road 1.0.. I think it was located where the extended stay hotel is at now.. I appreciate the hand-drawn art & lettering in it. Ironically I illustrated a couple ads for The Shopping News when I was a young guy, and The Shopping News' office was located on Bonney Road.
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Friday, December 30, 2022
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
young Cavalier
Cavalier under construction. 1926
Aerial shot of the Cavalier. 1927.
What I find interesting about this view, you can see that Atlantic, Pacific, and Holly were already established routes. And they remained basically unchanged for a hundred years. I think Atlantic was recently truncated in to a dead end (to create space for new buildings), but.. Even just a few years back, Atlantic Avenue still followed this 1927 route.
There's a nice (mostly photo) book on the history of the Cavalier: The Cavalier. Reclaiming a Virginia Beach Icon. That's the source for the construction photo above. And the book has a lot of modern photos of the Cavalier's remodel.
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