Sadly, almost none of the buildings in this map of Norfolk are still standing due to Urban Renewal and Redevelopment. Some of the Berkeley area remains, and much of Portsmouth has been torn down. It is a very sad thing for one of the oldest cities in America to have its history almost totally eviscerated. Thanks so much for doing this...(Norfolk native).Subscribed! I hope you post other Norfolk maps!
Thanks for Subscribing Joe! I'm a past Virginia Native as well, I actually drive down that way when I vacation in the Outer Banks! Ya its incredible sad how we often don't preserve the historical integrity of old cities... Houston is very similar... it has a wonderful history but much of their buildings have been taken down... horrible. Anyways thanks for the comment and the Sub, I'll be on the lookout for more Norfolk Maps for sure and I'll message ya when I post one!
I just found this video today. I have lived in Norfolk for the past decade, but grew up in the Hampton Roads area. The rich history of this area always has my attention in some manner. I will visit your site and most likely purchase some of these maps. As someone else noted, the free to download map link has gone to Atlanta. :)
The link to download is broken. I'm looking for an image of a company that I think was called Cotton Press. My great-great-grandfather worked there in the 1920s
Is that Calvert's lane just below East Main and between Fenchurch and Church streets? I understand that it was among the last streets torn up during redevelopment and had structures going back to the 18th century. I have been not been able to find any information on this street, except a brief mention and photo in one of Carroll Walker's book. I would appreciate if anyone knew about this interesting street.
Im surprised they didn't show the Norfolk naval shipyard. It should be just south 9f the very bottom left. They show the now historic area. At that time it wasn't. The top left of the portsmouth side should be the Naval hospital. The oldest continuing operated one in the USA. The original building is dwarfed by the new modern hospital.
"I wonder if this [opera house] is still standing," he asks. Nothing is still standing in Norfolk buddy. Starting in 1951, Redevelopment and Housing was ceded all the power to level everything, and it did. Ironic on so many levels. Two ironies come to mind immediately. Virginia and Hampton Roads were traditionally conservative yet Norfolk was America's first city to take federal funds under the 1948 housing act for this insane urban renewal. Additionally, what does Virginia brag about if not its history and the Bay? Both have been destroyed by redevelopment and exurban sprawl.
Norfolk was once a very interesting seaport. Today, it is a poor plastic image of Atlanta. But it is home (though I now live in Israel) and I will always love it. Thank God, Ghent has kept much of its historical integrity (other than the completely gutted East Ghent)
Sadly, almost none of the buildings in this map of Norfolk are still standing due to Urban Renewal and Redevelopment. Some of the Berkeley area remains, and much of Portsmouth has been torn down. It is a very sad thing for one of the oldest cities in America to have its history almost totally eviscerated. Thanks so much for doing this...(Norfolk native).Subscribed! I hope you post other Norfolk maps!
Thanks for Subscribing Joe! I'm a past Virginia Native as well, I actually drive down that way when I vacation in the Outer Banks! Ya its incredible sad how we often don't preserve the historical integrity of old cities... Houston is very similar... it has a wonderful history but much of their buildings have been taken down... horrible. Anyways thanks for the comment and the Sub, I'll be on the lookout for more Norfolk Maps for sure and I'll message ya when I post one!
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Very true Portsmouth born and raised trinity church is still standing in olde towne,love this a lot thanks so much
I just found this video today. I have lived in Norfolk for the past decade, but grew up in the Hampton Roads area. The rich history of this area always has my attention in some manner. I will visit your site and most likely purchase some of these maps. As someone else noted, the free to download map link has gone to Atlanta. :)
The link to download is broken. I'm looking for an image of a company that I think was called Cotton Press. My great-great-grandfather worked there in the 1920s
That’s where the Norfolk Shipyard is at the top
I noticed on the lower left was old portsmouth. Court st and such. The nnsy should be south of that.
Is that Calvert's lane just below East Main and between Fenchurch and Church streets?
I understand that it was among the last streets torn up during redevelopment and had structures going back to the 18th century.
I have been not been able to find any information on this street, except a brief mention and photo in one of Carroll Walker's book.
I would appreciate if anyone knew about this interesting street.
I was born in Portsmouth Naval Hospital in 1978
That's awesome! Ya that area is a big time Navy town! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Im surprised they didn't show the Norfolk naval shipyard. It should be just south 9f the very bottom left. They show the now historic area. At that time it wasn't. The top left of the portsmouth side should be the Naval hospital. The oldest continuing operated one in the USA. The original building is dwarfed by the new modern hospital.
A lot of building and streets don’t exist anymore they redevelop Norfolk in the between the 60s and the 80s from what I was told
"I wonder if this [opera house] is still standing," he asks. Nothing is still standing in Norfolk buddy. Starting in 1951, Redevelopment and Housing was ceded all the power to level everything, and it did. Ironic on so many levels. Two ironies come to mind immediately. Virginia and Hampton Roads were traditionally conservative yet Norfolk was America's first city to take federal funds under the 1948 housing act for this insane urban renewal. Additionally, what does Virginia brag about if not its history and the Bay? Both have been destroyed by redevelopment and exurban sprawl.
Norfolk was once a very interesting seaport. Today, it is a poor plastic image of Atlanta.
But it is home (though I now live in Israel) and I will always love it. Thank God, Ghent has kept much of its historical integrity (other than the completely gutted East Ghent)
No it not... 5 generation norfolk native@@MrJoeybabe25