tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62580000803717981982009-11-20T16:43:41.037-05:00This small neighborhood, established in the 1920s, has been known as "The Devil's Triangle" since the early 1980s. The name came from the rough and rowdy bars located on 600 and 700 blocks of N. Sheppard Street. Those bars are gone now - the neighborhood is more peaceful but still active. New businesses keep opening up - long time ones have continued.Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-30030481730670097942009-07-30T16:11:00.002-04:002009-07-30T16:11:32.985-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH-bruR-FI/AAAAAAAAAG0/CMRfvv0zEX8/s1600-h/another+old+view.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH-bruR-FI/AAAAAAAAAG0/CMRfvv0zEX8/s400/another+old+view.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364348382721734738" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-3003048173067009794?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-44993382017227036822009-07-30T16:07:00.002-04:002009-07-30T16:08:19.763-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH9rLows2I/AAAAAAAAAGs/POnwdrYaaR0/s1600-h/pres+house+1940s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH9rLows2I/AAAAAAAAAGs/POnwdrYaaR0/s400/pres+house+1940s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364347549474927458" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-4499338201722703682?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-50852609619170129652009-07-30T16:06:00.002-04:002009-07-30T16:07:27.700-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH9chr4poI/AAAAAAAAAGk/pc5mw0LeIiY/s1600-h/pres+house+older+view.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SnH9chr4poI/AAAAAAAAAGk/pc5mw0LeIiY/s400/pres+house+older+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364347297695573634" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-5085260961917012965?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-69874056916440380992009-05-08T08:27:00.005-04:002009-05-08T08:37:05.299-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQnX5wnsII/AAAAAAAAAGc/zF20JVzXOf8/s1600-h/slave_richmond+slave+trail+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQnX5wnsII/AAAAAAAAAGc/zF20JVzXOf8/s400/slave_richmond+slave+trail+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333431150308733058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQm5IYtbpI/AAAAAAAAAGU/XFLJxsMJgBE/s1600-h/slave_richmond+slave+trail+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQm5IYtbpI/AAAAAAAAAGU/XFLJxsMJgBE/s400/slave_richmond+slave+trail+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333430621659033234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQmkvREHbI/AAAAAAAAAGM/18zTYQA1vvU/s1600-h/slave_richmond+slave+trail+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQmkvREHbI/AAAAAAAAAGM/18zTYQA1vvU/s400/slave_richmond+slave+trail+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333430271318695346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQlZYR42-I/AAAAAAAAAGE/c3eCyulqh3s/s1600-h/slave_richmond+slave+trail+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SgQlZYR42-I/AAAAAAAAAGE/c3eCyulqh3s/s400/slave_richmond+slave+trail+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333428976657947618" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-6987405691644038099?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-69075045605546390762008-11-16T14:16:00.005-05:002008-11-16T14:22:24.717-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBxuRdSiXI/AAAAAAAAAFs/1F-hGFi6gYA/s1600-h/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_005_fan+back.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 377px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBxuRdSiXI/AAAAAAAAAFs/1F-hGFi6gYA/s400/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_005_fan+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269336603797653874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBxpjinXpI/AAAAAAAAAFk/8zGJtVp_C2c/s1600-h/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_004_fan+flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBxpjinXpI/AAAAAAAAAFk/8zGJtVp_C2c/s400/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_004_fan+flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269336522752482962" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >This fan is a great item donated by Richard to me in the last week. I need to check the Richmond directories to see how long the Sheppard Street Pharmacy lasted. The 1939 directory does not have them listed. The one item I have that does have a date - the monthly statement for "Pam Moss" - is dated Nov. 1, 1938 for her October purchases.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-6907504560554639076?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-62851202679867339662008-11-16T14:11:00.004-05:002008-11-16T14:22:13.763-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBwWU0p5tI/AAAAAAAAAFc/g-dr_LImbLE/s1600-h/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_001_monthly+bill.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBwWU0p5tI/AAAAAAAAAFc/g-dr_LImbLE/s400/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_001_monthly+bill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269335092872472274" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >- click on image for larger view - </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >This woman (if that is "Pam") had about 5-6 prescriptions filled during the month of October in 1938 - not counting refills. Kleenex, adhesive tape, thyroid tablets, soap.... Can anyone make out the writing and give me the total list here? Thanks.</span><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-6285120267986733966?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-26993096149887512222008-11-16T14:04:00.006-05:002008-11-16T14:21:58.134-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBvHORCGyI/AAAAAAAAAFU/iYIDggx4XRQ/s1600-h/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_002_matches.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBvHORCGyI/AAAAAAAAAFU/iYIDggx4XRQ/s400/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_002_matches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269333733902785314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBu_76AhlI/AAAAAAAAAFM/t0x6srvzWv0/s1600-h/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_003_matches.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SSBu_76AhlI/AAAAAAAAAFM/t0x6srvzWv0/s400/devils_sheppard+street+pharmacy_003_matches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269333608715290194" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Came across this at a postcard show a few years ago - gave it to a friend who just gave it back along with some other items from the Sheppard Street Pharmacy which was located on the 600 block of N. Sheppard Street - near where Cafe Diem is today.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-2699309614988751222?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-91389384000899091972008-09-17T10:01:00.008-04:002008-09-17T10:24:18.677-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SNEObJGKn5I/AAAAAAAAAE0/r-zUvvOuzOA/s1600-h/logo_red.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SNEObJGKn5I/AAAAAAAAAE0/r-zUvvOuzOA/s320/logo_red.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246990900324376466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Got a Pet?</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Check out these local folks:</span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >River City Rover</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Professional Dog Walking and Pet Sitting for "Devil" Dogs </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Serving the Pets and Pet Parents of the Devil's Triangle as well as The Fan, Carytown, The Museum District, Westover Hills and Woodland Heights. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br />We are fully insured and bonded as well as certified in pet first aid. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >References available. </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br />Visit our web site to learn all about us: </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.rivercityrover.com/">www.rivercityrover.com</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br />Or email us at </span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:welovepets@rivercityrover.com">welovepets@rivercityrover.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-9138938400089909197?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-474478478817730722008-08-10T11:15:00.005-04:002008-08-10T12:17:32.202-04:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><p></p><p>This is a repost - Just to do a little advertising on - <a href="http://rvablogs.com/">Richmond Blogs.</a><br /></p></span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" href="http://rvablogs.com/"></a><br /><h3 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-blog-devils-triangle-richmond-va.html">New Blog - The Devil's Triangle, Richmond, Va</a> </h3> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHYt1uxuxOI/AAAAAAAAACw/JId98A0ixLg/s1600-h/devils003.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 189px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHYt1uxuxOI/AAAAAAAAACw/JId98A0ixLg/s320/devils003.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221411219095602402" border="0" /></a><br />A nice distorted view of N. Sheppard and Park Ave. - in the heart of the Devil's Triangle, Richmond, VA - image from Google Maps' Street View function.<br /><br />Welcome - And share your memories of The Devil's Triangle and please share this URL with people you think might be interested.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><a href="http://devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com/">Check out the rest of the Blog!</a><br /></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-47447847881773072?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-76448777969859670342008-08-06T08:47:00.004-04:002008-08-06T08:55:59.720-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><p><p>I got an email from Lynn whose Boston Terrier, Petey, was taken her backyard at 5 N. Crenshaw (near Carytown) on July 2nd. Lynn writes: "We've recently had a few calls from people who say a homeless couple has been seen around the Devil's Triangle area with a Boston Terrier. The girl even told one person the dog was named Petey. I'm told they look like some of the traveling punk kids you see around. We've put fliers in your area, but if you post notices on your blog, it would be great if I could post one there too. We're all heartbroken over this. If you happen to see them yourself, please give me a call. My phone number is 358-2953."<br /><br />That was from Lynn - please help her out.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-7644877796985967034?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-81920632154598522782008-08-02T10:17:00.009-04:002008-08-02T10:25:11.802-04:00<BR><BR><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRtMlIBd3I/AAAAAAAAAEk/tFhM_XiaH04/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRtMlIBd3I/AAAAAAAAAEk/tFhM_XiaH04/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229925130175608690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /><br />Check out this web site devoted to eight blocks (and the surrounding neighborhood) of Kensington Ave. in Richmond, VA.<br /><br /><br /></span><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.kensingtonave.org/">Welcome to Kensington Ave.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-8192063215459852278?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-28241289564653269212008-08-02T10:06:00.008-04:002008-08-02T10:16:05.701-04:00<BR><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRqIgnST7I/AAAAAAAAAEU/t_Sq_f-mRz8/s1600-h/kensington+court002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRqIgnST7I/AAAAAAAAAEU/t_Sq_f-mRz8/s400/kensington+court002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229921761710198706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Kensington Gardens - circa 1980s.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The front steps were removed at one point </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for this driveway. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In 2000 the original front entrance was restored. </span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRp_HRcqvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/v9FffxXmO30/s1600-h/johnston+williss+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SJRp_HRcqvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/v9FffxXmO30/s400/johnston+williss+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229921600288893682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnston-Willis Hospital, circa 1930.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >The building was never pink - the colorist of this image (originally taken in B&amp;W) got the colors wrong.</span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-2824128956465326921?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-10102426190522279022008-07-13T11:12:00.004-04:002008-07-13T11:27:53.777-04:00<p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHodB4VQQzI/AAAAAAAAADk/264H5ehv7i4/s1600-h/cafe+diem.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHodB4VQQzI/AAAAAAAAADk/264H5ehv7i4/s400/cafe+diem.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222518636028117810" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Cafe Diem, 600 N. Sheppard St.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><br />Cafe Diem is located on the corner of N. Sheppard and Patterson. This is just a brief entry on this bar and restaurant - which also has live music almost every night. We will write something longer in the future - including a history of the various establishments that have been at this site.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">Visit the Cafe Dim web site <a href="http://www.cafediemrva.com/index.htm">for their menu and music schedule</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-1010242619052227902?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-45673777567008661682008-07-12T17:23:00.005-04:002008-07-12T17:26:55.804-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHkg4gvEz3I/AAAAAAAAADU/eNJOgLNSGT0/s1600-h/rays_1924_johnston+willis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHkg4gvEz3I/AAAAAAAAADU/eNJOgLNSGT0/s400/rays_1924_johnston+willis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222241398144946034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Johnston-Willis Hospital</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">(now Kensington Court Apartments, </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2900 Kensington Ave.), 1928.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-4567377756700866168?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-67109526998666957042008-07-11T08:52:00.006-04:002008-07-11T09:13:33.912-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHdYDoyBKFI/AAAAAAAAADM/dVwyrDfqMmc/s1600-h/front.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHdYDoyBKFI/AAAAAAAAADM/dVwyrDfqMmc/s320/front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221739112469440594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >Caliente! Restaurant is</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >located at the corner of</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-family:arial;" >N. Sheppard St. and Park Ave.</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.calienterichmond.com/">Check them out.</a><br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">The Devil's Triangle will provide information and links to the neighborhood's bars and restaurants. We begin with Caliente! located at 2922 Park Ave. This is just a brief entry on this restaurant - we will write something longer in the future - including a history of the various establishments that have been at this site.</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-6710952699866695704?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-47701665074765119962008-07-10T11:34:00.008-04:002008-07-10T12:04:10.571-04:00<p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHYt1uxuxOI/AAAAAAAAACw/JId98A0ixLg/s1600-h/devils003.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 369px; height: 189px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHYt1uxuxOI/AAAAAAAAACw/JId98A0ixLg/s320/devils003.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221411219095602402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >A nice distorted view of N. Sheppard and Park Ave. - in the heart of the Devil's Triangle, Richmond, VA - image from Google Maps' Street View function. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Welcome - And share your memories of The Devil's Triangle and please share this URL with people you think might be interested.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >This is the fourth blog entry - check out the site for other entries. Thanks.<br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-4770166507476511996?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-73253121325358869782008-07-08T16:15:00.009-04:002008-07-09T21:00:08.144-04:00<div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><p></p></div><div align="center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHPLIV_QukI/AAAAAAAAACk/swmx-UV1ViM/s1600-h/sheppard+st+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220739737254410818" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 451px; height: 274px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SHPLIV_QukI/AAAAAAAAACk/swmx-UV1ViM/s400/sheppard+st+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" > Corner of Monument Ave. and Sheppard St., 1928.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click on this image for a much larger view.</span></span><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:arial;"><p>In 2008 (80 years after this photo by Cook was taken) you can still see remnants of the streetcar rail in the road on Sheppard Street. When the streetcars in Richmond were replaced by the bus line after World War II, the city left much of the streetcar rail where it was -- they simply paved over it. </p></span><br /></span><p></p></div><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-7325312132535886978?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-86178859144337308042008-06-28T15:08:00.004-04:002008-07-09T20:53:42.078-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SGaMkwbvOgI/AAAAAAAAABA/I6JTMDCSuQo/s1600-h/kensington+court.jpg"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217011781459720706" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SGaMkwbvOgI/AAAAAAAAABA/I6JTMDCSuQo/s400/kensington+court.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kensington Court Apartments, 2900 Kensington Ave.</span></span><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The postcard image above is from ca. 1930 and shows Johnston-Willis Hospital, 2900 Kensington Ave. Today this building is the Kensington Court Apartments. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="maintext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The building was designed by Richmond architect Marcellus E. Wright, Sr. (1881-1962). Construction began in 1922 and was completed in 1923 for what was orginally a five-story, brick, granite, terra cotta, and stucco hospital building. The building in the back was built in 1928 as the Nurses Home for Johnston Willis Hospital - also designed by Marcellus E. Wright, Sr. More details on its various additions in a future post. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="maintext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In 1980 the hospital moved to Chesterfield County and the building was converted to </span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="maintext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">apartments and was orginally called the Kensington Garden Retirement Home. In 2000 It was renovated to become an "up-scale" apartment building - the Kensington Court Apartments.</span> It is the largest building in the Devil's Triangle (let alone in the West of the Blvd. Historic District).<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >The back of this postcard reads: </span></span></p><blockquote><span class="maintext" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >"The Johnston-Willis Hospital was organized in 1909 and was located on the corner of Franklin and Sixth Streets. In 1923, the hospital moved into its present modern buildings on the corner of Kensington and Colonial Avenues, in the heart of Richmond's residential section. Here spacious grounds and an outlook over the gardens of the Battle Abbey [now the Virginia Historical Society] make the location ideal."</span></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-8617885914433730804?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6258000080371798198.post-27528367389511999362008-06-28T15:21:00.008-04:002008-07-08T16:23:52.322-04:00<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SGaQDI5SXoI/AAAAAAAAABQ/S7qaFLn68GE/s1600-h/devils.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217015601957068418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9bnuiflw8FM/SGaQDI5SXoI/AAAAAAAAABQ/S7qaFLn68GE/s400/devils.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;" >The boundaries pf the Devil's Triangle in Richmond, Virginia run from Monument Ave. on the north to Kensington Ave. to the south, from the Boulevard on the east to Belmont Ave. to the west.</span></p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6258000080371798198-2752836738951199936?l=devilstrianglerichmond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17748929020945890435noreply@blogger.com0