Archive for 'Architecture, Engineering & Construction'
Theater in Production: Bringing Lynchburg’s Oldest Theater Back to Life
Issue: August 2010 by Kimberly Feldkamp.
ACT I Scene I: corner of Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia The building is hard to miss. Whether you’re driving down Main Street or coming into the city from Amherst on Route 29, you can’t help but notice it. Lynchburg’s Academy of Fine Arts is essentially the cornerstone of downtown, a reddish-brick building with white columns [...]
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Upgrading Altavista: A Local Couple’s Quest for Small Town Revitalization
Issue: July 2010 by Johanna Calfee.
Dale Moore is no stranger to revitalizing old buildings and homes. As the founder of Moore’s Electrical and Mechanical Construction, Inc., and Moore’s at Home in Altavista, VA, his companies have been specializing in HVAC, piping, electrical, plumbing and residential service and repairs since 1985. But when Dale and his wife, Lisa, decided to take [...]
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Following the Master Plan: What’s Next for Jefferson Street
Issue: June 2010 by Johanna Calfee.
Rain gardens, high-end condos and a multipurpose stage probably aren’t among the first things most people envision when they think of downtown Lynchburg. But city officials and investors alike are hoping that the changes being made to Jefferson Street and the riverfront area, both now and in the near future, will also help to change [...]
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Bridge to Cabell: An Extension to Downtown Lynchburg?
Issue: May 2010 by Mitchell Malcheff.
One of Lynchburg’s historic areas, Daniel’s Hill, home to Point of Honor, is receiving a makeover of sorts. The D Street Bridge, one of only two entrances into the neighborhood, which is primarily located on Cabell Street, is being rebuilt. The bridge will be complete in December 2010 and may help to expand a burgeoning [...]
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At the Speed of “Very Light”: The Car of the Future is Right Here in Lynchburg
Issue: April 2010 by Mitchell Malcheff.
1415 Kemper Street in Lynchburg is a dilapidated, tired warehouse that, at first glance, looks abandoned. No signs mask its weathered walls to indicate that any occupant has moved into the 360,000 square feet that used to house a textile factory. Hidden on the ground floor, though, is Edison 2, a company that is attempting [...]
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Market at Main: A Lesson in Historical Construction
Issue: March 2010 by Kimberly Feldkamp.
The idea was born in a barber chair. Rodney Taylor was getting his usual hair cut, and tossing around ideas with his barber, Ralph Wilson, known to many around town as “Chopper.” The two were talking and tossing around ideas about what Lynchburg’s downtown needed. That was when and where and how the idea for [...]
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Local “Engineers Without Borders” Test the Limits in Bolivia
Issue: February 2010 by Aaron Lee.
There’s a classic scene from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” where Robert Redford steps off a train in Bolivia, silently surveys a rural, arid landscape for the first time in his life…and then throws a fit. “Ha, ha, ha, ha…Bolivia!” Redford heckles. In Lynchburg, there’s a newly-formed chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) who—if [...]