'L. S. M. F. T. -- Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco' Old Lucky Strike Building Tobacco Row Richmond (VA) June 2012
None of Richmond's Tobacco Row buildings along East Cary Street are operating factories today. Like most of the industrial buildings in the area, they have been or are being converted to office or residential use.
During the American Civil War, "Libby Prison" (the Confederate prisoner of war camp holding captured Union officers) was located about seven blocks west of this site, at 20th and East Cary Streets.
Note the American Indian statue "Connecticut" on the roof of the building at the left.
The sculpture had been a part of The Diamond baseball stadium since 1985, serving as a symbol of the Class AAA Richmond Braves baseball team.
But with a new team called the Flying Squirrels coming to the city, the Richmond Metropolitan Authority decided to relocate the statue in 2010.
“Connecticut,” from the Native American word Quinnehtukqut, reportedly means “beside the long tidal river.” Artist Paul DiPasquale who sculpted this work chose the name because of his original intent to unveil this tribal tribute in Washington, D.C., along the tidal Potomac River.
Image by Ron Cogswell on June 9, 2012, from Libby Hill, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.
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'L. S. M. F. T. -- Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco' Old Lucky Strike Building Tobacco Row Richmond (VA) June 2012
None of Richmond's Tobacco Row buildings along East Cary Street are operating factories today. Like most of the industrial buildings in the area, they have been or are being converted to office or residential use.
During the American Civil War, "Libby Prison" (the Confederate prisoner of war camp holding captured Union officers) was located about seven blocks west of this site, at 20th and East Cary Streets.
Note the American Indian statue "Connecticut" on the roof of the building at the left.
The sculpture had been a part of The Diamond baseball stadium since 1985, serving as a symbol of the Class AAA Richmond Braves baseball team.
But with a new team called the Flying Squirrels coming to the city, the Richmond Metropolitan Authority decided to relocate the statue in 2010.
“Connecticut,” from the Native American word Quinnehtukqut, reportedly means “beside the long tidal river.” Artist Paul DiPasquale who sculpted this work chose the name because of his original intent to unveil this tribal tribute in Washington, D.C., along the tidal Potomac River.
Image by Ron Cogswell on June 9, 2012, from Libby Hill, using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.
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