HISTORIC JACKSON WARD
A computer rendering shows the site location of the trail history exhibit.
Downtown’s Walk Through Time The Downtown length of the trail is progress‑ ing according to schedule. A half–mile section running via Dock St. between the riverwall and Great Shiplock Park, the first phase of the three part construction was recently com‑ pleted in December 2009. Plans for a second and third phase of the riverfront trail at Rock‑ etts Landing are also in the works. Currently in production are the his‑ toric markers and information displays commissioned by the Richmond Historic
Riverfront Foundation. “The VCTF is working on an historical interpretation as well, and is in the process of gathering content for an electronic kiosk system (underwritten by Dominion) we hope to install in Downtown Rich‑ mond,” Weisbrod explains. Based on the Virginia State Parks systemʼs kiosks, the volumes of historical information in the sys‑ tem will be driven by an easy, interactive touch‑screen menu. Implementation of the trail exhibits are scheduled for spring. “Weʼll have the first
kiosk going in at the Jamestown trailhead in March,” Weisbrod says. The Richmond Historic Riverfront Foun‑ dation has been working with the museum exhibit design firm Applebaum Associates based in New York. Applebaumʼs lead designer for the project, Josh Dudley, is creating all‑ weather plaques and metal sculptures that will present the history of the various loca‑ tions found along the trail, like the antebellum tobacco warehousesʼ eventual transition into lofts along Tobacco Row; or the site of the no‑ torious Libby Prison of the 1860s.
[Left] The cast‑metal model of the Libby Prision that will be placed on the trail exhibit along with the history marker as shown in this computer rendering [right].
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Richmond’s Downtown Development Update 2010
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