 Courtesy of Bill Emory |
Charlottesville is going through a dramatic period of transformation, caused by the region’s quality of life and a general rise in housing prices. This has forced the evolution of the city’s historic neighborhoods, including the Woolen Mills area, just to the east of the downtown mall. In this second in our continuing series on Charlottesville area bloggers, photographer Bill Emory takes us on a tour of the neighborhood. He’s taking a visual inventory of what the area looks like today to make sure it’s still there tomorrow.
You can read more on the Woolen Mills area here. This piece is supported in part by the Charlottesville Daily Progress, our news partner.
Our series of conversations with Charlottesville bloggers began with a talk with Chris and Darlene Bruce, the folks behind Eat Air, a blog about vegan cooking.
The Woolen Mills…
Rising housing prices are changing the historic Woolen Mills are of Charlottesville…….
[...] Here’s an episode about the Woolen Mills and Thomas Marchant. We recently took our own tour through that area with Bill Emory. [...]
[...] It’s First Friday today, Photographer Bill Emory’s work will be on display tonight at the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society. The exhibit is called Art of the Place, and features pictures and stories from the Woolen Mills neighborhood, of which Bill Emory is a proud resident. There’s over a hundred photographs all taken in within a half-mile radius of what residents called The Place. We now repodcast a profile of Emory from the beginning of May. Listen Now: [...]
Hi, Can someone tell me how to contact the people behind the website for the Woolen Mills Historical Assn?
Carolyn-
You can email me emory at historicwoolenmills dot org
bill