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A White Tower restaurant on Granby St. during its blighted Granby Mall era, 1984; has been demolished and the area has been successfully revitalized.. To compete with the suburban shopping destinations, Norfolk city leaders tried to create the same mall experience on Granby Street.
Norfolk Auto Row Historic District: August 25, 2014 : Roughly bounded by E. 14th, Boush, and Granby Sts., and Monticello and W. Brambleton Aves. Boundary increase approved March 8, 2019 33: Norfolk Botanical Garden
Later, he opened another restaurant at Ocean View Amusement Park. After a hurricane destroyed the stands in 1933, Abe's brother George opened the new restaurant at its location on Monticello Avenue in 1934. [2] Doumar's Cones and BBQ is known for its barbecue, ice cream and curb service with carhop waitresses who take orders at customer cars.
Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, opened in 1905 [1] and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper The amusement park and its wooden coaster , the Rocket, appeared in the 1977 movie Rollercoaster but closed on 4 September 1978. [ 3 ]
The skyline of Downtown Norfolk remained relatively low to mid-rise until the 1960s which brought the construction of the 23-story Bank of America Center in 1967. Still the second-tallest building in Norfolk, the Bank of America Center was the tallest building in Virginia from its completion until 1971 when it was surpassed by Richmond City Hall .
Park Place is a neighborhood in the western half of Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly Granby Street on the east, Colley Avenue on the west, 23rd Street on the south and up to (and including the southern half of) 38th Street to the north. Within these boundaries Park Place is made up of 4 historic subdivisions; Virginia Place, East ...
The Dominion Enterprises Building is a 20-story commercial office building located in downtown Norfolk, Virginia on Granby Street. The 500,000 square foot building was opened in 2007 and is owned by Dominion Enterprises. It contains a Heritage Bank branch on the first floor. [1]
The Ghent District is a historic neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia.It comprises Ghent, West Ghent, and Ghent Square. Other portions of surrounding neighborhoods are often attributed to Ghent as an extension of its commerce including Chelsea, North Colley Avenue, and active gentrification into portions of Park Place to the north, labelled 'The Railroad District'.