Rising from the ashes
Thanks to good friends and government grant money, Roanoke's historic Virginian Railway Station is poised for a new life.
he roof is the worst, with gaping holes through which come rain, snow, ice and probably squirrels and birds.
The windows of the old Virginian Railway station are boarded up. Planks droop from the eaves, held in place by a nail or two.
There is a "No trespassing" sign and notices proclaiming the building unsafe. And the whole building is surrounded by a chain-link fence.
Five years after a fire broke out in one of the few remaining relics of Roanoke's "other" railway, the circa-1909 station looks ready for the bulldozers.
In fact, it is poised for a second life.
Full Story:
http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/58578
Thanks to good friends and government grant money, Roanoke's historic Virginian Railway Station is poised for a new life.
he roof is the worst, with gaping holes through which come rain, snow, ice and probably squirrels and birds.
The windows of the old Virginian Railway station are boarded up. Planks droop from the eaves, held in place by a nail or two.
There is a "No trespassing" sign and notices proclaiming the building unsafe. And the whole building is surrounded by a chain-link fence.
Five years after a fire broke out in one of the few remaining relics of Roanoke's "other" railway, the circa-1909 station looks ready for the bulldozers.
In fact, it is poised for a second life.
Full Story:
http://www.roanoke.com/extra/wb/58578
