Back of Main St.

From the parking lots behind Main St.

Renovating parking lots

These parking lots in downtown have been closed and a lot of work is going on.  It appears to include areas for new garden plantings.

Flowers

Just flowers

Crimper's in action

Crimper's Climbing Gym had a nice crowd...not too big, plenty of room.

Garden with a fence

This gardener has created a fence around the garden.  In addition to the traditional wire fence.  Bee hives are an addition.

Henderson Lawn concert

The Friday night concert on Henderson Lawn was grand tonight.  Marvelous music, great crowd, perfect weather. 

Summer flowers

The major intersection of College Ave. and Main St. on a summer afternoon.

Alley behind Main St.

Behind the restaurants on Main St. is a busy alley.

House in downtown

This home, with its front porch, lawn, and white picket fence, is half a block from Main St. It is right downtown.

Door down the steps

There seems a mysterious door, down a set of stairs, in an alley behind some Main St. businesses.  I want to know what is behind that door but I am never brave enough to look.

Theatre

Wonderful production of a show by six artists in our community.  Great theatre.

Taylor House

Wonderful that work has started again to refurbish this building on Main St., central downtown.  It has been a long time in the process.  The sign "Social/House" has been there a long time too.

Behind Main St.

Seems an interesting area behind Main St.  Parking is interesting.  I assume they all know each other and are working in the businesses. 

Parking garage

Seems a grand parking garage that will be available for the arts center too.

Brownstone foundation

Work on the foundation for a new structure that will be for businesses and condos.  There should be good cell reception.

Rackspace made headlines

Rackspace hosting's announcement of plans for a hundred new jobs was the headline in the local daily newspaper.  It is planning a new building too.

Statues

The statues in front of the town hall.

Geodesic dome

This gardener is using a dome and chicken wire to protect a garden. 

Along a street

Is it lines to infinity?

Flowers along the sidewalk

Gardening around the pole

True, these poles still are crucial to our lifestyle.  The person living here is working with what is a part of the landscape.

Stuff for sale

This stuff was pushed out on the sidewalk yesterday...still there today.  I'll check tomorrow.

Along the course

My golf partner, who plays an excellent game, is seldom off the fairway...

Just a field

Seemed a lot of green this morning.

Just flowers

Flowers

Green Hills

Sunlight along trees and hills (and power lines) along Clay St.

Gnome and Globe

A neighborhood flower garden.

Independence Day Celebration

Music is vital in Blacksburg's celebration of the Fourth of July.  I was close to the singers in the celebration chorus,  the musicians in the community band, and the musicians in The Meter's Running. 

Street Light in Garden

Blacksburg often uses its streetlights as part of its graphic symbols.  This streetlight is in the Hahn Horticulture Garden on the Virginia Tech campus.

Trying to work with light

Tried to capture a view of this spider's work.

House in older section

Is this home in the Arts and Crafts style of architecture?  The homes along this street, an older but not the oldest section of the community, are of many different styles.