Title:
A.J. Legum Furniture Store and Downtown Redevelopment
Creator:
WTAR-TV
Date:
1959-06
Decade:
1950-1959
Description:
Footage of the A. J. Legum Furniture Store and the Downtown Norfolk redevelopment surrounding it. The Greyhound bus station is also featured in the footage. Today, the furniture store is no longer standing and its land is now a park and gathering area for the NEON Arts District. The Greyhound station was demolished in 1961 to make way for the widening of Brambleton Avenue, and had to move to a new location on Monticello Avenue. Footage has no sound. B-roll/outtake footage. 0:00:28
Subject:
City planning--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
Furniture stores--Virginia--Norfolk
Subject:
Greyhound Lines, Inc. Local History (Historic Buildings)
Subject:
Local History (Historic Areas)
Subject:
Local History (Business)
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Media Format:
Television programs
Source:
MG 112
Collection:
WTAR/WTKR Hampton Roads, Va., Historic News Film Collection
Publisher:
Old Dominion University Libraries
Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rightsholder:
Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
Disclaimer:
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Identifier:
wtar-0295.04-Legum
