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	Richmond Landmarks



	Richmond is a city of monuments that has become something of a monument itself to America’s New South. The City’s historic buildings and world-class museums nestle next to new structures designed to harmonize with the past even as they define the city’s future. The re-built James River and Kanawha Canal “Canal Walk” allows visitors easy access to the only metropolitan whitewater river in the country. Buildings ranging from the historic Tredegar Iron Works to the modern Federal Reserve to the transportation hub Main Street Station are at the center of the River District, a popular entertainment and dining enclave. Entertainment, dining and nightlife activity continues to grow in Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom, two areas that have had a great rebirth after the construction of the floodwall in 1995.



	Old City Hall This Victorian Gothic building, completed as Richmond's city hall in 1894, is as dramatic inside its 3-foot granite walls as it is outside. Now a private office building, the interior "courtyard" is a three-story painted cast-iron marvel. Troubled from the beginning, with a 400 percent cost overrun during its construction, the building was saved from demolition by the Historic Richmond Foundation. Visitors are welcome on the first floor only. The building is open only during business hours.


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