Shockoe Bottom

Shockoe Bottom

Shockoe Bottom is an area in Richmond, Virginia, just east of downtown, along the James River. Located between Shockoe Hill and Church Hill, Shockoe Bottom contains much of the land included in Colonel William Mayo's 1737 plan of Richmond, making it one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. It became a major nightlife, dining, and entertainment center in the last two decades of the 20th century. After centuries of periodic flooding by the James River, development was greatly stimulated by the completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995. Ironically, the next flooding disaster came not from the river, but from Hurricane Gaston which brought extensive local tributary flooding along the basin of Shockoe Creek and did extensive damage to this area in 2004, with businesses being shut down and many buildings condemned.

External links

* [http://riverdistrictnews.com River District News]
* [http://www.myspace.com/shockoe_bottom Shockoe Bottom on myspace.com]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shockoe-bottom-neighbors/ Shockoe Bottom neighbors on Yahoo Groups]
* [http://www.richmondneighborhoods.org Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN): Neighborhood Maps]
* [http://www.richmondriverdistrict.com/ Richmond River District]
* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=shockoe&w=all Shockoe on flickr]


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