Norfolk, the Marine Metropolis of Virginia; And the Sound and River Cities of North Carolina - A Narrative (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...a flag which, though never recognized by the nations of the earth, has gained the respect of even its greatest enemies on account of the fortitude and self-sacrifice of its followers and the heroic deeds enacted on both land and sea under its folds, now forever furled. Norfolk's opportunity for creating A MARINE PARK, or rather an embankment, is not altogether lost. It is easily made possible by buying the strip back of the estates in the West End, from the foot of York street to near the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad wharf, and moving the retaining walls further out, thus securing a magnificent drive and promenade, bordered by the handsomest, best laid out and most artistically arranged grounds in the city on one side, while on the other the ever-moving waters of the harbor, fretted with black hulks, white sails and curling smoke, moving gracefully and seemingly keeping time to the music made by the waves gently lashing the sea wall. Note.--The annexation of the suburbs is no new thing. It has been agitated, I understand, and fondly looked for for over thirty years, and I think there is no better time to accomplish it than now and no better way than by the system of parks and park-ways which I have suggested and submitted in this chapter. I can further say to the citizens of Norfolk that this is not planned in the interest of any land scheme, as I do not own a foot of ground in any of the places mentioned and have never spoken to any one upon the subject in or out of the city. CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION. I have nearly finished my task. It was hastily constructed and many circumstances combined to make it a work of less magnitude than the subject justifies and which more cheerful circumstances would have made it. While...