Richmond homes, their styles, closeness in proximity, and constructional materials, reminded me a lot of Washington, DC. It was too cold to walk the streets and enjoy the views, but I did manage to snap a few pictures from the van window.
One of the things I love about old homes is the turrets, as pictured above. When I was a child, my younger sister and I used to say we wanted to live in a house that had one so we could have a round bedroom. Now, I realize how impractical that would be, but I would love to actually go inside a house that had one just to see how they decorate the rooms.
Old churches, especially those with bell towers, are also a fascination for me. Most of the old churches in downtown Richmond were stone with gorgeous stained glass windows. If I had to live in a city, I'd like to live across the street from an old beautiful church.
This is not a great shot, as I was trying to capture the different styles on the same street (at least 4 grouped here) and how close the houses were to each other. Some houses a person literally could not walk between them, others had enough room for a heating/air unit, or a small gate, but that was it. And this also captures a difficulty I would have living in the city: parallel parking. It's a feature I never mastered when learning to drive, despite my Dad's most valiant teaching efforts, and throughout the years I've always found a parking deck or somewhere else to park that didn't require it. So far, it really has been that simple. But here? There's no other option.
I'd like to visit Richmond in the springtime when it's warmer and walking weather.
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