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The history of Norfolk, Virginia as a modern settlement begins in 1636. The city was named after the English county of Norfolk [ 1][ 2] and was formally incorporated in 1736. The city was burned by orders of the outgoing Virginia governor Lord Dunmore in 1776 during the second year of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), although it ...
The Downtown Norfolk Historic District is a national historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and expanded in 2001. [ 3] It encompasses 97 contributing buildings in the central business district of Norfolk. The largely commercial buildings reflect Norfolk's prosperity of the 1890s through the 1930s.
The JANAF Shopping Yard, commonly known as JANAF, is a suburban shopping center located in Norfolk, Virginia. Opening in 1959, [ 1] it was one of the first large suburban shopping centers in the United States. The name is an acronym for J oint A rmy N avy A ir F orce, which refers to the original investment group that was composed of retired ...
Military Circle Mall. Military Circle Mall, known as The Gallery at Military Circle Mall from 2002 to 2015, is a soon to be demolished abandoned enclosed shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia. The mall opened in 1970. In October 2016 the Virginia Beach City Council rejected plans for an oceanfront arena. This vote triggered discussions for the ...
3. Website. shopmacarthur .com. MacArthur Center is a shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia, in the center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. [1] [2] Built by the Taubman Company, the mall is owned by S.L. Nusbaum Realty since August 2023. [3] The 1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m 2) mall is adjacent to the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial.
Waterside (Norfolk, Virginia) Coordinates: 36°50′40″N 76°17′29″W. The Waterside, viewed from the Waterside Drive pedestrian bridge. The Waterside, is a festival marketplace on the Elizabeth River in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, opened June 1, 1983. While the Waterside Annex was demolished May 16, 2016, the main portion was renovated ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Virginia designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Norfolk ( / ˈnɔːrfʊk / ⓘ NOR-fuuk, locally / ˈnɔːfɪk / NAW-fik) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 95th-most populous city in the nation. [ 4 ]