Richmonders traveled by streetcar to visit the park, which had a zoo, a bowling alley and a dance pavilion. To the south is Joseph Bryan Park, acres of woods, fields, ponds and streams. My favorite things to do: admire the Virginia bluebells in the spring, sip wine at Flowers After Five in summer, watch the maples blaze in fall and find respite from the winter cold among the orchids in the conservatory.
Chalk decorates the sidewalks, tricycles rest on porches and everyone brings a dish to the annual neighborhood picnic. Interstates 95 and 64 converge at the Bryan Park interchange, as does In 10 minutes, you can be downtown, in the West End or in Carytown. Roy's Big Burger has been a neighborhood institution since A new addition to the neighborhood is Los Gauchos, an Argentinean place with housemade empanadas.
The local economy remains one built on small businesses, primarily consignment and car repair. Gay bought the Lakeside Inn in and fenced the park claiming it as part of his estate. Then he laid out a foot wide race track that circled the lake which was especially adapted for automobile and horse racing. The beautiful grounds of the Inn continued to be the scene of many parties where celebrities and millionaires met for golf, boating, duck hunting or to attend the races.
Sadly in , the Inn was dismantled. In , newcomers could hardly believe that Lakeside had such a good rail connection from San Diego. There were excellent passenger and freight services with many daily runs as well as a Saturday Night Special to bring home the crowds who had enjoyed a day in the country. Each time the tracks had been destroyed by the floods, they were immediately repaired to Lakeside. But the line to Foster was not replaced after the Flood of The tracks to Lakeside were repaired after the Flood of , but by that time the line was no longer as profitable.
By the link from Santee to Lakeside had been removed, and the Santee to El Cajon portion was removed in when Gillespie Field was completed.
This marked the end of the railroad era in the Lakeside area. In , the Lakeside Rodeo Association was formed and the arena was moved to an area east of Channel Road. A grandstand was built, and chutes and fences were installed.
Today, the annual rodeos are organized by the Lakeside Stadium Association and are held at the new rodeo grounds on Mapleview Avenue. But, it still maintains a friendly small town atmosphere. Skip to content Home Lakeside History. Lindo Lake s The first visitors were the Kumeyaay. San Diego Mission c. Ed Fletcher over looking El Cajon Valley c. Hill c. Lakeside, California c.
Railroad in Lakeside c. Danny Avula of the Virginia Department of […]. Here is the link to an interactive book list — Flyer. Skip to content Henrico County Public Schools. Bus Drop-off: Buses will arrive between and and come into the bus loop. Bus Pick-up: Buses will arrive at and come into the bus loop.
Daycare Drop-off: Daycare providers will be directed to approach the school from Cottage Street to Fleet Avenue and enter into car rider loop.
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