The West End (Richmond, Virginia)

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The West End is an urban and suburban region of Richmond, Virginia. The West End covers parts of the City of Richmond and Henrico County. Since there is no one municipal organization that represents this specific region, the boundaries are loosely defined as being north of the James River, west of I-195, and south of Broad Street. A primary conduit through the West End is Interstate 64. WEW.

Contents 1 Geographic Description 1.1 Staples Mill Road, Willow Lawn, and Westhampton 1.2 Broad and Glenside 1.3 Parham Road 1.4 Gaskins Road and Innsbrook 1.5 Short Pump 1.6 I-295 and Nuckols Road 2 Parks and recreation 3 Education In the Area 3.1 Elementary Schools 3.2 Middle Schools 3.3 High Schools 3.4 Colleges and Universities 4 Culture 4.1 Theater and entertainment 4.2 High School Rivalries 4.3 Commercial and Cultural Hubs 5 Business and industrial hubs 6 External links

[edit] Geographic Description

This section is arranged by exits off Interstate 64. In previous decades, the term "The West End" generally referred to the western area of the city itself. However, in recent years, the urbanized area has expanded residentially and commercially into Henrico County as far west as Short Pump, and new developments in the western portion of the city and county in combination are now also considered to be part of "The West End."

A common tool of differentiation used locally is to refer to the westernmost part (generally beginning at the Richmond-Henrico Line going west to Short Pump) as "The Far West End," and to refer to the section closer to and within the city limits as "The Near West End" or "Westhampton".

In addition to Richmond, Virginia addresses, the West End includes the census designated places of part of Glen Allen, and all of Short Pump, Tuckahoe, and Wyndham.

[edit] Staples Mill Road, Willow Lawn, and Westhampton

• Exit 185 - US-33/Staples Mill Rd

[edit] Broad and Glenside

• 183C - U.S. 250 West - Broad St./Glenside Dr. North.
• 183B - U.S. 250 East - Broad St.
• 183A - Glenside Dr. South.

• Genworth and Philip Morris USA

[edit] Parham Road

• 181B - Parham Rd. North.
• 181A - Parham Rd. South.

[edit] Gaskins Road and Innsbrook

• Exit 180B - Gaskins Rd. North.
• Exit 180A - Gaskins Rd. South.

[edit] Short Pump

• Exit 178B - U.S. 250 East - Richmond.
• Exit 178A - U.S. 250 West - Short Pump.

[edit] I-295 and Nuckols Road

Wyndham, Virginia is a major residential development. Also, the Henrico County garbage dump is off this exit.

[edit] Parks and recreation

• Deep Run Park
• Echo Lake
• Springfield
• Short Pump

[edit] Education In the Area

[edit] Elementary Schools

• Richmond City Public Schools
  • Mary Munford Elementary School
• Henrico County Public Schools
  • Echo Lake Elementary School
  • Gayton Elementary School
  • Johnson Elementary School
  • Longan Elementary School
  • Maybeury Elementary School
  • Nuckhols Farm Elementary School
  • Pemberton Elementary School
  • Pinchbeck Elementary School
  • Ridge Elementary School
  • Ruby F. Carver Elementary School
  • Shady Grove Elementary School
  • Short Pump Elementary School
  • Skipwith Elementary School
  • Springfield Park Elementary School
  • Tuckahoe Elementary School
  • Twin Hickory Elementary School

[edit] Middle Schools

• Henrico County Public Schools
  • Byrd Middle School
  • Short Pump Middle School
  • Tuckahoe Middle School
  • Pocahontas Middle School
  • Brookland Middle School
  • Hungary Creek Middle School

[edit] High Schools

• Richmond City Public Schools
  • Thomas Jefferson High School
  • Richmond Community High School
  • Open High School
• Henrico County Public Schools
  • Deep Run High School
  • Douglas S. Freeman High School
  • John Randolph Tucker High School
  • Hermitage High School
  • Mills E. Godwin High School
• Private and Parochial Schools
  • Benedictine High School
  • Collegiate School
  • St. Catherine's School (girls)
  • St. Christopher's School (boys)
  • St. Gertrude's High School
  • The Steward School
• Other Schools
  • Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies

[edit] Colleges and Universities

• University of Richmond
• Strayer University West End Campus
• Virginia Commonwealth University

[edit] Culture

[edit] Theater and entertainment

• The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
• Innsbrook After Hours -- an annual summer series featuring bands that were once very popular. [1]

[edit] High School Rivalries

• Collegiate vs. St. Christopher's
• Collegiate vs. St. Catherine's (Girls school)
• Godwin vs. Freeman (the most popular rivalry in the area)
• Tucker vs. Hermitage (The Cat Bowl)
• Tucker vs. Deep Run (not necessaraly DRHS doesn't really have a huge rival, Godwin and Tucker are about the same)
• Thomas Jefferson vs. John Marshall

[edit] Commercial and Cultural Hubs

The principal non-interstate east-west commercial corridors are located along Broad Street (U.S. Highway 250) and Patterson Avenue (State Route 6) each of which extends from the Richmond City Limits westerly through Henrico County into Goochland County.

• The Country Club of Virginia. Churches, schools, and houses surround this development at the corner of Three Chopt and River Road. Long ago, this area was the now lost town of Rio Vista, Virginia.

There are many restaurants, businesses and shopping centers, mostly located along or near the three major thoroughfares (Broad Street road and Patterson Avenue runs east-west, Parham runs north-south ). Several major clusters include:

• Willow Lawn Shopping Center just west of city limits at Broad Street and Staples Mill Road. One of the first large shopping centers when first opened in the late 1950s, Willow Lawn has been substantially reconfigured and rebuilt to a semi-shopping mall configuration, and includes major stores, small shops, and a food court.

• "The Village" shopping center at Three Chopt and Patterson (near the University of Richmond). It is currently home to Ukrop's, Moe's Southwest Grill, Starbucks and Blockbuster Video, among other venues.

• Westhampton historic commercial district extending from the Patterson and Libbie intersection to the Libbie and Grove shopping district, where one can find cafés and upscale clothing boutiques and the Westhampton Theater.

• Regency Square Mall and Westbury Shopping Center -- This area includes many locally-owned and chain restaurants and the very popular Westbury Pharmacy, former workplace of Elliott Yamin. This area is adjacent to Douglas S. Freeman High School.

• Short Pump Town Center An "open air shopping mall" (classified as a "lifestyle center") opened in 2003 on Broad Street, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of I-64 Exit 178A/B. Anchor stores are Nordstrom, Dillard's, Macy's and Dick's Sporting Goods.

• Stony Point Fashion Park Like Short Pump, it is an open air shopping mall. Anchors include Sak's Fifth Avenue and Dick's Sporting Goods. While technically south of the James River, it is less than a mile from the West End and is accessed by West Enders via the Edward E. Willey Bridge.

[edit] Business and industrial hubs

• Innsbrook Business Park, a 600+ acre business park that opened in 1982 and houses several Fortune 500 companies. [2]
• West Creek Business Park, originally developed for a Motorola plant that never materialized. [3]. West Creek is now home to the CarMax Home Office and Capital One. It is also a popular place for weekend bikers.

[edit] External links

• okroads.com provides exit numbers
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 37.621166° -77.558327°
  • Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA

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